Shabnam Bazmi, MD

Professor of Forensic Medicine & Medical Ethics
Research Director
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran

Email: sh.bazmi@sbmu.ac.ir
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zrvb5DwAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID:  0000-0002-3736-9376

Last Updated: April 2026

EDUCATION

• National Medical Board Exam: Ranked 3rd, 2003

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

ADMINISTRATIVE & COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

PUBLICATIONS & CITATIONS

• Google Scholar Citations: 558
• H-Index (Scopus): 8 | G-Index: 14
• Indexed Articles: 27 Scopus / 14 PubMed / 21 ISI / 55 Google Scholar
• Full list: Google Scholar Profile

Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles (from 49+ total)

1. Modabber M, Bazmi S, Masoudiyekta L, Forouzandeh M. Ethical issues in Iranian pediatrics: a qualitative study. BMC Med Ethics. 2025;26(1):133.
2. Bazmi S, Samadi F, Forouzandeh M. Investigating the Moral Sensitivity of Medical Students. Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2023;37:39.
3. Bazmi S, Kiani P, Enjoo SA, Kiani M, Bazmi E. Assessment of surgery residents' knowledge of medical ethics and law. J Med Life. 2023;16(3):406-411.
4. Gerdfaramarzi MS, Bazmi S, Kiani M, et al. Ethical challenges of cord blood banks: a scoping review. J Med Life. 2022;15(6):735-741.
5. Pooladgar P, Bazmi S. Dealing with Futile Treatments Based on the Humanistic Approach. J Med Edu. 2021;20(1):e111595.
6. Bazmi S, Kiani M, Saidi M, Akrami F. Knowledge and Attitude of Midwives and Obstetricians Towards Therapeutic Abortion Law. Int J Med Toxicol Forensic Med. 2021;11(1):31958.
7. Forouzadeh M, Kiani M, Bazmi S. Professionalism and its role in the formation of medical professional identity. Med J Islam Repub Iran. 2018;32:765-768.
8. Bazmi S, Kiani M, Hashemi Nazari SS, Kakavand M, Mahmoodzade R. Assessment of patients' awareness of their rights in teaching hospitals in Iran. Med Sci Law. 2016;56(3):178-183.
9. Seif-Farshad M, Bazmi S, Amiri F, et al. Knowledge of medical professionalism in medical students and physicians at SBMU. Medicine. 2016;95(45):e5380.
10. Kiani M, Bazmi S, Rezvani S, Naeeji H. A survey on spousal abuse of 500 victims in Iran. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2014;35(1):50-54.

*(Complete list of 49+ articles available upon request or via Google Scholar)*

Books & Book Chapters

THESIS & RESEARCH PROJECTS (Selected)

• Exploring the model of dealing with ethical challenges in Iranian pediatrics
• Ethical challenges of umbilical cord blood stem cell banking (qualitative study)
• Moral sensitivity of medical students (preclinical vs. late clinical)
• Physician-patient relations typology in IRIB representation
• Informed consent in pediatric wards
• Ethical requirements in medical education
• Professional ethics competence questionnaire: design & validation
• Ethical performance of health providers in disasters
• Knowledge of therapeutic abortion law among gynecologists/midwives
• Moral distress among physicians
• And 15+ additional completed projects.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS & CONGRESSES

• 10th Asian Conference on Bioethics & 4th UNESCO Asia Pacific on Ethics (Iran, 2009)
• International Congress of Forensic Medicine of Islamic Countries (Indonesia, 2013)
• International Congress of Forensic Medicine & Medical Toxicology (India, 2006; Iran, biennially 2008–present)
• First International Congress of Islamic Countries (Iran, 2003)
• 15+ oral presentations in Iran (fields: pediatrics, cardiology, OB/GYN, sports medicine, dermatology)

LANGUAGES

• Persian: Native
• English: Professional working proficiency