Section 12
Massoud Ghasemi
His curriculum vitae lists a 2003 certification in endovascular intervention at Scripps Clinic. It prints him as chairman of the Iranian Society of Atherosclerosis and president of the International Congress of Cardiovascular Updates. The references block names Bernard Valeix, Mohsin Saeed, and Paul Teirstein. Asbaghi’s name does not appear on that curriculum vitae. A 27 August 2002 board page does print both names. The Scripps names are training and references. They are not a finding about a hip implant.
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Curriculum vitae
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Documented
The curriculum prints Doctorate of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University, 1988. Cardiology residency, 1988–1991. Interventional fellowship, 1991–1992. Certifications follow as printed: France, 1993. The Royal Marsden and NHS Trust, London, 1994. Royal Brompton & Harefield, 1996. Scripps Clinic, California, 2003, cerebrovascular and peripheral endovascular intervention. Fellow of the American College of Cardiology since 2018.
Current positions, as printed: Chairman, Iranian Society of Atherosclerosis. President, International Congress of Cardiovascular Updates. Director, Research Center of Endovascular Intervention. Chairman, Arya Atherosclerosis Journal. Executive Director, Endovascular Journal. Attending cardiologist, Imam Khomeini Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Director of catheterization at Payambaran, Laleh, Sasan, and Bahman. Interventional cardiologist, Pars. The same page prints him as Iran’s representative in the WHO for non-communicable diseases, on influenza prevention in a high-risk population.
The last page names three cardiologists at Harefield Hospital, Bernard Valeix, Mohsin Saeed, and Paul Teirstein. The catheterization directorships on the curriculum do not include Madaen.
His account
Asbaghi’s account is that he arranged the 2003 training for Ghasemi at Scripps Clinic under Teirstein, and Saeed thereafter.
Unconfirmed
A letter placing Asbaghi as the person who secured that training.
Madaen
Board page, 27 August 2002
A signed instrument dated 5 Shahrivar 1381 names Eng. Hooman Asbaghi and Dr Massoud Ghasemi among the board, with Biotech and Madaen Hospital Company as representatives. The face is on this window. The same page also lives at Madaen.
Public offices
President, as other pages print it
The society board prints DR. Massoud Ghasemi, President. The curriculum prints Chairman of that society. The 25th International Congress of Cardiovascular Updates, 23–26 September 2025, prints him as President of Congress.