Dr Muhammad Imran Omar

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

MBBS, MD, MSc, MMEd, FHEA

Senior Research Fellow

About
Email Address
m.i.omar@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 438126
Office Address

Academic Urology Unit, Health Sciences Building, Second Floor, University of Aberdeen Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD United Kingdom

School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

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. 

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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  • Reply to Badar M. Mian. Prostate Biopsy: Hyperbole and Misrepresentation Versus Scientific Evidence and Equipoise. Eur Urol. 2024;85:99–100

    Pilatz, A., MacLennan, S., van den Bergh, R. C., Veeratterapillay, R., Omar, M. I., Yuan, Y., Cornford, P., Bonkat, G.
    European Urology, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 313-314
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
  • Surgical and minimally invasive treatment of ischaemic and non-ischaemic priapism: A systematic review by the EAU Sexual and Reproductive Health Guidelines panel

    Milenkovic, U., Cocci, A., Veeratterapillay, R., Dimitropoulos, K., Boeri, L., Capogrosso, P., Cilesiz, N., Gul, M., Hatzichristodoulou, G., Modgil, V., Russo, G., Tharakan, T., Omar, M., Bettocchi, C., Carvalho, J., Yuhong, Y., Corona, G., Jones, H., Kadioglu, A., Martinez-Salamanca, J. I., Verze, P., Serefoglu, E., Minhas, S., Salonia, A.
    International Journal of Impotence Research, vol. 36, pp. 36–49
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • What is the effectiveness of surgical and non-surgical therapies in the treatment of ischemic priapism in patients with sickle cell disease?: A systematic review by the EAU Sexual and Reproductive Health Guidelines Panel

    Gul, M., Luca, B., Dimitropoulos, K., Capogrosso, P., Milenkovic, U., Cocci, A., Veeratterapillay, R., Hatzichristodoulou, G., Modgil, V., Russo, G. I., Tharakan, T., Kalkanli, A., Omar, M. I., Bettocchi, C., Carvalho, J., Corona, G., Jones, T. H., Kadioglu, A., Martinez-Salamanca, J. I., Serefoglu, E. C., Verze, P., Minhas, S., Salonia, A., EAU Working Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health
    International Journal of Impotence Research, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 20-35
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Reply to Qingpeng Xie and Dianqiu Shen s Letter to the Editor re: Bhavan P. Rai, Jos Luis Dominguez Escrig, Lu s Vale, et al. Systematic Review of the Incidence of and Risk Factors for Urothelial Cancers and Renal Cell Carcinoma Among Patients with Haematuria. Eur Urol 2022;82:182-92

    Rai, B. P., Violette, P. P., Omar, M. I.
    European Urology, vol. 85, no. 1, pp. e15-e16
    Contributions to Journals: Letters
  • Survivorship data in Prostate Cancer: Where are we and where do we need to be?

    Russell, B., Beyer, K., Lawlor, A., Roobol, M. J., Venderbos, L. D., Remmers, S., Briers, E., MacLennan, S. J., MacLennan, S., Omar, M. I., Van Hemelrijck, M., PIONEER Consortium
    European Urology Open Science, vol. 59, pp. 27-29
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
  • The diagnostic accuracy of cystoscopy for detecting bladder cancer in adults presenting with haematuria: A Systematic Review from the European Association of Urology Guidelines Office

    Devlies, W., de Jong, J. J., Hofmann, F., Bruins, H. M., Zuiverloon, T. C., Smith, E. J., Yuan, Y., van Rhijn, B. W., Mostafid, A. H., Santesso, N., Violette, P., Omar, M. I.
    European Urology Focus, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 115-122
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • Clouds across the new dawn for clinical, diagnostic and biological data: accelerating the development, delivery and uptake of personalized medicine

    Horgan, D., Capoluongo, E., Dube, F., Trapani, D., Malapelle, U., Rovite, V., Omar, M. I., Alix-Panabières, C., Rutkowski, P., Bayle, A., Hackshaw, A., Hofman, P., Subbiah, V.
    Diagnosis, vol. 10, no. 4
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 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
  • Clinical Characterization of Patients Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and Undergoing Conservative Management: a PIONEER Analysis Based on Big Data

    Gandaglia, G., Pellegrino, F., Goloza, A., De Meulder, B., Abbott, T., Achtman, A., Omar, M. I., Alshammari, T., Areia, C., Asiimwe, A., Beyer, K., Bjartell, A., Campi, R., Cornford, P., Falconer, T., Qin, F., Gong, M., Herrera, R., Hughes, N., Hulsen, T., Kinnaird, A., Lai, L. Y., Maresca, G., Mottet, N., Oja, M., Prinsen, P., Reich, C., Remmers, S., Roobol, M. J., Sakalis, V. I., Seage, S., Smith, E. J., Snijde, R., Steinbeisser, C., Thurin, N. H., Hijazy, A., van Bochove, K., van den Bergh, R. C., Van Hemelrijck, M., Willemse, P. M., Williamson, M. A., Kerman, N. Z., Evans-Axelson, S., Briganti, A., N'Dow, J., PIONEER Consortium
    European Urology
    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
  • Making the GRADE: Providing Clinical Practice Guidance to the European Association of Urology

    Canfield, S. E., Omar, M. I., Ribal, M. J., EAU Guidelines Office Board
    European Urology, vol. 85, no. 4, pp. 405-406
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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