Amir Khorram-Manesh is an associate professor of surgery and a university lecturer in disaster medicine, mass casualty management, public health emergencies, and trauma. He has been a visiting professor at the State Emergency Services of Ukraine, the Institution of Civil Protection and Healthcare Administration, Kyiv, Ukraine, the University of Medical Sciences of Shiraz, Iran, the National Institute of Emergency Medicine of Thailand, and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand. His research interests include disaster management, emergency medicine and surgery, civilian-military collaboration, collaborative exercises, and disaster management training.