Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

PhD    2003 - 2008

McGill University, Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience

MD     1990-1997

Tehran Medical University, Medical Doctorate

2015

Amir Reza Radmard, Hossein Poustchi, Mehrdad Dadgostar, Ali Yoonessi, Soheil Kooraki, Elham Jafari, Amir Pejman Hashemi Taheri, Reza Malekzadeh, Shahin Merat (2015), Liver Enzyme Levels and Hepatic Iron Content in Fatty Liver: A Noninvasive Assessment in General Population by T2* Mapping, Academic radiology

2014

AF Jadidi, R Davoodi, MH Moradi, A Yoonessi (2014), The impact of numeration on visual attention during a psychophysical task; An ERP study, Biomedical Engineering (ICBME), 2014 21th Iranian Conference on, 338-342

2014

Fakhr Tabatabaie, A., Azadehfar, M. R., Mirian, N., Noroozian, M., Yoonessi, A., & Yoonessi, A. (2014). Neural Correlates of Boredom in Music Perception. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 5(4), 259–266.

2014

Haghparast, A., & Yoonessi, A. (2014). Orexin in Addiction, Current State and Potential Clinical Applications. Journal of Substance Abuse & Alcoholism, 2(2), 1015.

2013

Yoonessi, A., & Ekhtiari, H. (2013). Text messages as a tool for assessing public concern about drug problems. International Journal of Drug Policy, 24(6), 624–627.

2012

Davoodi, R., Moradi, M. H., & Yoonessi, A. (2012). Neural correlates of attention differ from consciousness during a novel psychophysical task. In Biomedical Engineering (ICBME), 2012 19th Iranian Conference of (pp. 339–343). IEEE.

2012

Yoonessi, A., Hajihasani, M., Gharibzadeh, S., Zarrindast, M., & Yoonessi, A. (2012). Efficiency of Information Coding in Various L/M Retinal Cone Ratios. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 3(4), 22–27.

2011

Yoonessi, A., Kalantarinezhad, R., & Joghataei, M. T. (2011). NBIC, THE CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 3(1), 3–3.

2011

Younessi, P., & Yoonessi, A. (2011). Advanced glycation end-products and their receptor-mediated roles: inflammation and oxidative stress. Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 36(3), 154.

2011

Yoonessi, A., & Yoonessi, A. (2011). A Glance at Psychophysics Software Programs. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 2(3), 73–75.

2011

Yoonessi, A., Ekhtiari, H., Jogataei, M. T., & Pouretemad, H. R. (2011). Emergence of Cognitive Neuroscience in The Middle East. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 2(4), 3–4.

2011

Yoonessi, A, Yoonessi, A, Magno, Parvo and Konio-Cellular Pathways; Current State and Future Clinical Applications, Vol 6, No 2 (2011)

2010

Yoonessi, A, Zaidi Q, The role of color in recognizing material changes, Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, Volume 30, Issue 5, pages 626–631, September 2010

2009

Yoonessi, A, FAA Kingdom “Dichoptic difference thresholds for uniform photometric changes applied to natural scenes?”, Journal of Vision , 9(2):3, 1-12, http://journalofvision.org/9/2/3/, doi:10.1167/9.2.3.

2008

Yoonessi, A., Kingdom, F. A. A. & Gheorghiu, E. Leaning Tower illusion: Orientation contrast or perspective distortion? Reply to Maniatis. Perception

2008

Yoonessi, A, Kingdom FAA, Alqawlaq S.,“Is color patchy?”, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, Vol. 25, Issue 6, pp. 1330-1338

2008

Yoonessi, A. FAA Kingdom,"Comparison of sensitivity to color changes in natural and phase-scrambled scenes,". J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 25, 676-684.

2006

Kingdom, F. A. A., Yoonessi, A. & Gheorghiu, E. The Leaning Tower illusion. Perception

2006

Yoonessi, A. & Kingdom, F. A. A. , Faithful representation of colours on a CRT monitor. Color Research and Applications.

2006

Kingdom, F. A. A., Wong, K., Yoonessi, A. & Malkoc, G. Colour contrast influences perceived depth in combined shading and texture patterns. Spatial Vision, 19, 147-159.

2005

Yoonessi, A., & Kingdom, F. A. A. Sensitivity to color and luminance transformations in real versus phase-scrambled natural scenes [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 5(8):277, 277a,

2005

Pourshams A, Saadatian-Elahi M, Nouraie M, Malekshah A F, Rakhshani N, Salahi R, Yoonessi , et. al, Golestan cohort study of oesophageal cancer: feasibility and first results. British Journal of Cancer (2005) 92, 176-181

2004

Malekzadeh R, Sotoudeh M, Derakhshan MH, Mikaeli J, Yazdanbod A, Merat S, Yoonessi, et. al, Prevalence of gastric precancerous lesions in Ardabil, a high incidence province for gastric adenocarcinoma in the northwest of Iran. Journal of Clinical Pathology 2004;57:37-42.

2003

Sotoudehmanesh, R., & Yoonessi, A. , Diagnosis of Fasciola hepatica by endoscopic ultrasound. Endoscopy, 35 (12), 1088.

2002

Saidi F., Malekzadeh R., Sotoudeh M., Derakhshan M. H., Farahvash M. J., Yazdanbod A., Merat Sh., Mikaeli J., Sotoudehmanesh R., Nasseri-Moghadam S., Majidpour A., Arshi S., Abedi-Ardakani B., Yoonessi , et. al, Endoscopic esophageal cancer survey in the western part of the Caspian Littoral, Diseases of the Esophagus 15 (3), 214–218.

2007

Best Visual Illusion of 2007: Kingdom, Yoonessi, Gheorghiu

Jan. 2006 – Oct. 2006

Physician , Gastroenterology dep., Tehran Medical University

1998 – 2003

Physician, Gastroenterology dep., Tehran Medical University

1999 - 2002

Physician , Family Medicine, Hashtroodian Hospital, Iran

1997 – 1999

Physician, Family Medicine, Imam Hosein Clinic, Iran

2008- 2009

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, McGill Vision Research

2003- 2008

PhD student, McGill Vision Research

2000 – 2003

Chief Information Officer, Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran Medical University

1998 – 2003

Senior Researcher, Digestive Disease Research Center, Tehran Medical University

2002 - 2003

Medical Informatics Senior Researcher, Ministry of Health, Medical Informatics & Publications Department, Iran

1995 - 1996

Software Tutor, Student’s Scientific Research Center, Tehran Medical University, Iran

1990 – 1996

Programmer, Statistician, Computer Center of Medical Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

1995 - 1996

Software Tutor, Student’s Scientific Research Center, Tehran Medical University, Iran

1990 – 1996

Software Tutor, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

2007

Kingdom, F. A. A., Yoonessi, A. & Gheorghiu, E. (2007). Leaning Tower Illusion, Scholarpedia, p26691, http://scholarpedia.org/article/Leaning_Tower_Illusion

2002

XML (in Persian Language), Yoonessi A., Kashef-ol-hagh A., Mehr Publications

Languages

English (fluent), French (intermediate), Persian (Native)

Computer

Matlab, Visual Basic .Net, C++, SQL server, XML, Access, 3D-Studio, Adobe Photoshop