Dr. Dima Ibrahim Specialist Infectious Diseases

Awards & Achievements

• Transplant Infectious Diseases Fellowship from Duke University Hospital in 2021
• ECFMG Certified in 2017
• USMLE Step 1 in September 2014
• USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge in April 2015
• USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills in April 2017
• ECFMG Certified in July 2017
• USMLE Step 3 in April 2020
• Arab Board Step 1 in 2017
• Arab Board Step 2 in 2020
• IFOM Exam Part 2 in January 2015
• Abu Dhabi DOH License in July 2021
• European Conference of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) 2019 Poster Presenter, Amsterdam-April 2019
• European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Summer School Grant Recipient, Liverpool-June 2019
• ESCMID Funded Observership Recipient, France-March 2020
• Lebanese Society of Infectious Diseases Conference Presenter, Lebanon-March 2020
• Presenter of Many Conferences and Journal Clubs at the American University of Beirut Medical Centre 2015-2020
• Presenter at the Joint UNC/Duke Conference 2020
• Internal Medicine Grand Round Presenter in 2018

Research & Publications

• The main contributor to a review article (first author), project title: current antibiotic treatment choices for pseudomonas aeruginosa infections’ open infect dis. 2020 Dec;33(6): 464-473.Doi: 10.1097/qco.0000000000000677
• The main contributor to a research project: computed tomography of the chest and chest x-ray in diagnosing patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Accepted in July 2021 for publication in the journal of international medical research. (First author). The project was presented as a poster at ECCMID 2019 congress held in Amsterdam
• The main contributor to a published research project, project title: the burden of mucormycosis in patients hospitalized at the American University of Beirut Medical Center: A 10-year experience. (Published) infection. 2019 January 7. Doi: 10.1007/s15010-018-1259-5
• The main contributor (first author) to a published case report, project title: simultaneous brucella breast and pacemaker infection. (Published) ID cases. 2019 Jan 9;15: e00485
• The main contributor to a published case report, project title: an uncommon cause of fever and disturbed liver enzymes: the greatest mimicker of them all. (Published) gastroenterology. 2019 January 10. PII: S0016-5085(19)30028-9
• The main contributor (corresponding author) to a letter to the editor, project title: first reported mycobacterium marinum infection case in a patient with psoriatic arthritis maintained on golimumab (published) arch Rheumatology 2020;35(x): a-ii Doi: 10.46497/archrheumatol.2020.7714
• Use of letermovir for CMV prophylaxis in abdominal organ transplant. Article submitted for publication in august 2021
• Developed of antimicrobial prophylaxis protocol for CAR-T cell therapy recipients at Duke in 2021 based on a retrospective chart review of patients
• The main contributor to a research project, project title: long-term impact of prematurity on lung function. The retrospective study was presented as a thesis at the Lebanese University in 2017

Education & Training

• MBBS
• MD

Membership

• American Society of Hematology
• Emirates Hematology Society
• Saudi Hematology Society
• ESCMID: European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• Infection Control Committee Member 2018-2020 At American University of Beirut Medical Centre
• Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics Committee Member at American University of Beirut Medical Centre 2017-2020
• Member of the Mentors Program at Duke 2020-2021
• IDSA Member in 2019