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Deema Abdulkareem Alokaili

Summary

Dedicated to providing exceptional patient care and possessing deep commitment to medical excellence. Skilled in infectious diseases diagnostics and clinical liaison, with strong ability to manage a centralized or reference microbiology lab & maintain high standards patient outcomes. Poised to make meaningful impact in microbiology consultant role.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
4060
4060
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Microbiology senior registrar

Imperial College NHS Trust (NWLP)
London, United Kigdom
09.2022 - 09.2024


  • Delivered high-quality patient consultations to diagnose and manage complex infectious disease by authorization of lab results, antibiotics approval, Notification of critical results and providing management advice, performing daily ICU & stewardship round, daily bench round
  • Ensure optimal resource utilization within the department leading to cost-effective diagnostic tests
  • Collaborate successfully with the infection control department that has led to coordinated care for patient
  • Liaised with different medical teams inside the hospitals & GPs, to ensure optimal patient outcome
  • Participated in quality improvement initiatives to maintain high standards of diagnostic test accuracy through North west London pathology
  • Shares expert knowledge through attending regular multidisciplinary team discussions to enhance clinical decision-making process which includes:

*Departmental clinical multidisciplinary team discussion

*Infection/radiology meeting

* HIV multidisciplinary meeting

*ID/micro infection seminar

*Pediatrics hematology transplant multidisciplinary team meeting

*Weekly Infective endocarditis multidisciplinary team meeting

*Weekly Imported fever seminar (across the UK)

  • Advanced on going professional development through participation in relevant courses & workshops
  • Taught microbiology registrar effectively across the trust (weekly bug of the week)

Microbiology Consultant

Saudi Public Health Authority
07.2020 - 09.2022
  • Provisioning of Enteric Disease and environmental Pathogens Lab establishment, creating test menu, inventory, writing SOPM & IPPs
  • In addition to verification & autherization of COVID lab results

Microbiology Consultant

Deputy Ministry of Public Health (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)/ King Fahad Medical City
05.2015 - 07.2020
  • Outbreak investigation
  • Provision of antimicrobial stewardship program
  • Laboratory reporting system auditing
  • Result interpretation & notification
  • MERS Champion

Microbiology registrar

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Sydney, Australia
09.2012 - 09.2013
  • Company Overview: Sydney, Australia
  • Notification of critical results
  • Provision of advice regarding specimen selection, collection and appropriate testing
  • Provision of advice regarding interpretation of results and any other enquiries
  • Daily Bench round
  • Antibiotic approval
  • Sydney, Australia

Microbiology resident

King Khalid University Hospital
Riyadh
10.2005 - 10.2010
  • Company Overview: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Clinical liaison
  • Notification of critical results
  • Provision of advice regarding specimen selection, collection and appropriate testing
  • Provision of advice regarding interpretation of results and any other enquiries
  • Daily Bench round
  • Antibiotic approval
  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Pathology Resident

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh
10.2004 - 09.2005
  • Company Overview: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Rotating in different discipline in Pathology and perform the work accordingly
  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Pediatric Resident

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh
09.2003 - 06.2004
  • Company Overview: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Daily patients rounds
  • Clinic
  • A&E
  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Medical intern

King Khalid University Hospital
Riyadh
07.2002 - 07.2003
  • Company Overview: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Rotating in Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, O&G, Radiology, A&E
  • Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Education

Fellowship - Medical Microbiology

The Royal College of Pathologists
The United Kingdom

Diplomateship - Medical Microbiology

The Royal College of Pathologists
The United Kingdom

Postdoctoral fellow - Molecular biology

University of British Columbia
04.2009 - 08.2009

Fellowship - Medical Microbiology

King Saud University
10.2005 - 10.2010

Bachelor degree - Medicine & Surgery

King Saud University
09.1996 - 07.2002

Skills


  • Expert in Microsoft application
  • Fluent public speaker
  • Diagnostic evaluation
  • Clinical leadership
  • Examination assessments
  • Public speaking
  • Multidisciplinary teamwork
  • Strategic planning
  • Interpersonal communication

Languages

Arabic
Fluent
English
Fluent

Affiliations

  • Reading

Certification

Fellowship of medical microbiology (UK) 2024

Diplomateship of medical microbiology (UK) 2023

fellowship of medical microbiology(KSU Riyadh) 2010

Postdoctoral fellowship in cryptococcus gattii (the University of British Columbia) 2009

Bachelor degree of medicine & surgery (King Saud University Riyadh ) 2002

Research Projects

  • Validation of the bioperfictus monkeypox virus real time PCR kit, 2024, Poster presented in ECCMIDD 2024.
  • Multi locus sequencing of north pacific Cryptococcus Gattii, 04/01/09 - 08/31/09, Research project at British Columbia Centre of Disease Control. Poster presented in IDSA October, 2010.

Personal Information

  • Date of birth: 06/07/79
  • Gender: female
  • Nationality: Saudi

Timeline

Microbiology senior registrar

Imperial College NHS Trust (NWLP)
09.2022 - 09.2024

Microbiology Consultant

Saudi Public Health Authority
07.2020 - 09.2022

Microbiology Consultant

Deputy Ministry of Public Health (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)/ King Fahad Medical City
05.2015 - 07.2020

Microbiology registrar

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
09.2012 - 09.2013

Postdoctoral fellow - Molecular biology

University of British Columbia
04.2009 - 08.2009

Microbiology resident

King Khalid University Hospital
10.2005 - 10.2010

Fellowship - Medical Microbiology

King Saud University
10.2005 - 10.2010

Pathology Resident

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
10.2004 - 09.2005

Pediatric Resident

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
09.2003 - 06.2004

Medical intern

King Khalid University Hospital
07.2002 - 07.2003

Bachelor degree - Medicine & Surgery

King Saud University
09.1996 - 07.2002

Fellowship - Medical Microbiology

The Royal College of Pathologists

Diplomateship - Medical Microbiology

The Royal College of Pathologists
Deema Abdulkareem Alokaili