Omid Mehrpour | |
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Nationality | Iranian |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Toxicology Researcher |
Known for | founder of Medical Toxicology and Drug Abuse Research Center (MTDRC) |
Omid Mehrpour is medical doctor specialized in poisoning and substance abuse research. He is also the founder of Medical Toxicology and Drug Abuse Research Center (MTDRC) at Birjand University of Medical Sciences and served as the director of MTDRC till 2018.[1][2][3]
Omid Mehrpour acquired his MD in 2001 from Birjand University of Medical Sciences. He then specialized in forensic medicine and toxicology at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. In 2014, he obtained a Fellowship in clinical toxicology from Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. In 2020, he completed a second fellowship in medical toxicology at the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center (RMPDC) in Denver, Colorado.[1][4][5][6]
From 2009 to 2018, he worked as an assistant professor at Birjand University of Medical Sciences. In 2016 he established a referral poisoning ward in South Khorasan province and was the head of the poisoning ward until 2018.[2][4][3][7]