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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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  • Systematic Review of Comparative Patient Reported Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life after Management of Localized Renal Masses or Renal Cell Carcinomas

    Sandbergen, L., Omar, M. I., Othman, L., van Etten-Jamaludin, F., Soytas, M., De La Rosette, J. J., Laguna, M. P.
    Société Internationale d’Urologie Journal, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 209–239
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Diagnostic Tests for Female Bladder Outlet Obstruction: A Systematic Review from the European Association of Urology Non-neurogenic Female LUTS Guidelines Panel

    Pang, K. H., Campi, R., Arlandis, S., Bø, K., Chapple, C. R., Costantini, E., Farag, F., Groen, J., Karavitakis, M., Lapitan, M. C. M., Manso, M., Monagas Arteaga, S., Nambiar, A. K., Nic An Ríogh, A., O'Connor, E., Osman, N. I., Peyronnet, B., Phé, V., Sakalis, V. I., Sihra, N., Tzelves, L., van der vaart, H., Yuan, Y., Omar, M. I., Harding, C. K.
    European Urology Focus, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1015-1030
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • European Association of Urology Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Female Non-neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. Part 1: Diagnostics, Overactive Bladder, Stress Urinary Incontinence, and Mixed Urinary Incontinence

    Nambiar, A. K., Arlandis, S., Bø, K., Cobussen-Boekhorst, H., Costantini, E., de Heide, M., Farag, F., Groen, J., Karavitakis, M., Lapitan, M. C., Manso, M., Arteaga, S. M., Riogh, A. N. A., O'Connor, E., Omar, M. I., Peyronnet, B., Phé, V., Sakalis, V. I., Sihra, N., Tzelves, L., van Poelgeest-Pomfret, M. L., van den Bos, T. W., van der Vaart, H., Harding, C. K.
    European Urology, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 49-59
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • European Association of Urology Guidelines on the Management of Female Non-neurogenic Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. Part 2: Underactive Bladder, Bladder Outlet Obstruction, and Nocturia

    Arlandis, S., Bø, K., Cobussen-Boekhorst, H., Costantini, E., de Heide, M., Farag, F., Groen, J., Karavitakis, M., Lapitan, M. C., Manso, M., Arteaga, S. M., Nambiar, A. K., Riogh, A. N. A., O'Connor, E., Omar, M. I., Peyronnet, B., Phé, V., Sakalis, V. I., Sihra, N., Tzelves, L., van Poelgeest-Pomfret, M. L., van den Bos, T. W., van der Vaart, H., Harding, C. K.
    European Urology, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 60-70
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The efficacy of beta-3 adrenergic receptor agonist monotherapy for symptoms of overactive bladder in adults:: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

    Forbes, Z. N. M., Stefan, A., Graham, H., Vas, F., Barclay, S., Patel, M., Chandarana, R., Omar, M. I.
    Contributions to Journals: Registered Reports

  • Secondary Treatment for Men with Localized Prostate Cancer: a pooled analysis of PRIAS and ERSPC-Rotterdam data within the PIONEER data platform

    Beyer, K., Straten, V., Remmers, S., MacLennan, S., Gandaglia, G., Willemse, P. M., Herrera, R., Omar, M. I., Russell, B., Huber, J., Kreuz, M., Asiimwe, A., Abbott, T., Briganti, A., Vanhemelrijck, M., Roobol, M. J., MacLennan, S., The PRIAS Consortium, , The ERSPC Rotterdam Study Group, , The PIONEER Consortium,
    Journal of Personalized Medicine, vol. 12, no. 5, 751
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Updating and integrating core outcome sets for localised, locally advanced, metastatic and non-metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer: an update from the PIONEER Consortium

    Beyer, K., Moris, L., Lardas, M., Omar, M. I., Healey, J., Tripatheed, S., Gandaglia, G., Venderbos, L. D., Vradi, E., van den Broeck, T., Willemse, P. M., Antunes-Lopes, T., Pacheco-Figueiredo, L., Monagas Arteaga, S., Esperto, F., Flaherty, S., Devecseri, Z., Lam, T., Williamson, P. R., Heer, R., Smith, E. J., Asiimwe, A., Huber, J., Roobol, M. J., Zong, J., Mason, M. D., Cornford, P., Mottet, N., MacLennan, S., N'Dow, J., Brigantii, A., MacLennan, S., Van Hemelrijck, M., PIONEER Consortium
    European Urology, vol. 81, no. 5, pp. 503-514
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Diagnostic and prognostic factors in patients with prostate cancer: a systematic review

    Beyer, K., Moris, L., Lardas, M., Haire, A., Barletta, F., Scuderi, S., Molnar, M., Herrera, R., Rauf, A., Campi, R., Greco, I., Shiranov, K., Dabestani, S., van den Broeck, T., Sujenthiran, A., Gacci, M., Gandaglia, G., Omar, M. I., MacLennan, S., Roobol, M. J., Farahmand, B., Vradi, E., Devecseri, Z., Asiimwe, A., Zong, J., MacLennan, S., Collette, L., N'Dow, J., Briganti, A., Bjartell, A., Van Hemelrijck, M., PIONEER Consortium
    BMJ Open, no. 12, e058267
    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., Davis, N. F., Grivas, N., Zattoni, F., Lardas, M., Briers, E., Cumberbatch, M. G., De Santis, M., Dell'Oglio, P., Donaldson, J. F., Fossati, N., Gandaglia, G., Gillessen, S., Grummet, J. P., Henry, A. M., Liew, M., MacLennan, S., Mason, M. D., Moris, L., Plass, K., O'Hanlon, S., Omar, M. I., Oprea-Lager, D. E., Pang, K. H., Paterson, C., Ploussard, G., Rouvière, O., Schoots, I. G., Tilki, D., van den Bergh, R. C., van den Broeck, T., van der Kwast, T. H., van der Poel, H. G., Wiegel, T., Yuan, C. Y., Cornford, P., Mottet, N., Lam, T. B.
    European Urology, vol. 81, no. 4, pp. 337-346
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Standardising the Assessment of Patient-reported Outcome Measures in Localised Prostate Cancer. A Systematic Review

    Ratti, M. M., Gandaglia, G., Alleva, E., Leardini, L., Sisca, E. S., Derevianko, A., Furnari, F., Mazzoleni Ferracini, S., Beyer, K., Moss, C., Pellegrino, F., Sorce, G., Barletta, F., Scuderi, S., Omar, M. I., MacLennan, S., Williamson, P. R., Zong, J., MacLennan, S. J., Mottet, N., Cornford, P., Aiyegbusi, O. L., Van Hemelrijck, M., N'Dow, J., Briganti, A., The PIONEER Consortium
    European Urology Oncology, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 153-163
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Intravaginal electrical stimulation for pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence:: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials

    Warty, R., Freites, J., Naidu, D., Modi, R., Gunasaegaram, V., Omar, M. I., Mol, B.
    Contributions to Journals: Registered Reports

  • Clinical characterization and outcomes of prostate cancer patients undergoing immediate vs. conservative management:: A PIONEER study

    Ratti, M. M., Gandaglia, G., Omar, M. I., Maresca, G., Golozar, A., Remmers, S., Roobol, M. J., Steinbeisser, C., Hulsen, T., van Bochove, K., Blumchen, K., Van Hemelrijck, M., Willemse, P. M., Oja, M., Tamm, S., Reisberg, S., Gómez Rivas, J., van den Bergh, R. C. N., Kinnaird, A., Asiimwe, A., Bjartell, A., Smith, E. J., N'Dow, J., PIONEER Consortium
    37th Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Outcomes of importance to men with advanced prostate cancer:: PIONEER interview study

    Tripathee, S., Healey, J., Beyer, K., Venderbos, L. D., Van Hemelrijck, M., Roobol, M. J., Huber, J., Smith, E. J., Omar, M. I., N'Dow, J., MacLennan, S., MacLennan, S., PIONEER Consortium
    37th Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology, S1550
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Recommendations for using Big Data in Prostate Cancer:: The experience from the PIONEER Watchful Waiting Study-a-thon

    Beyer, K., Smith, E. J., Gandaglia, G., Remmers, S., Golozar, A., Kermani, N. Z., Herrera, R., Snijders, R. J., Evans, S., Achtman, A., Steinbeisser, C., Willemse, P. M., Omar, M. I., De Meulder, B., Reich, C., van Bochove, K., Roobol, M. J., Van Hemelrijck, M., Bjartell, A., Asiimwe, A., N'Dow, J., PIONEER Consortium
    37th Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology, S1548-S1549
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Patients’ and Health Care Professionals’ Expectations, Experience, and Perception of the Outcomes of Various Washout Policies in Preventing Catheter-associated Complications: Qualitative Study of the CATHETER II

    Tripathee, S., Omar, I., Abdel-Fattah, M., MacLennan, S.
    European Urology Focus, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 235-238
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Non-Neurogenic Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS): 2022 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

  • Re: Veronika Birkhäuser, Andrea M. Sartori, Nicolas S. Bodmer, et al. Metaepidemiological Inventory of Diagnostic Studies on Urodynamics. Eur Urol Focus. In press https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2019.11.017

    Clement, K. D., Omar, M. I.
    European Urology Focus, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 1508-1509
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • 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., Omar, M. I., Tzelves, L., O'Connor, E., Nic An Ríogh, A., Manso, M., Yuan, C., Arlandis, S., Bø, K., Costantini, E., Farag, F., Broen, J., Nambiar, A. K., Phé, V., van der vaart, H., Harding, C.
    ICS 2021 Melbourne Online, pp. 73
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • Are We Removing Catheters Correctly?: A Cochrane Meta-analysis Comparing Removal Strategies for Short-term Urethral Catheters in Hospital Patients

    Ellahi, A., Stewart, F., Kidd, E., Griffiths, R., Fernandez, R., Omar, M. I.
    ICS 2021 Melbourne Online, pp. 487
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • Long term outcomes of prostate cancer patients managed by watchful waiting:: results from the PIONEER/EHDEN/OHDSI study-a-thon

    van Bochove, K., Steinbeiber, C., Golozar, A., De Meulder, B., Evans-Axelsson, S., Gandaglia, G., Beyer, K., Omar, M. I., N'Dow, J., Bjartell, A., Kermani, N. Z., Herrera, R., Remmers, S., Reich, C., Ratwani, S., Asiimwe, A., van Diggelen, F., Senthilkumar, K., Snijder, R., Achtman, A. H., Roobol, M. J., Hughes, N., Rijnbeek, P., Moinat, M., Smith, E. J., The PIONEER Consortium
    Contributions to Conferences: Oral Presentations

  • Summarising current evidence for the PIONEER study-a-thon:: Systematic Literature Review of prostate cancer patients managed with watchful waiting

    Willemse, P. M., Beyer, K., Omar, M. I., Herrera, R., Molnar, M., Greco, I., Campi, R., Fatoba, S., De Meulder, B., Evans, S., Kermani, N. Z., Remmers, S., Reich, C., Ratwani, S., Golozar, A., Snijder, R., Gacci, M., Achtman, A., Hughes, N., Rijnbeek, P., Smith, E. J., Steinbeisser, C., Van Hemelrijck, M., Bjartell, A., N'Dow, J., Asiimwe, A., Roobol, M., Gandaglia, G., The PIONEER Consortium
    7th Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics Global Symposium
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • EVALUATING PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES MEASURES (PROMS) FOR LOCALISED PROSTATE CANCER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW USING THE CONSENSUS-BASED STANDARD FOR THE SELECTION OF HEALTH MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS (COSMIN) METHODOLOGY

    Ratti, M. M., Gandaglia, G., Leardini, L., Ferracini, S. M., Sisca, E. S., Derevianko, A., Furnari, S., Beyer, K., Pellegrino, F., Sorce, G., Scuderi, S., Barletta, F., Cucchiara, V., Omar, M. I., Maclennan, S., Zong, J., Maclennan, S. J., Aiyegbusi, O. L., Van Hemelrijck, M., N'Dow, J., Montorsi, F., Briganti, A.
    Journal of Urology, vol. 206, no. S3, pp. E212-E212
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Minimally invasive treatments for lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia: a network meta‐analysis (Review)

    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.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2021, no. 7, CD013656
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Minimally invasive treatments for lower urinary tract symptoms in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia:: a 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.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
    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., Omar, M. I., O'Connor, E., Tzelves, L., Nic An Ríogh, A., Manso, M., Yuan, C., Arlandis, S., Bø, K., Costantini, E., Farag, F., Groen, J., Nambiar, A. K., Phé, V., van der vaart, H., N'Dow, J., Harding, C. K., Lapitan, M. C. M.
    EAU21 Virtual Congress, pp. P0304
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters
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