Curriculum Vitae
Nesrene Salah Omar, Ph.D.
Personal
Citizenship: EgyptianPlace of birth:Mansoura, Egypt
Marital Status: Married , two children
Mailing Address: / 1-El Sedek St.,University district, Mansoura, EgyptTel: (2050)236-5059---0101539694
Fax(2050)2364033
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Present Employment
- Professor of Medical Microbiology & Immunology (Infection Control),
MansouraUniversity ,Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt.
- Director of Infection control ,faculty of Medicine ,Mansoura University..
Education
- M.B.B.Ch. (Medicine & Surgery), Mansoura University, Egypt, Nov.1986.
- Master Degree (Medical Microbiology & Immunology), Mansoura University, Egypt, Nov. 1991.
- Doctorate Degree (Medical Microbiology & Immunology), Mansoura University, Egypt, May 1997.
Hospital Training & Experience
- House Officer, MansouraUniversityHospital, Mansoura, Egypt, 1986-1987.
- Designate Physician, Ministry of Health, Egypt, 1987-1988.
- Resident, Internal Medicine Dept., MansouraUniversityHospital, Mansoura, Egypt, 1989-1990.
Academic Appointments
- Demonstrator, Microbiology & Immunology Dept., MansouraUniversity Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt.
- Assistant Lecturer, Microbiology & Immunology Dept., MansouraUniversity Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt.
- Research Associate, Molecular Virology Dept., BaylorCollege Of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA, Jan 1995-April 1996
- Lecturer, Microbiology & Immunology Dept., MansouraUniversity Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt, Nov. 1997- July 2002
- Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology Dept., Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt, July 2002- July 2007.
- ProfessorMicrobiology & Immunology Dept., MansouraUniversity Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt from Sept. 2007 till now.
Medical Society Memberships
1-Egyptian Society of Medical Microbiology.
2-Egyptian Society of Infection Control.
3-Egyptian Society of Diabetic foot
4-Hospital infection Society : n.1494
Annual Scientific Sessions
- BaylorCollege of Medicine, Virology Dept. Annual Meeting, Houston, TX. Feb., 1996
- The 3 rd International Conference of the TuberculosisResearchUnitSchool of Medicine, CairoUniversity,13-14 April,2000
- The 9th International Conference of the Egyptian Society for Infection Control, Mansoura ,24-26 October,2000 As organizer , moderator of a session and a workshop
- Molecular Biology Workshop of III International congress of the African Societies of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (FASBMB) Cairo, Egypt. Nov. 11-13, 2000.
- The9th International Conference of the Egyptian Society of Medical Microbiology, Ismailia-Port Said, 29-30 March, 2001.
- The 3rd International Congress of International Federation of Infection Control (The 10th Annual Conference of International Egyptian Society for Infection Control) , Cairo ,24-27 October,2001
- The Annual Scientific Congress on Quality assurance system in Mansoura University Hospitals Present and Future, Mansorua, 31 October – 2 Nov. 2001
- The 10th International Conference of the Egyptian Society of Medical Microbiology , Cairo, 14-15 March, 2002.
- The 11th International Conference of the Egyptian Society of Medical Microbiology, Alexandria , 6-7 March, 2003.
- The Annual Scientific conference of Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura. March 17-18, 2004
- IUBS 28th General Assembly and International Conference "Biological Sciences, Development & Society", Cairo. Feb. 18-22, 2004.
- The 13th international conference of the Egyptian society for Medical Microbiology, Cairo. 31st March- 1 st April , 2005.
- The XVI annual conference of the Egyptian society of Laboratory Medicine in collaboration with The Egyptian Society of Applied Endocrinology, Cairo. March 23-24, 2005.
- The 14th international conference of the Egyptian society for Medical Microbiology, Cairo. April 13, 2006.
- British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Spring meeting, The good, The bad and The ugly Gram –negative therapeutics in the 21st century. International Convention Centre. Birmingham, UK. March 16, 2006.
- The 6th International Conference of the Hospital Infection Society. Hospital Infection Society Conference, Amsterdam. Oct. 15-18, 2006.
- The 15th international conference of the Egyptian society for Medical Microbiology, Cairo. April 5, 2007.
- The 8 th Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control, Budapest ,18-21 October, 2007
- The 16th international conference of the Egyptian society for Medical Microbiology, Cairo. April 2, 2008
- The IUMS( International union of Microbiology Society) 5-10 August, 2008, Istanbul , Turkey
- The 17th international conference of the Egyptian society for Medical Microbiology, Cairo. March 21, 2009
- The 3rd Eastern Meditrerranean Regional Infection Control Congress (EMRNIC) and 18th Annual Conference of the Egyptian Society Of Infection Control(ESIC) conference,6-9 November,2009, Port Said ,Egypt
- The 7th International Medical Education Conference (IMEC-2010) , 25- 26 March 2010, International Medical University, Bukit Jalil Campus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- The 7th International Conference of the Hospital Infection Society. Hospital Infection Society Conference, Liverpool ,Oct. 10-14, 2010.
- The 19 th Annual Conference of the Egyptian Society For Infection control&1 st conference of the Egyptian Patient Safety Association. Alexandria, 29 Oct-1 Nov.2010
- The 3 rddiabetic foot conference of the Egyptian Society of Diabetic foot.Cairo,6-7 Oct 2011
- The 20th Annual Conference of the Egyptian Society For Infection control& 1 st conference of the Egyptian Patient Safety Association. Alexandria, 17-20 Nov.2011
- The 4 th diabetic foot conference of the Egyptian Society of Diabetic foot.Cairo,6-7 Oct 2012
- Immunology of Fungal Infections, Hotel Galvez, Galveston, TX, January 13-18, 2013.
- XX World congress on Safety and Health, Frankfurt, Germany, August 24-28,2014.
- The 9 thHealthcare Infection Society Conference – HIS 2014 run in conjunction with SF2H, Lyon, France, November 16 –18, 2014.
- The 21th international conference of the Egyptian society for Medical Microbiology, Cairo. April 25, 2015
- Middle east Infection Prevention summit Healthcare Infection Society,Dubai 3-4 June 2015
Coordinator in workshops
- Infection control coordinatorin the 1st international workshop on diabetic foot ,DF team ,Medical Specialized Hospital In Collaboration with DE Unit, Twenteborg Hospital, Netherlands, 25 - 26 Jan. 2007.
- Secretary general of the 2 nd training course of the Microbiology Diagnostic & Infection Control Unit , MicrobiologyDept.MansouraUniversity, 3-4 May 2007.:
- Infection control co-coordinatorin the 2nd international workshop on diabetic foot ,DF team ,Medical Specialized Hospital In Collaboration with DE Unit, Twenteborg Hospital, Netherlands, 8-11 May ,2008.
- Infection Control training course as coordinatorfor Internship physician for the academic year 2009-2010/2010-2011/2011-2012
- The 20th International Conference of Egyptian Society of Medical Microbiology in Collaboration With Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department Faculty Of Medicine, MansouraUniversity,27-28 February 2014.
- The 21th International Conference of Egyptian Society of Medical Microbiology& Immunology ,25April 2015.
- Middle east Infection Prevention summit Healthcare Infection Society,Dubai 3-4 June 2015
Educational workshops
1-The Molecular Biology Training Course of the Egyptian Society of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 20-23, 1999.
2-Infection control training course: Birmingham children hospital , Birmingham ,UK, March 3-15, 2006.
3-Educational course: Tales from Africa: Our link with Ethiopia? Birmingham Children Hospital ,UK, March 3-14, 2006.
4-Malwai workshops :
- The role of other professionals and non professionals
- How to make global initiatives work at a local level, Birmingham Children Hospital ,UK, March 15, 2006.
5-Infection control training course,Birmingham children Hospital ,UK, March 3-15, 2006.
6-Evidence-based teaching and best evidence medical education ,International Medical University, Bukit Jalil Campus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. March 2010,
7-Assessment of attitudes in InternationalMedicalUniversity, Bukit Jalil Campus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. March 2010,
8-Implementation of Electronic surveillance of surgical site infections in hospitals,US Naval Medical Research Unit 3,Cairo,Egypt,Sep 2014
9-Implementation of Electronic surveillance of Intensive care unit infections in hospitals, US Naval Medical Research Unit 3,Cairo,Egypt,Sep 2014
Conference presentation
- Nesrene S. Omar, Talat Abdel-Razek, and M. S. Rizk(1998 ): One year monitoring study of nosocomial Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci in MansouraUniversityHospital. In The 7th International Conference of the Egyptian Society for Infection Control, Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 27-29.
- Nesrene S. Omar, S. A Hawas and M. M. Abdel-Razik (2000): Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in semen from infertile Egyptian men. In The 8th International Conference of the Egyptian Society of Medical Microbiology, Menya, Egypt, March 29-30.
- Nesrene S. Omar, S. A. Hawas, M. Saad and S. Salem(2000): Circulating ICAM-3 in immuno- compromized patients. In The 8th International Conference of the Egyptian Society of Medical Microbiology, Menya, Egypt, March .
- Nesrene S. Omar, E. Hammad, F. El-Kenawy, and M. M. El-Saied (2000): Nosocomial Serratia Bacteremia In MansouraUniversityHospital. In The 9th International Conference of the Egyptian Society for Infection Control, Mansoura, Egypt, Oct. 24-26.
- Nesrene S. Omar, Hesham M Waly, Khaled Zalata and Reda Abul-Maaty (2003): Detection of Chlamydia pneumoniae in surgically removed aortic valves by polymerase chain reaction.In The 11th International Conference of the Egyptian Society of Medical Microbiology, Alexandria, Egypt, March.
- Nesrene S. Omar, Safaa El-Agari, S. A. Hawas, Hoda Nagib and Farag M. Farag (2004) Detection of aerolysin gene in Aeromonas hydrophila isolates among Aeromonas-associated gastroenteritis cases by PCR. IUBS 28th General Assembly and International Conference "Biological Sciences, Development & Society", Cairo, Egypt, 18-22
- Nesrene S. Omar, W. Mowafy and M. S. Rizk (2004): Detection of hetero-vancomycin resistance among Methicillin resistant Staphylococci aureus ( MRSA) blood isolates. In The 12th International Conference of the Egyptian Society of Medical Microbiology, Cairo, Egypt, March.
- Nesrene S .Omar,Mohammed M.Ali, and the infection control team (2006):Impact of Infection Control Program on the Prevalence of Nosocomially Urinary Tract Infection in an EgyptianUniversityAffiliatedHospital .Accepted in 6th international conf.of hospital infection society,Amsterdam 15-18 Oct.
- Nesrene S.Omar,Doaa Towefek,Mohammed S.Rizk amd Mohammed Ez Elregal (2006): Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Campylobacter Species Isolated from Children Diarrheic Samples.Accepted in 6th international conf.of hospital infection society, Amsterdam 15-18 Oct.
- Nesrene S.Omar,Tamer El Shahat, Mohammed Shokeir and Shadai El Sallab (2006) : Intravascular Catheter Related Infections in Neonatal Care Unit at MansouraUniversity Children 's Hospital. Accepted in 6th international conf.of hospital infection society, Amsterdam 15-18 Oct .
11-M.Tarshoby, O.State, H. Gawish, N. Omar and M. El-Nahas .Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibilty of MRSA in diabetic foot ulcer in Egyptian diabetes foot clinic. Accepted in the 5 th international symposium on The Diabetic Foot Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 9-12 May 2007.
12-H.Waly, A Tahert, ONesrene,A Abdel- Hafez:the impact of C-reactive Protein on coronary flow reserve in young hypertensives without coronary diseases. Accepted in the European Society Of Cardiology, Vienna-Austria 1-5 Sept.,2007.
13-Nesrene Omar, Mohamed Medhat, Tamer Bedeir , Amera Sultan , Noha Tharwat , Ghada Mashaly , Dalia Moemen , Eman El Sahsah and Mona El hadidy. The antibiotic susceptibility patterns of bacterial isolates : A survey from six University Affiliated Hospitals in Mansoura ,Egypt. 8 th Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control, Budapest ,18-21 October, 2007
14-Nesrene Omar, Rasha Hassan, Hany Lotfy ,Mona El Hadidy and Mohamed Medhat.Comparing the sensitivity of imipenem and meronem against nosocomial bacterial isolates in Mansoura University Hospitals, Egypt. 8 th Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control, Budapest ,18-21 October, 2007
15-Nesrene Omar, Nevein El Wakel, Heba Degla, Sameh Sabri: Nosocomial infection in a Neonatal Care Unit at Mansoura University Children 's Hospital, ,Egypt. 8 th Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control, Budapest onOctober 18-21, 2007
16-Nesrene Omar, Nashwa Elkasaby, Ramadane Mahfouz and Mohamed Ez El Regal. The prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in Children with Diarrhea in Mansoura University Children Hospital (MUCH). 8 th Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control, Budapest ,18-21 October, 2007
17-Nesrene Omar, Heba Degla ,Nevein El Wakel, , Samah Sabri, Mohamed Medhat. Prevalence of Nosocomial Candiduria in a Neonatal Care Unit at MansouraUniversity Children 's Hospital, Egypt. 8 th Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control, Budapest ,18-21 October, 2007.
18-Nesrene Omar, Nawal Salama, Walid Eldars: Needle Stick Injuriues: Epidemiological Study in Endoscopy Unit: Mansoura Specialized Medical Hospital, Egypt’ 8 th Congress of the International Federation of Infection Control, Budapest ,18-21 October, 2007.
19-Nesrene S. Omar, Mohamed M.El-Naggar, Rawia E.Badr andHanan El Stohy..Risk factors and Clonal relationships in Uropathogenic Escherichiacoli Isolates From diabetic women with Asymptomatic Bacteriuria.The International union of Microbiology Society (IUMS), 5-10 August, 2008, Istanbul , Turkey
20-Nesrene S. Omar, M. El Hadidy,W. Mowafy, N.El Nashar and H. El-Askalany.Prevalence of Nosocomial Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) in Egyptian Hospitals. The International union of Microbiology Society (IUMS), 5-10 August, 2008, Istanbul , Turkey
21-Nesrene S.Omar.Role of Infection control in hospital design. The 3rd Eastern Meditrerranean Regional Infection Control Congress (EMRNIC) and 18th Annual Conference of the Egyptian Society Of Infection Control(ESIC) conference,6-9 November,2009, Port Said ,Egypt
22-Nesrene S.Omar,Mohamed El Farrash, Rawia Badre, Medhat Abdel Meseh, Ghada Magwary, Mona El Hadidy, Hamdia Askar and Enas Hamad. Awareness of Infection control in health care setting: Continuous Medical Educational course for undergraduate Medical Students: An Egyptian Experience. The 7th International Medical Education Conference (IMEC-2010) , International Medical University, Bukit Jalil Campus, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia25- 26 March 2010,
23-Nesrene S.Omar:Comparative Assessment of Infection Control Training Course Between Undergraduate Medical Students and Internships Physician : An Egyptian ExperienceThe 7th International Conference of the Hospital Infection Society. Hospital Infection Society Conference, Liverpool ,Oct. 10-14, 2010.
24-Nesrene S.Omar: Indoor Hospital Bioaerosols :Facing hidden enemy.The 19 th Annual Conference of the Egyptian Society For Infection control& 1 st conference of the Egyptian Patient Safety Association. Alexandria, 29 Oct-1 Nov. 2010
25-Nesrene S.Omar: Wound healing and biofilm: potential role . The 3 rddiabetic foot conference of the Egyptian Society of Diabetic foot.Cairo,6-7 Oct 2011
26-Nesrene S.Omar, Talaat Abdel Razek, Eman El Mansouri: Hidden battle: The immune sustem vs Fungal biofilm.Gordon Research Conference, ,Galveston,Texas ,USA,13-18 Jan 2013
- Nesrene S.Omar :Improve Patients Safety in Intensive Care Unit throughCare bundles implementation : Health Care Infections: Microbial Challenges in Different Environments in the 20th International Conference of ESMM In Collaboration with Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt 27-28 Feb,2014.
- Nesrene S.Omar ,Eman A. Elmansoury, Ragy N. Botros,Mona A. Abd El Raouf, Dalia k. Nassar Prevalence of Methicillin Resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage among Egyptian medical students.In the 9th Healthcare Infection Society International Conference ,Lyon, France,16 –18 Nov, 2014
- Nesrene S.Omar .Infection control challenges in lover transplant unit, MansouraUniversityexperience. In Middle east Infection Prevention summit Healthcare Infection Society,Dubai 3-4 June 2015
- Nesrene S.Omar .Personal Protective Equipment and blood& body fluid Born Pathogen: Safety issues.InMiddle east Infection Prevention summit Healthcare Infection Society, Dubai 3-4 June 2015
Journal Publications :
- Nesrene S. Omar, M. El-Nagar, S. Abdel-Maksoud Khalid, and M. S. Rizk (2001): Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infection and The Importance of Infection Control Practices In MansouraUniversityHospital. Egypt J of Med Microbiol 10(3): 345-350.
- Nesrene S. Omar, W. Zaghloul, H. El-Stohy, and M. S. Rizk (2001): Detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in stool specimen as a cause of Hospital-acquired diarrhoea
- Nesrene S. Omar, M. El-Nagar, S. Abdel-Maksoud Khalid, and M. S. Rizk (2001): Nosocomial Urinary Tract Infection and The Importance of Infection Control Practices In MansouraUniversityHospital. Egypt J of Med Microbiol 10(3): 345-350.
- Nesrene S. Omar, W. Mowafy and M. S. Rizk: Detection of hetero-vancomycin resistance among Methicillin resistant Staphylococci aureus ( MRSA) blood isolates. N.Egypt. J. Microbiology 2004 ,8:224-237.
- Nesrene S.Omar , M. M. El-Naggar ,Rawia Badr and Hanna Stohy. Virulence factors of E.coli strains isolated ferom diabetic women with asymptomatic bacteriuria. ". Egypt J of Med Microbiol, 2005 14(2) 291-299.
- Nesrene S.Omar , Mohammed A.Abou Elela M. El bendary, M. M. El-Naggar, K. Zalata and T. A. Ibrahim .Association Between Helicobacter pylori and Hepatitis C Virus-Related Chronic Liver Diseases: Serological and Molecular Study". Egypt J of Med Microbiol, 2005 14(1) 1-12.
- Nesrene S.Omar. Bacteriological study of metallo-beta lactamases producing gram negative bacilli in MansouraUniversityHospital. Egypt J Lab Med. 2005, 351-366.
- Nesrene S.Omar, M. El-Nahas, H. El-Stohy, Omnia Stet and M. Eltarshoby. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in diabetic foot clinic and effectiveness of infection control program. In press .
- Nesrene S.Omar,Sanaa M Abdelaal,and Y. Moustafa. Seminal plasma level interleukin (IL) -8 in infertile men with silent genital tract infection Egypt J of Med Microbiol, 2006, 15(3):699-708
- Nesrene S.Omar, Farid Badria,Amani Bader : Evaluation of the Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activity of Epiphany Root Canal Sealer in Vitro.Egypt J of Med Microbiol, 2007, 15(3):699-708
- Medhat A El-Daker, Mohamed M El-Naggar , Nesrene S.Omar and Mona F Salama : Nosocomial InfectionsCausedbyExtended-Spectrum-LactamaseProducingKlebsiellapneumoniaewithPlasmidsCarrying SHV-5gene in Mansoura University Hospitals. Egypt J of Med Microbiol, 2006, 15(3) 689-698.
- Nesrene S. Omar, Mamdouh R. El-Nahas and Jim Gray :Novel antibiotics for the management of diabetic foot infections: Internat J Antimicrob,2008 Dec 31:411–419
- Badr AE, OmarN, Badria FA . A laboratory evaluation of the antibacterial and cytotoxic effect of Liquorice when used as root canal medicament. J Int Endod J. 2011 Jan;44(1):51-8.
- Gray J, Omar N.Nosocomial infections in neonatal intensive care units in developed and developing countries: how can we narrow the gap?J Hosp Infect. 2013 Mar;83(3):193-5.
- Doaa Masallat, Nesrene Salah Omar , and Ahmed KhalifaAntimicrobial Activity of Nanosilver and its Benefit in Soft Liner Obturator Prosthesis. In press
Supervisor the following thesis:
- Prevalence of nosocomial serratia infections in MansouraUniversityHospital
- A study of the effect of intravenous device materials on the incidence of intravenous device-related infections
- Non typhoidal salmonellae gastroenteritis in MansouraUniversityHospital
- Bacteriological study of Enterobacter species as a cause of neonatal septicaemia in neonatal care unit at MansouraUniversityHospital
- A microbiological study on Aeromonas hydrophila infections in MansouraUniversity Hospital.
- Intravascular Catheter Related Infections in Neonate
- PCR detection of toxin A and B genes of Clostridium difficile causing nosocomial diarrhea
- Evaluation of risk factors for nosocomial infections in neonatal care units and guidelines for their prevention an Evidence-Based Medicine Approach.
- Shiga like toxin producing E.coli O157:H7 in children with diarrhea in MansouraUniversitychildrenHospital.
- Campylobacter Species Isolated from stool of Children withgastroenteritis.
- Fungal biofilm
- The Effect of Propolis (Bee Glue) as a homeopathic remedyin the Treatment of Aggressive Periodontitis (Clinical and Microbiological Study).
- Health care associated infection as a predictor of patient safety in intensive care units in developed and developing countries.
- Surveillance of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria and Strategies to Reduce Healthcare Associated Infectionsin Mansoura University Liver transplantation unit.
- Comparative Study of Different New Monoblock Obturation Systems
Contributing Author in the following books:
- Medical Microbiology& Immunology book: For the 3rd grade medical student, Faculty of Medicine, MansouraUniversity
- The applied part of the Medical Microbiology& Immunology book: for the 3rd grade medical student, Faculty of Medicine, MansouraUniversity.
- Medical Microbiology& Immunology book for lab. technician, under the supervision of the Egyptian Ministry of Health: for 1st and 2nd grade
- Medical Microbiology& Immunology notebook for dental students,2nd grade.
- Medical Microbiology& Immunology notebook for dental post graduate students.
Educational activities:
From 1997 till now
- Undergraduate medical students (both lectures and applied section)
- Postgraduate students (clinical and academic degree)
- Laboratory technician
- Dental students (undergraduate& post graduate)
Reviewer in
Saudia Medical Journal
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial
Arbitrators of the EgyptianUniversity Promotion committee for Microbiology 2008-2010
Other activities :
- Head of Infection Control team at MansouraSpecializedMedicalHospital from 1/6/1997 till now.
- Director of administration of the Microbiology Diagnostic and Infection Control unit from 1 Feb 2007 till Jan 2008.
- Tutor in Mansoura-Manchester program :2006-2008.
- External examiner in University Sains Islam Malaysia from 20-27 March 2010
- Member of thescientific committee for upgrading professorsand assistant professors in Medical Microbiology & Immunology among all Egyptian universities through the supreme council of Higher Education in Egypt
- Director of Infection control ,faculty of Medicine , Mansoura University November 2014 till now
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