Emad El-Omar

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Emad Munir El-Omar (born 23 July 1962 [1] ) is a British physician and gastroenterologist who chairs the department of medicine at the University of New South Wales and is the editor in chief of The BMJ's Gut academic journal.

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Education

El-Omar studied medicine at the University of Glasgow where he trained as a gastroenterologist. [2]

Career

El-Omar is the chair of the medicine department at the University of New South Wales's St George & Sutherland Clinical School and the director of the university's microbiome research centre, [2] which he helped create. [3] He is the editor in chief of Gut academic journal. [4]

He has been a visiting scholar and a visiting scientist at Vanderbilt University, and the National Cancer Institute, and was previously employed as a professor of gastroenterology at the University of Aberdeen from 2000 to 2016. [2]

Personal life

El-Omar is British, and lives in Australia. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Emad Munir El-Omar CV" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 3 "Professor Emad El-Omar". research.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  3. "Professor Emad El Omar". www.ramsayhealth.com.au. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  4. "Editorial Board". Gut. Retrieved 2022-04-05.