Dr. Emad Bashier Ibrahim Elmagboul, HMC
Dr. Emad Ibrahim obtained his FRCPath from the Royal College of Pathologists in London. He is the head of Clinical Microbiology & Virology division at HMC, Chairperson Infection Prevention and Control in the Heart Hospital, and country advisor for the Royal College of Pathologists. He is the head of Quality Cluster and lead quality team and infection control team during the JCI and CAP inspection and other quality activities. Dr. Ibrahim worked as a clinical consultant microbiologist and virologist at different hospitals in UK such as Southmead, Frenchay, Bristol Royal infirmary, Western Supermare and Ealing Hospital in London. His roles were direct clinical care as well as laboratory management, health protection, protocol and guidance development, Infection control and training supervision. His research interests are multidisciplinary with emphasis on diagnostic approaches, epidemiology, antimicrobial susceptibility & resistance and infection control. He studied the clinical utility and Clinical relevance of a positive molecular test (Cepheid Xpert) in the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection and Impact of introducing molecular diagnosis of Clostridium. Most recently he participated in publishing study using real time multiplex PCR for identification of enteric pathogens and Whole genome sequencing for detection resistance among MDRO Pseudomonas and detecting MRC genes responsible for colistin resistance.
