Specialty
Neurology.
Specialist in disorders of the brain, spinal cord and nervous system. The clinical foundation beneath his teaching and research.
Neurologist · Associate Professor
Dr. Mohammad Yusuf Yadgari.
Advancing medical knowledge through teaching, research, and evidence-informed healthcare.
About
Medicine, teaching and research. Connected.
An Afghan neurologist and academic at Kabul University of Medical Sciences, whose work spans forensic medicine, medical ethics, toxicology and public health. He served as Director of Medical Affairs at Kabul Medical University and contributed to national health policy.
Forensic medicine.
Forensic causes of death, toxic substances and biological evidence, as a faculty member of the Department of Forensic Medicine.
Medical ethics.
Teaching clinicians about professional conduct and their responsibilities to patient welfare.
Toxicology.
Poisoning, heavy metals, and detecting and removing arsenic from food and water.
Public health.
Infectious disease, vaccine confidence and the barriers people face in reaching care.
Medical education.
University teaching, academic leadership and work on health-workforce policy.
Featured research
Questions that matter at home.
Books
Written to be used.
Determining the Amount of Arsenic in Kabul Market Rice
Arsenic contamination in rice sold in Kabul's markets, connecting environmental toxicology to everyday food safety.
View recordBestimmung des Arsengehalts in Reis vom Kabuler Markt
The German-language edition of his research on arsenic in Kabul market rice.
General Toxicology and Fundamentals of Poisoning Treatment
A Dari-language textbook on toxicology and the fundamentals of treating poisoning, for medical students and clinicians.
Library catalogCareer
Milestones.
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2012
Director of Medical Affairs, Kabul Medical University
Joined an Afghan delegation to Sudan for a professional exchange on health-workforce development and medical education, organized at the request of WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office.
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2016
National health policy
Acknowledged among the contributors to the National Health Policy for Afghanistan's Defense and Security Forces (1394–1398).
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2020
Medical ethics, Ali Abad Teaching Hospital
Lectured healthcare professionals on the role and responsibilities of medical ethics in clinical practice.
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2022–26
Sustained research output
Co-authored studies on arsenic remediation, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, forensic deaths in Kabul, a pediatric neurological case report, and barriers to tuberculosis control across five provinces.
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Today
Associate Professor (Pohanwal)
Kabul University of Medical Sciences, Department of Forensic Medicine.
Contact
Let's talk research.
For academic correspondence, research collaboration, or speaking invitations.