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Neonatology and Perinatology

Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant. It is a hospital-based subspecialty, and is usually practiced in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).

Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practiced in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The principal patients of neonatologists are newborn infants who are ill or requiring special medical care due to prematurity, low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, congenital malformations (birth defects), sepsis, pulmonary hypoplasia or birth asphyxias.

Basic Information:

Program Type:	Degree Based
Level Of study:	Subspecialty
School / Faculty:	School of Medicine
Department:	Department of Pediatrics
Major (Name Of Program):	Neonatology and Perinatology

This program contact information:

Telephone:	00987132122884
Fax:	00987132356996
Mobile:	00987132356996
Email Address:	gsia@sums.ac.ir
Address:	3rd Floor, Central building of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Zand St., Shiraz, Iran
Contact Person Name:	Office of International Affairs

Program Detail:

Language Requirements:	Language requirements: Evidence of English Proficiency on the TOEFL or IELTS tests. The minimum score for TOEFL PBT, TOEFL iBT and IELTS is 533, 72 and 5.5 respectively. Applicants from Persian (Farsi) Speaking countries (They shall both speak and write in Persian) who have applied for graduate Degree-based programs may be exempted, based on the decision of the department, from submitting any certificates regarding their English Language Proficiency. Nevertheless, they are required to hand in their English language certificate which meets SUMS’ minimal language proficiency requirements, within one year from commencing their studies at SUMS.
Admission Requirements:	M.B.B.S./M.D. and specialty or equivalent certificates Certificate of Internship or Certificate of Practice
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