Qualification:
• First Rank, National Board of Nuclear Medicine, Iran, August 2002
• Nuclear Medicine residency: 1999-2002; Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
• General Practitioner course: 1989-1997; Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Fields of Interest:
• Nuclear Cardiology: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Automatic quantification applications
• Nuclear Cardiology: SPECT-CT hybrid cameras
Work experiences:
• Internship: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (1994-1997)
• General Practitioner: Sabzevar, Iran (1997-1999)
• Residency: Shaheed Beheshti of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran (1999-2002)
Academic and Official appointment:
• Associate Professor of Nuclear Medicine (Since 2015); Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• Assistant Professor of Nuclear Medicine (2002-2015); Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• Research Vice of Nuclear Medicine Department (Since 2006); Rajaie Cardiovascular, Medical Research Center
• Member of Iranian Society of Nuclear Medicine (Since 2002)
• Member of Nuclear Medicine Specialty Certificate Exam (Since 2009)
Presentations and publications
A) Oral Presentations:
1. Title: Nuclear Medicine: Assessment After Revascularization; Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine 2002
2. Title: Stress Echocardiography versus Nuclear Imaging - Review of Articles; Iranian Congress of Nuclear Medicine 2003
3. Moderator of Nuclear Cardiology Panel: International congress of nuclear Medicine; 2011, Iran.
B) Abstracts:
1. Title: Affecting parameters on count density changes in perfusion tomographic imaging with Sestamibi labeled with 99mTc (Review)
Authors: F. Farjandi, H. Malek, N. Yaghobi, F. Rastgoo, S.H. Firouz abadi, A. Arabpour
Publish: Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2006;14(Suppl 1) : 21
2. Title: Gated SPECT cardiac wall motion assessment by using different reconstructive methods and filters in comparison with quantitative coronary angiography
Authors: A. Arabpour, F. Rastgoo, D. Shahbazi, N. Yaghobi, S.H. Firouzabadi, H. Malek, A. Bitarafan
Publish: Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2006;14(Suppl 1) : 6
3. Title: Gated SPECT cardiac ejection fraction assessment by using different reconstructive methods and filters in comparison with quantitative coronary angiography
Authors: A. Arabpour, F. Rastgoo, D. Shahbazi, N. Yaghobi, S.H. Firouzabadi, H. Malek, A. Bitarafan
Publish: Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2006;14(Suppl 1) : 5
4. Title: Energy Window Setting for Optimum Tl-201 Cardiac Imaging
Authors: Faraz Kalantari, Hossein Rajabi, Nahid Yaghoobi, Ahmad Bitarafan, Kourosh Ebrahim Nejad Gorji, Fereidoon Rastgoo, Hadi Malek, Seyed Hassan Firuzabadi
Publish: Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2006;14(Suppl 1) : 23
5. Title: Preoperative 99mTc-Sestamibi scintigraphy in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: Comparison of SPECT-CT, SPECT, and planar imaging.
Authors: Babak Shafiei, Samaneh Hoseinzadeh, Fereidoun Fotouhi, Hadi Malek, Fereidoun Azizi, Adel Jahed, Mohammadtaghi Salehian, Hossein Parsa
Publish: Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2010;18(Suppl 1) : 59
6. Title: The relationship between retinopathy in diabetes mellitus type 2 with severity and extent of myocardial ischemia.
Authors: R Hedayati, H Malek, N Yaghoobi, F Rastgou, A Bitarafan Rajabi, H Amouzadeh1, M Behnia, M Alvandi, A Khorami, N Tavakoli, H Firouzabadi
Publish: Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2012; 20(Suppl 1) : 65
7. Title: Association of Blunted Heart Rate Response to Dipyridamole and Myocardial ischemia In Diabetes Mellitus as Compared to Nondiabetic Patients Patients.
Authors: R Hedayati, H Malek, N Yaghoobi, F Rastgou, A Bitarafan Rajabi, H Amouzadeh1, H Firouzabadi
Publish: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology , July/August 2013
C) Articles:
1. Title: Finding an Association between Gastroesophageal Reflux and Delayed Gastric Emptying Using Scintigraphic Method
Authors: Isa Neshandar MD, Rahim Aghazadeh MD, Hadi Malek MD (correspondence author)
Publish: Arch Iranian Med 2003; 6 (3): 180 – 183
2. Title: Measurement of LVEF using ECG-Gated SPECT and Angiography: a Correlation Study
Authors: H. Firouzabady MD,A. Bitarafan-Rajabi, H. Rajabi, F.Rastgou MD,F. Noohi MD, A. Mohebbi MD, A.R. Tilekoo, N. Yaghoobi and H. Malek
Publish: IRANIAN HEART JOURNAL (IHJ) Fall 2007; 8(3):6-15
3. Title: Energy window setting for optimum Tl-201 cardiac imaging
Authors: Kalantari F., Rajabi H., Yaghoobi N., Bitarafan A., Gorji K.E.N., Rastgoo F., Malek H., Firuzabadi S.H.
Publish: Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2007 15 (28), pp. 60 15-24
4. Title: Respiratory Motion Detection and Correction in ECG-Gated SPECT: a New Approach
Authors: Ahmad Bitarafan, Hossein Rajabi, Bernhard Gruy, Feridoon Rustgou, Ali Akbar Sharafi, Hasan Firoozabady, Nahid Yaghoobi, Hadi Malek, Christian Pirich, Werner Langesteger, Mohsen Beheshti
Publish: Korean J Radiol 2008;9:490-497
5. Title: Correlation of automatic processing method in myocardial perfusion SPET with the interactive method
Authors: Hadi Malek, Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi, Fereidoon Rastgoo, Nahid Yaghoobi, Hasan Firoozabadi
Publish: Hell J Nucl Med. 2009 Jan-Apr;12(1):10-2.
6. Title: Assessment of Myocardial Viability: the Value of 24-Hour Thallium-201 (201Tl) Redistribution Imaging to Enhance Viability Detection in Stress Reinjection Protocol
Authors: Mahdi Mogharrabi, Aref Hooman, Hadi Malek, Fereidoon Rastgoo, Isa Neshanar Asli
Publish: IRANIAN HEART JOURNAL (IHJ) SPRING 2009; 10(1):16-20
7. Title: Respiratory Motion Influence on ECG-Gated SPET: A Simulation Study
Authors: Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi, Hossein Rajabi, Feridoon Rustgou, Hasan Firoozabady, Nahid Yaghoobi, Hadi Malek and Hassan Moladoust
Publish: IFMBE Proceedings, 2010, Volume 25/4, 2174-2177
8. Title: Erdheim-Chester’s disease as a differential diagnosis of “hot” kidneys on bone scintigraphy
Authors: Hamid Javadi, Hadi Malek, Isa Neshandar Asli, Mehdi Mogharrabi, Majid Assadi
Publish: Hell J Nucl Med 2010; 13(1): 71-72
9. Title: Focal breast uptake 99mTc-Sestamibi in a man with spindle cell lipoma
Authors: H. Malek, T. Ghaedian, N. Yaghoobi, F. Rastgoo. A Bitarafan-Rajabi, H. Firoozabadi.
Publish: J Nucl Cardiol 2012;19:618–20
10. Title: Diagnostic Accuracy Assessment of ST-Segment Displacements, Chest Pain and Stress MPI Exercise test in Coronary Stenosis Compared with Angiography Findings
Authors: F. Rastgoo. A Bitarafan-Rajabi, A. Farahzadi, N. Yaghoobi, H. Firoozabady, H. Malek, HA. Basiri, H. Moladpust.
Publish: IRANIAN HEART JOURNAL (IHJ) WINTER 2012; 12(4):30-36
11. Title: Preoperative 99mTc-sestamibi scintigraphy in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and concomitant nodular goiter: comparison of SPECT-CT, SPECT, and planar imaging
Authors: B. Shafiei, S. Hoseinzadeh, F. Fotouhi, H. Malek, F. Azizi, A. Jahed, F. Hadaegh, M. Salehian, H. Parsa, H. Javadi, M. Assadi
Publish: Nuclear Medicine Communications 2012, 2012 Oct;33(10):1070-1076.
12. Title: Impact of Metoclopramide on Image Quality in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Authors: N. Yaghoobi, A. Mardanshahi, F. Rastgoo, H. Malek.. A Bitarafan-Rajabi, H. Firoozabadi
Publish: Nuclear Medicine Communications 2012, Oct;33(10):1053-7
13. Title: The Relationship between Retinopathy in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and Severity and Extent of Myocardial Ischemia in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Authors: H. Malek, R. Hedayati, N. Yaghoobi, M. Behnia, F. Rastgou, A. Bitarafan Rajabi, H. Amouzadeh, Sh. Hosseini , H. Firoozabadi
Publish: IRANIAN HEART JOURNAL (IHJ) WINTER 2013; 13(4): 6-14
14. Title: Assessment of Myocardial Viability in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction:Correlation between CT-Based Attenuation Correction and Uncorrected Quantification Analysis in Thallium201(201Tl)Rest-Redistribution SPECT Study
Authors: H. Malek, N. Yaghoobi, F. Rastgou, A. Bitarafan Rajabi, M Alvandi, M. Kargar, H. Amouzadeh, Sh. Hosseini , H. Firoozabadi
Publish: IRANIAN HEART JOURNAL (IHJ) WINTER 2013; 13(4): 15-20
15. Title: Association between Silent Myocardial Ischemia and Hypertension, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and Obesity in Asymptomatic Patients by SPECT-CT in a Group of Iranian Population
Authors: N. Yaghoobi, M Mardanshahi, H. Malek (correspondence author), H. Firoozabadi , A. Bitarafan Rajabi, F. Rastgou
Publish: IRANIAN HEART JOURNAL (IHJ) WINTER 2013; 13(4): 27-36
16. Title: Evaluation of sternal wound infection after median sternotomy using 99mTc-labeled ubiquicidin 29-41
Authors: H. Malek, M. Alvandi, N. Yaghoobi, AR Ghavidel, F. Rastgou, A. Bitarafan Rajabi, H. Amouzadeh, H. Firoozabadi
Publish: IRANIAN HEART JOURNAL (IHJ) Fall 2013; 14(3): 36-41
17. Title: Relationship between Recent Cerebrovascular Events and Severity and Extent of Myocardial Ischemia among the Asymptomatic Patients Using Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Authors: H. Malek , N. Yaghoobi, F. Amiri, , Z. Farzizadeh, F. Rastgou, A. Bitarafan Rajabi, Gh. Jafarian, H. Firoozabadi
Publish: IRANIAN HEART JOURNAL (IHJ) 2014; 15(1): 17-22
18. Title: Impact of obesity on left ventricular diastolic parameters derived gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging
Authors: N. Yaghoobi, F. Rastgou, H. Malek , H. Barati, T. Ghaedian, A. Bitarafan Rajabi, H. Firoozabadi
Publish: IRANIAN HEART JOURNAL (IHJ) 2014; 15(1): 6-12
19. Title: Assessment of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony by phase analysis of gated-SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging and tissue Doppler imaging: Comparison between QGS and ECTb software packages
Authors: Fereydoon Rastgou MD, Maryam Shojaeifard MD, Ahmad Amin MD, Tahereh Ghaedian MD, Hasan Firoozabadi MD, Hadi Malek MD, Nahid Yaghoobi MD, Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi PhD, Majid Haghjoo MD, FACC, FESC, Hedieh Amouzadeh MD, Hossein Barati MD
Publish: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2014, Dec;21(6):1062-71
20. Influence of respiratory Motion Correction of Myocardial Perfusion SPECT
Authors: Ahmad Bitarafan Rajabi, Hosssein Rajabi, Feridoon Rastgou, Hasan Firoozabady, Nahid Yaghoobi, Hadi Malek, Werner Langesteger, Mohsen Beheshti
Publish: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
21. Title: The Age of Reason for Gated SPECT MPI to deal with Cardiac Dyssynchrony
Authors: Nahid Yaghoobi, Hadi malek (corresponding Author)
Publish: Research in Cardiovascular Medicine 2015; 4(1), DOI: 10.5812/Cardiovascmed.25851
22. Title: Ionizing Radiation-Induced Cataract in Interventional Cardiology Staff
Authors: A. Bitarafan Rajabi, F. Noohi, H. Hashemi, M Haghjoo, M. Miraftab, N. Yaghoobi, F. Rastgou, H. Malek, H. Faghihi, H. Firoozabadi, S. Asghari, F. Rezvan, H. Khosravi, S. Soroush, M. Khabazkhoob
Publish: Research in Cardiovascular Medicine 2015; 4(1), DOI: 10.5812/cardiovascmed.25148
23. Title: Preoperative assessment of meningioma aggressiveness by Thallium-201 brain SPECT
Authors: Reza Mirfallah, Masoud Mehrazin, Fereydoun Rastgou, Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi, AbdoulReza Shojaei, Hassan Firoozabadi, Nahid Yaghoobi, Hadi Malek, Mahsa Kargar
Publish: Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine 2015; 23(2):82-88
24. Title: The effect of milk, water and lemon juice on various interfering extracardiac related artifacts in myocardial perfusion imaging
Authors: Hadi Malek; Raheleh Hedayati; Nahid Yaghoobi; Ahmad Bitarafan Rajabi ; Hassan Firoozabadi; Fereidoon Rastgou
Publish: Research in Cardiovascular Medicine 2015; 4(2), DOI: 10.5812/cardiovascmed.25148
25. Title: Comparison of Gated SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Echocardiography for the Measurement of Left Ventricular Volumes and Ejection Fraction in Patients With Severe Heart Failure
Authors: Maryam Shojaeifard; Tahere Ghaedian; Nahid Yaghoobi; Hadi Malek; Hassan Firoozabadi; Ahmad Bitarafan Rajabi ; Majid Haghjoo; Ahmad Amin; Nasrin Azizian; Fereidoon Rastgou
Publish: Research in Cardiovascular Medicine 2015; 5(1): e29005 , DOI: 10.5812/cardiovascmed.29005
26. Title: Comparing the Cardiac MRI and Thallium-201 SPECT Findings in Assessing Myocardial Viability in Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Authors: Motevali, Marzie, Ali Mohammadzade, Hadi Malek, Ahmad Bitarafan Rajabi, Hooman Bakhshandeh, Hamid Reza Sanati, Iran Malekzadeh, Behnam Safarpour Lima, Seyed-Mostafa Hosseini Zijoud, and Zeinab Safarpour Lima
Publish: J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci 2016; 26 (136):160-164
27. Title: Artifacts in Quantitative analysis of myocardial perfusion SPECT, using Cedars-Sinai QPS Sotware
Authors: Hadi Malek, Nahid Yaghoobi, Raheleh Hedayati
Publish: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology,2017, 24: 534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-016-0726-6
28. Title: Muscle wasting in young patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Authors: Marjan Hajahmadi, Sara Shemshadi, Ehsan Khalilipur, Ahmad Amin, Sepideh Taghavi, Majid Maleki, Hadi Malek, Nasim Naderi
Publish: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle,2017, 8: 542–548. doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12193.
29. Title: Determination of Normal Ranges of Regional and Global Phase Parameters using Gated Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Cedars-Sinai’s QGS Software
Authors: H. Malek, F. Rayegan, H. Firoozabadi, F. Rastgou, M. Haghjoo, H. Bakhshandeh, A. Bitarafan-Rajabi, N. Yaghoobi
Publish: Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2018, 26(1): 16-21
30. Title: Is correction for metallic artefacts mandatory in cardiac SPECT/CT imaging in the presence of pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator leads?
Authors: Zahra Etemadi, Paris Ghafarian, Ahmad Bitarafan-Rajabi, Hadi Malek, Arman Rahmim, Mohammad Reza Ay
Publish: Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2018, 26(1): 35-46
31. Title: Impact of Hypertension on Phase Analysis Parameters of Gated Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
Authors: N. Yaghoobi, Z. Jamshidi Araghi, H. Malek, H. Firoozabadi, F. Rastgou, H. Bakhshandeh, A. Bitarafan-Rajabi,
Publish: Iranian Heart Journal , In Press
D) Thesis:
1. Supervisor: Correlation of Baseline Electrocardiographic and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Findings in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease (Dr. Babak Ramazani).
2. Supervisor: The Relationship between Retinopathy in Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 and Severity and Extent of Myocardial Ischemia in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (Dr. Raheleh Hedayati).
3. Supervisor: Evaluation of sternal wound infection after median sternotomy using 99mTc-labeled ubiquicidin 29-41 (Dr. Maryam Alvandi).
4. Supervisor: Relationship between Recent Cerebrovascular Events and Severity and Extent of Myocardial Ischemia among the Asymptomatic Patients Using Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (Dr. Zeinab Farzizadeh).
5. Advisor: The Prevalence of Silent Ischemia among the Asymptomatic Patients in Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical and ResearchCenter, Using SPECT (Dr. Ali Mardanshahi).
6. Advisor: The Effect of Collimator in Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging (MPI) by Simulation (Ms. Azam Mehravar M.Sc.).
7. Advisor: Quantification and Correlation of Metal Artifact Arising Pacemaker and ICD Leads in CT-Based Attenuation Correction of Cardiac SPECT Imaging (Ms. Zahra Etemadi M.Sc.).
8. Advisor: The relationship between left ventricular systolic and diastolic parameters derived 16-frame Gated SPECT and BMI in patients with low likelihood of CAD (Dr. Hossein Barati).
9. Advisor: Assessment of LV dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure using MPI Gated SPECT phase analysis in comparison with tissue Doppler echocardiography (Dr. Tahereh Ghaedian).
10. Advisor: Respiratory motion correction in gated myocardial perfusion SPECT (Ms. Mona Khaligh M.Sc.).
11. Advisor: The capabilities of NEUROGAM software in quantitative analysis of brain perfusion SPECT (Ms. Masoumeh Rezaian M.Sc.).
12. Supervisor: Determination of Normal Ranges of Regional and Global Phase Parameters using Gated Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Cedars-Sinai’s QGS Software (Dr. Fahimeh Raygan).
E) Books:
1. Nuclear Medicine in Practice: The principles (2015).
2. Book Chapter: Nuclear Cardiology. In: Maleki M, Alizadehasl A, Haghjoo M: Practical Cardiology. 1st ed. Elsevier; 2018