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Omid Rahimi

Omid B. Rahimi is a professor at the Long School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). He is the assistant course director for the school's Medical Gross Anatomy & Embryology course. In addition, he works as a lecturer and laboratory instructor for Medical Neuroscience. He also co-directs senior medical student electives in Advanced Anatomy of the Back, Head & Neck, Advanced Anatomy of the Thorax, Abdomen & Pelvis, Anatomy of the Newborn, and Advanced Anatomy of the Extremities.

Rahimi has been involved with instruction of Gross Anatomy and Neuroscience to first-year Medical and Graduate students since 2000. He is also active in the development of interactive digital modules aimed to enhance the teaching of gross anatomy (GATEways).

Rahimi's research interests focus on morphological changes in neurons during development and aging. The goal of his work is to determine factors that underlie normal neuronal development and to reveal relationships between deficits in learning and memory observed during aging and changes in neuronal structure. Provided by Wikipedia