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Dr Muhammad Imran Omar

Dr Muhammad Imran Omar
Dr Muhammad Imran Omar
Dr Muhammad Imran Omar

MBBS, MD, MSc, MMEd, FHEA

Senior Research Fellow

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m.i.omar@abdn.ac.uk
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Academic Urology Unit, Health Sciences Building, Second Floor, University of Aberdeen Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD United Kingdom

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School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
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Biography

Dr. Muhammad Imran Omar is a qualified medical doctor with a particular interest in medical education and healthcare research. Dr Omar obtained his M.B.,B.S. degree from Dow Medical College (1993-1998). Dr Omar is certified as a Physician by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), USA, after clearing the United States Medical Licensing Exams (USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2 and Clinical Skills Assessment exam). Dr Omar is registered with the General Medical Council U.K. and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, U.K. Dr Omar obtained a Master's in Health Services and Public Health Research from the University of Aberdeen (2009) and a Master's in Medical Education from the University of Dundee (2012). His areas of research interest include systematic reviews, evidence-based medicine, clinical practice guideline development, real-world evidence and big data. We worked as Managing Editor for Cochrane Incontinence Group for almost five years and now works for the European Association of Urology (EAU) as Guidelines Office Methodology Supervisor, Vice-Chair of the Guidelines Office EAU Methods Committee, and a member of the EAU non-neurogenic female Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) panel. Dr Omar is a member of the GRADE Working Group, Cochrane Bias Methods Group, Cochrane Trainers' Network, Cochrane Statistical Network, Cochrane Consumer Network, and an Editor of Cochrane Urology. Dr. Omar is based within the Academic Urology Unit of the University of Aberdeen. 

Qualifications

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 
    2016 - Higher Education Academy (Now Advance HE), United Kingdom 
  • Masters in Medical Education (MMEd) 
    2012 - University of Dundee, United Kingdom 
  • Systematic Review course 
    2012 - University of Oxford, United Kingdom 
  • Masters in Health Services and Public Health Research (MSc Epidemiology) 
    2009 - University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom 
  • Cleared PLAB 1 in September 2004 and PLAB 2 in April 2005 
    2005 - General Medical Council (GMC), United Kingdom 
  • Cleared USMLE Step 1 in 2001, USMLE Step 2 in 1999 and CSA in 2002 
    2002 - United States Medical Licensing Examinations (USMLE), USA 
  • Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.,B.S) 
    1999 - Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Staff Development Committee

External Memberships
  1. General Medical Council (GMC) UK
  2. British Medical Association
  3. Pakistan Medical and Dental Council
  4. Scottish Medical Academic Staff Committee of BMA from 2011- 2017
  5. International Continence Society (Membership no. 9284) 2011 to 2015
  6. TheAssociation for the Study of Medical Education (ASME); 2013 to 2014
  7. International Urogynecological Association 
  8. European Association of Urology since 2014
  9. Société Internationale d'Urologie 
  10. International Society of Managing & Technical Editors since 2015
  11. Member EAU Methods Committee since September 2016 and Vice Chair since May 2020
Research

Research Overview

My areas of research interest include systematic reviews, evidence-based medicine, clinical practice guideline development, real world evidence and big data. 

Publications

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  • Emerging technologies for the surgical management of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic obstruction.: A systematic review

    Dey, A., Mamoulakis, C., Hasan, N., Yuan, Y., Shakil, A., Omar, M. I.
    European Urology Focus
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • What are the short-term benefits and potential harms of therapeutic modalities for the management of overactive bladder syndrome in women?: A review of evidence under the auspices of the European Association of Urology, Female Non-Neurogenic LUTS Guidelines Panel

    Farag, F., Sakalis, V. I., Arteaga, S. M., Sihra, N., Karavitakis, M., Arlandis, S., Bø, K., Cobussen-Boekhorst, H., Costantini, E., de Heide, M., Groen, J., Peyronnet, B., Phé, V., van Poelgeest-Pomfret, M. L., van den Bos, T. W., van der Vaartq, H., Harding, C. K., Lapitan, M. C. M., Omar, M. I., Nambiar, A. K.
    European Urology, vol. 84, no. 3, pp. 302-312
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Unanswered questions in prostate cancer: Findings of an international multi-stakeholder consensus by the PIONEER Consortium

    Omar, M. I., MacLennan, S., Ribal, M. J., Roobol, M. J., Dimitropoulos, K., van den Broeck, T., MacLennan, S., Evans-Axelsson, S., Gandaglia, G., Willemse, P. M., Mastris, K., Butler-Ransohoff, J., Devecseri, Z., Abbott, T., De Meulder, B., Bjartell, A., Asiimwe, A., N'Dow, J.
    Nature reviews. Urology, vol. 20, pp. 494–501
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Reply to Juan Pablo Valdevenito, Marcio Augusto Averbeck, Sanjay Sinha, Enrico Finazzi-Agro, and Andrew Gammie’s Letter to the Editor re: Karl H. Pang, Riccardo Campi, Salvador Arlandis, et al. Diagnostic Tests for Female Bladder Outlet Obstruction: A Systematic Review from the European Association of Urology Non-neurogenic Female LUTS Guidelines Panel. Eur Urol Focus 2022;8:1015–30

    Pang, K. H., Campi, R., Omar, M. I., Harding, C. K.
    European Urology Focus, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 629-630
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • The need for core outcome sets in renal cancer clinical effectiveness research

    MacLennan, S., Wintner, L. M., Omar, M. I., Beyer, K., Lawlor, A., Tripathee, S., Dabestani, S., Marconi, L., Giles, R. H., Woodward, R., Van Hemelrijck, M., Bex, A., Zondervan, P.
    Mini-invasive Surgery, vol. 7, 23
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • The role of Hospital-Based Cancer Registries (HBCRs) as information systems in the delivery of evidence-based integrated cancer care: a scoping review

    Tripathee, S., MacLennan, S., Poobalan, A., Omar, M. I., Guntupalli, A.
    Health System
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Oral anticholinergic drugs versus placebo or no treatment for managing overactive bladder syndrome in adults

    Stoniute, A., Madhuvrata, P., Still, M., Barron-Millar, E., Nabi, G., Omar, M. I.
    The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, vol. 5, no. 5, CD003781
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Conservative interventions for managing urinary incontinence after prostate surgery

    Johnson, E. E., Mamoulakis, C., Stoniute, A., Omar, M. I., Sinha, S.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. CD014799
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • PD16-05 A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW TO EVALUATE PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES MEASURES (PROMS) FOR METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER ACCORDING TO THE COSMIN METHODOLOGY: A PIONEER WP2 PROJECT

    Monica, R. M., Giorgio, G., Silvia, S. E., Alexandra, D., Eugenia, A., Katharina, B., Moss, C., Barletta, F., Scuderi, S., Stabile, A., Mazzone, E., Omar, M. I., Maclennan, S., Williamson, P. R., Zong, J., Maclennan, S., Mottet, N., Cornford, P., Lee Aiyegbusi, O., Van Hemelrijck, M., N’Dow, J., Montorsi, F., Briganti, A.
    AUA 2023, pp. e491
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • How can we improve patient-clinician communication in men diagnosed with prostate cancer?: PA04

    Beyer, K., Lawlor, A., Remmers, S., Venderbos, L. D., Willemse, P. M., Omar, M. I., Smith, E. J., Bezuidenhout, C., Collette, L., MacLennan, S., MacLennan, S., Evans-Axelsson, S., N'Dow, J., Roobol, M. J., Van Hemelrijck, M., Briers, E.
    23rd International Meeting of the European Association of Urology Nurses
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • How can we improve patient-clinician communication in men diagnosed with prostate cancer?

    Beyer, K., Lawlor, A., Remmers, S., Venderbos, L. D., Willemse, P. M., Omar, M. I., Smith, E. J., Bezuidenhout, C., Collette, L., MacLennan, S., MacLennan, S., Evans-Axelsson, S., N'Dow, J., Roobol, M. J., Van Hemelrijck, M., Briers, E.
    38th Annual EAU Congress
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • OPTIMA: New research project aims to improve treatment for patients with prostate, breast and lung cancer through artificial intelligence

    N'Dow, J., Smith, E. J., Sarah, C., Powell, P., Williams, C., Speirs, V., Starchenko, P., Sigrid, V. D., Čaputová, S., Kube, F., Omar, M. I., Marlene, T., Sigrid, A., Roobol, M. J., Kruger, H. S.
    Annual EAU Conference 2024, pp. A0992
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • Radiological features characterising indeterminate testes masses: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Ager, M., Donegan, S., Boeri, L., Mayor de Castro, J., Donaldson, J. F., Omar, M. I., Dimitropoulos, K., Tharakan, T., Janisch, F., Muilwijk, T., Yuan, C., TudurSmith, C., Radmay, C., Salonia, A., Laguna Pes, M. P., Minhas, S.
    BJU International, vol. 131, no. 3, pp. 288-300
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Non-Neurogenic Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) 2023 Update

    EAU Non-Neurogenic Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) Guidelines Panel, Harding, C. K., Lapitan, M. C., Arlandis, S., Bø, K., Costantini, E., Groen, J., Nambiar, A. K., Omar, M. I., Phé, V., Van Der Vaart, C. H.
    European Association of Urology.
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions

  • Role of artificial intelligence in urological cancers: an overview of systematic reviews

    Moris, L., Sakalis, V., Pang, K. H., Rai, B. P., N'Dow, J., Omar, M. I.
    Contributions to Journals: Registered Reports

  • A Systematic Review to Evaluate Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs) for Metastatic Prostate Cancer According to the COnsensus-based Standard for the selection of Health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) Methodology

    Ratti, M. M., Gandaglia, G., Sisca, E. S., Derevianko, A., Alleva, E., Beyer, K., Moss, C., Barletta, F., Scuderi, S., Omar, M. I., MacLennan, S., Williamson, P. R., Zong, J., MacLennan, S., Mottet, N., Cornford, P., Aiyegbusi, O. L., Van Hemelrijck, M., N'Dow, J., Brigantic, A.
    Cancers, vol. 14, no. 20, 5120
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The impact of low-pressure pneumoperitoneum on robotic-assisted radical cystectomy and intracorporeal ileal conduit urinary diversion: A case-control study.

    Kostakopoulos, N., Athanasiadis, G., Omar, M. I., Abraham, J., Dimitropoulos, K.
    World Journal of Urology, vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 2467-2472
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Benefits and Harms of Conservative, Pharmacological, and Surgical Management Options for Women with Bladder Outlet Obstruction: A Systematic Review from the European Association of Urology Non-neurogenic Female LUTS Guidelines Panel

    Peyronnet, B., Lapitan, M. C. M., Tzelves, L., O'Connor, E., Nic An Ríogh, A., Manso, M., Yuan, C. Y., Arlandis, S., Bø, K., Costantini, E., Farag, F., Groen, J., Nambiar, A. K., Phé, V., van der vaart, H., Omar, M. I., Harding, C.
    European Urology Focus, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 1340-1361
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Evidence based medicine and its impact on surgical training

    Alexander, C. E., Pereca, J., Shakil, A., Omar, M. I.
    Surgical Education and Training in Pakistan: Creating a Model. Umer, M., Ather, M. H., Enam, S. A. (eds.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 107-130, 23 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • European Health Data Space – an opportunity now to grasp the future of data-driven healthcare

    Horgan, D., Hajduch, M., Vrana, M., Soderberg, J., Hughes, N., Omar, M. I., A. Lal, J., Kozaric, M., Cascini, F., Thaler, V., Solà-Morales, O., Romao, M., Destrebecq, F., Gross, E. S.
    Healthcare, vol. 10, no. 9, 1629
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Randomised controlled trial comparing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of various washout policies versus no washout policy in preventing catheter associated complications in adults living with long-term catheters: study protocol for the CATHETER II study

    Abdel-fattah, M., Johnson, D., Constable, L., Thomas, R., Cotton, S., Tripathee, S., Cooper, D., Boran, S., Dimitropoulos, K., Evans, S., Granitsiotis, P., Hashim, H., Kilonzo, M., Larcombe, J., Little, P., MacLennan, S., Murchie, P., Myint, P., N’Dow, J., Norrie, J., Omar, M. I., Paterson, C., Scotland, G., Thiruchelvam, N., MacLennan, G.
    Trials, vol. 23, no. 1, 630
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Systematic review of active surveillance for clinically localized prostate cancer to develop recommendations regarding inclusion of intermediate-risk disease, biopsy characteristics at inclusion and monitoring, and surveillance repeat biopsy strategy

    Willemse, P. M., Lam, T., Mottet, N., Yuan, C. Y., Plass, K., Donaldson, J., Davis, N. F., Dell'Oglio, P., Fankhauser, C., Grivas, N., Ingels, A., Lardas, M., Liew, M., Pang, K. H., Paterson, C., Omar, M. I., Zattoni, F.
    Contributions to Journals: Registered Reports

  • Minimally invasive treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia: a Cochrane network meta-analysis

    Franco, J. V., Jung, J. H., Imamura, M., Borofsky, M., Omar, M. I., Escobar Liquitay, C. M., Young, S., Golzarian, J., Veroniki, A. A., Garegnani, L., Dahm, P.
    BJU International, vol. 130, no. 2, pp. 142-156
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Systematic Review of the Incidence of and Risk Factors for Urothelial Cancers and Renal Cell Carcinoma Among Patients with Haematuria

    Rai, B. P., Dominguez-Escrig, J. L., Vale, L. L., Kuusk, T., Čapoun, O., Soukup, V., Bruins, H. M., Yuan, Y., Violette, P. P., Santesso, N., van Rhijn, B. W., Mostafid, A. H., Omar, M. I.
    European Urology, vol. 82, no. 2, pp. 182-192
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Systematic review of Onabotulinumtoxin-A for the management of overactive bladder in women.

    Shi, W., Omar, M. I., Shakil, A.
    Contributions to Journals: Registered Reports
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