Mohamed M. Ibrahim, MB,BCh

- Kidney transplant

- Pancreas transplant

- Transplant nephrology

- Immunosuppression

- Transplant rejection

- End stage kidney disease

- Chronic renal failure

- Acute kidney injury

2007: Founder: www.MedicalVideos.com

2015: Excellence in Research: North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine   Society

2016: Most read author in plastic surgery: for the week ending July, 24th: ResearchGate

2017: Poster of Distinction in basic science: Duke University Medical Center

2018: Invited speaker at TEDx: TEDx, Durham, NC

2018: First place for best research project: Duke Surgery Annual Research Day

2019: First place, Wound Healing Society, Wound Shark Innovation Competition

2021: Co-founder: Best Wound Practice, Peer-reviewed wound care guideline platform

Active Grants

2019: SPiRE VA grant: collaborator

Completed Grants

2014-2016: The Plastic Surgery Foundation Pilot Research Grant: Principal Investigator. "Novel Implantable Optical Oxygen Monitor to Detect Flap Viability"

2015-2017: The Plastic Surgery Foundation Pilot Research Grant: Co-investigator.

2018-2020: Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Incubation Fund: Principal Investigator

2019-2021: Duke MEDx Pilot translational award: collaborator

2018: TEDx talk: Biosense the Future:

https://www.ted.com/talks/mohamed_ibrahim_biosense_the_future

2022: Invited speaker at the “National Kidney Foundation”: Kidney transplant in the era of COVID-19 pandemic

https://nephrology.wustl.edu/renal-fellows-from-washu-and-slu-discuss-kidney-care-during-the-pandemic-at-nkf-renal-roundtable/

2023: Live TV interview with WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore about national kidney month

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/national-kidney-month-hopes-raise-awareness-kidney-disease/43365229

2024: Live TV interview with WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore about the stages of kidney disease 

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/national-foundation-doctor-five-stages-kidney-disease/60285382

2024: Live TV interview with Fox News about the side effects of weight loss drugs

https://m.foxbaltimore.com/fox45-mornings/doctor-on-new-side-effect-for-ozempic#

TEDx talk: Biosense the future

https://www.ted.com/talks/mohamed_ibrahim_biosense_the_future

 - Compositions for real-time oxygen measurements and methods of making and using same. Status: Published

- Self-deploying injector for implants and methods of making and using same. Status: Published

- Non-human model for wound healing. Status: Published

Oral Presentation

Ibrahim, M.M., Chen, L., Bond, J.E., Medina, M.A., Ren, L., Kokosis, G., Selim, A.M., & Levinson, H. (May, 2015). Myofibroblasts Contribute to but are not Necessary for Wound Contraction Oral Presentation presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2014 annual meeting; San Antonio, TX, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Bond, J., Bergeron, A., Miller, K.J., Ehanire, T., Quiles, C., Lorden, E.R., Medina, M.A., Fisher, M., Klitzman, B., Selim, M.A., Leong, K.W., & Levinson, H. (March, 2014). A Novel Immune Competent Murine Hypertrophic Scar Contracture Model: A Tool to Elucidate Disease Mechanism and Develop New Therapies Oral Presentation presented at: 59th Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council; New York, NY, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Bond, J., Bergeron, A., Miller, K.J., Ehanire, T., Quiles, C., Lorden, E.R., Medina, M.A., Fisher, M., Klitzman, B., Selim, M.A., Leong, K.W., & Levinson, H. (April, 2014). A Novel Immune Competent Murine Hypertrophic Scar Contracture Model: A Tool to Elucidate Disease Mechanism and Develop New Therapies Oral Presentation presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2014 annual meeting; Orlando, FL, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Bond, J., Bergeron, A., Miller, K.J., Ehanire, T., Quiles, C., Lorden, E.R., Medina, M.A., Fisher, M., Klitzman, B., Selim, M.A., Leong, K.W., & Levinson, H. (March, 2014). A Novel Immune Competent Murine Hypertrophic Scar Contracture Model: A Tool to Elucidate Disease Mechanism and Develop New Therapies Oral Presentation presented at: 46th Annual Meeting, American Burn Association; Boston, MA, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Lorden, E.R., Miller, K.J., Bashirov, L., Hammett, E., Jung, Y., Medina, M.A., Rastegarpour, A., Selim, M.A., Leong, K.W., & Levinson, H. (May, 2015). Mitigation Of Hypertrophic Scar Contraction And Stiffening Via An Elastomeric Biodegradable Scaffold Oral Presentation presented at: 60th Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council; Seattle, WA, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Miller, K.J., Bashirov, L., Hammett, E., Chakraborty, S., Quiles-Torres, C., Selim, M.A., Leong, K.W., & Levinson, H. (February, 2015). Mitigation of Hypertrophic Scar Contraction in vivo via a Biostable Polyurethane Scaffold Oral Presentation presented at: 10th Annual Academic Surgical Congress; Las Vegas, NV, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Wu, Z., Schweller, R., Phillips, B., & Klitzman, B. (October, 2015). Topical Vasodilator Induces Pharmacological Delay on Cutaneous Flap Viability and Vascular Remodeling Oral Presentation presented at: 17th Annual Conference of the North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society; Winsten-Salem, NC, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Ogilvie, M., Lin, J., Diao, H., Milbreta, U., Long, H., Chew, S., & Levinson, H. (May, 2016). Delivery of mIR Through Biodegradable Scaffolds Oral Presentation presented at: The 2016 AAPS/PSRC Joint Meeting; New York, NY, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., McKinnon, E., Parra, J., Mohammed, M., Sunday, M., & Levinson, H. (June, 2016). Gastrin-Releas ing Peptide (GRP) and Scleroderma Oral Presentation presented at: Duke's Skin Disease Research Center - Invited Publication; Durham, NC, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., McKinnon, E., Parra, J., Mohammed, M., Sunday, M., & Levinson, H. (May, 2016). Gastrin-Releasing Peptide (GRP) and Scleroderma: A Potential Novel Mechanism of Tissue Fibrosis Oral Presentation presented at: The 2016 AAPS/PSRC Joint Meeting; New York, NY, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., & Klitzman, B. (May, 2015). Novel Implantable Optical Oxygen Monitor to Detect Flap Viability Oral Presentation presented at: 60th Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council; Seattle, WA, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M, Wu, Z., & Klitzman, B. (October, 2015). Novel Implantable Optical Oxygen Monitor to Detect Flap Viability Oral Presentation presented at: 17th Annual Conference of the North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society; Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Wu, Z., Ibrahim, M.M., Schweller, R., Phillips, B., & Klitzman, B. (May, 2016). Topical Vasodilator Mimics Surgical Delay to Improve Cutaneous Flap Viability and Induce Vascular Remodeling Oral Presentation presented at: The 2016 AAPS/PSRC Joint Meeting; New York, NY, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M, Wu, Z., & Klitzman, B. (May, 2016). Implantable Optical Oxygen Monitor to Diagnose Flap Compromise Oral Presentation presented at: The 2016 AAPS/PSRC Joint Meeting; New York, NY, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., McKinnon, E., Parra, J., Mohammed, M., Sunday, M., & Levinson, H. (May, 2017).  Expression of Markers for Pericytes And Myofibroblasts In Bleomycin-induced Dermal Fibrosis Oral Presentation presented at: The 62nd Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council; Durham, NC, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M, Wu, Z., Chien, J., Mohammed, M., King, T., & Klitzman, B. (May, 2017). Rapid Detection of Acute Vascular Occlusion Using Oxygen Monitoring in a Rat Myocutaneous Flap Model Oral Presentation presented at: The 62nd Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council; Durham, NC, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., McKinnon, E, Sunday, M, & Levinson, H. (April, 2018). Potential Role Of Neuropeptide Receptors In Scleroderma Oral Presentation presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2018 annual meeting; Charlotte, NC, USA

Ibrahim, M.M., Glisson, R.R, Gall, K., & Levinson, H. (April, 2018). A New Hernia Mesh Precisely Engineered to Prevent Hernia Recurrence Oral Presentation presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2018 annual meeting; Charlotte, NC, USA

Ibrahim, M.M., Chien, J., Mohammed, M., King, T., & Klitzman, B. (April, 2018). Detection Of Acute Vascular Occlusion Using Oxygen Monitoring In Myocutaneous Flaps Oral Presentation presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2018 annual meeting; Charlotte, NC, USA

Ibrahim, M.M., Schweller, R., Mohammed, M., Powers, D.B., & Klitzman, B. (April, 2018). Real-time Detection Of Vascular Perfusion And Ischemia Oral Presentation presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2018 annual meeting; Charlotte, NC, USA

Ibrahim, M.M., Eldik, H., Mohammed, M.M., Wu, Z., King, T., & Klitzman, B (May, 2018). Which Is More Ideal To Monitor And Detect Flap Vascular Compromise: Intradermal Or Subcutaneous Tissue Oxygen Tension? Oral Presentation presented at: The 63rd Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council; Birmingham, AL, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Glisson, R.R, Gall, K., & Levinson, H. (May, 2018). A New Hernia Mesh Precisely Engineered to Prevent Hernia Recurrence Oral Presentation presented at: The 63rd Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council; Birmingham, AL, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Schweller, R., Mohammed, M., Powers, D.B., & Klitzman, B. (April, 2018). Real-time Detection Of Vascular Perfusion And Ischemia Oral Presentation presented at: Duke Surgery Annual Research Day, Durham, NC, USA

Poster Presentation

Lorden, E., Ramchal, T., Chandra, P., Bashirov, L., Ibrahim, M.M., Hammett, E., Klitzman, B., Yoo, J., Levinson, H., Lee, S., & Leong K.W. (April, 2016). Pore Size Impacts Hypertrophic Scarring-related Outcomes in 3d Printed Polyurethane Scaffolds Poster presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2016 annual meeting; Atlanta, GA, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Wu, Z., Schweller, R., Phillips, B., & Klitzman, B. (April, 2016). Topical Vasodilator Induces Pharmacological Delay on Cutaneous Flap Viability and Vascular Remodeling Poster presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2016 annual meeting; Atlanta, GA, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Ogilvie, M., Lin, J., Diao, H., Milbreta, U., Long, H., Chew, S., & Levinson, H. (April, 2016). Delivery of mIR Through Biodegradable Scaffolds Poster presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2016 annual meeting; Atlanta, GA, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Miller, K.J., Bashirov, L., Hammett, E., Chakraborty, S., Quiles-Torres, C., Selim, M.A., Leong, K.W., & Levinson, H. (October, 2015). Mitigation of Hypertrophic Scar Contraction in vivo via a Biostable Polyurethane Scaffold Poster presented at: 17th Annual Conference of the North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society; Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Miller, K.J., Bashirov, L., Hammett, E., Chakraborty, S., Quiles-Torres, C., Selim, M.A., Leong, K.W., & Levinson, H. (October, 2014). Mitigation of Hypertrophic scar contraction in an immune-competent mouse model via a biostable electrospun scaffold Poster presented at: 16th Annual Conference of the North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society; Durham, NC, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Miller, K.J., Bashirov, L., Hammett, E., Chakraborty, S., Quiles-Torres, C., Selim, M.A., Leong, K.W., & Levinson, H. (May, 2015). Mitigation of hypertrophic scar contraction in an immune-competent mouse model via a biostable electrospun scaffold Poster presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2015 annual meeting; San Antonio, TX, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Miller, K.J., Bashirov, L., Hammett, E., Chakraborty, S., Quiles-Torres, C., Selim, M.A., Leong, K.W., & Levinson, H. (October, 2015). Mitigation of hypertrophic scar contraction in an immune-competent mouse model via a biostable electrospun scaffold. Poster presented at: American College of Surgeons: 2015 Clinical Congress; Chicago, IL, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Medina, M., Bond, J., Bergeron, A., Chen, L., Quiles, C., Kokosis, G., Bashirove, L., Selim, A.M., Klitzman, B., & Levinson, H. (October, 2015). Foreign body response to five common subcutaneous implants Poste r presented at: American College of Surgeons: 2015 Clinical Congress; Chicago, IL, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Medina, M., Bond, J., Bergeron, A., Chen, L., Quiles, C., Kokosis, G., Bashirove, L., Selim, A.M., Klitzman, B., & Levinson, H. (May, 2015). Foreign Body Response to Five Common Subcutaneous Implants Poster presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2015 annual meeting; San Antonio, TX, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Medina, M., Bond, J., Bergeron, A., Chen, L., Quiles, C., Kokosis, G., Bashirove, L., Selim, A.M., Klitzman, B., & Levinson, H. (April, 2016). Foreign Body Reaction (FBR) to Commonly Used Surgical Biomaterials Poster presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2016 annual meeting; Atlanta, GA, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., McKinnon, E., Parra, J., Mohammed, M., Sunday, M., & Levinson, H. (April, 2016). Gastrin-Relea sing Peptide (GRP) and Scleroderma: A Potential Novel Mechanism of Tissue Fibrosis Poster presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2016 annual meeting; Atlanta, GA, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Lorden, E.R., Miller, K.J., Bashirov, L., Hammett, E., Jung, Y., Medina, M.A., Rastegarpour, A., Selim, M.A., Leong, K.W., & Levinson, H. (October, 2015). Mitigation of hypertrophic scar contraction and stiffening via an elastomeric biodegradable scaffold Poster presented at: 17th Annual Conference of the North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society; Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Chen, L., Bond, J.E., Medina, M.A., Ren, L., Kokosis, G., Selim, A.M., & Levinson, H. (October, 2015). Myofibroblasts Contribute to but are not Necessary for Wound Poster presented at: 17th Annual Conference of the North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society; Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Bond, J., Bergeron, A., Miller, K.J., Ehanire, T., Quiles, C., Lorden, E.R., Medina, M.A., Fisher, M., Klitzman, B., Selim, M.A., Leong, K.W., & Levinson, H. (October, 2013). A Novel Immune Competent Murine Hypertrophic Scar Contracture Model: A Tool to Elucidate Disease Mechanism and Develop New Therapies. Poste r presented at: 15th Annual Conference of the North Carolina Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society; Winston-Salem, NC, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M, Wu, Z., & Klitzman, B. (April, 2016). Novel Implantable Optical Oxygen Monitor to Detect Flap Viability Poster presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2016 annual meeting; Atlanta, GA, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M, Wu, Z., & Klitzman, B. (May, 2015). Novel Implantable Optical Oxygen Monitor to Detect Flap Viability Poster presented at: The Wound Healing Society’s 2015 annual meeting; San Antonio, TX, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M, Wu, Z., & Klitzman, B. (October, 2015). Novel Implantable Optical Oxygen Monitor to Detect Flap Viability Poster presented at: American College of Surgeons: 2015 Clinical Congress; Chicago, IL, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M, Wu, Z., Chien, J., Mohammed, M., King, T., & Klitzman, B. Rapid detection of acute vascular occlusion using oxygen monitoring in a rat myocutaneous flap model: The 62nd Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council; Durham, NC, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M, Eldik, H., Mohammed, M., Wu, Z., & Klitzman, B. Comparison of intradermal and subcutaneous tissue oxygen tension monitor to detect flap compromise: The Wound Healing Society’s 2017 annual meeting; San Diego, CA, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M, Schweller, R., Mohammed, M., Powers, D., & Klitzman, B. Novel implantable oxygen biosensors for detection of vascular perfusion and ischemia: The Wound Healing Society’s 2017 annual meeting; San Diego, CA, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M, Wu, Z., Chien, J., Mohammed, M., King, T., & Klitzman, B. Rapid detection of acute vascular occlusion using oxygen monitoring in a rat myocutaneous flap model: The Wound Healing Society’s 2017 annual meeting; San Diego, CA, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., McKinnon, E., Parra, J., Mohammed, M., Sunday, M., & Levinson, H. Expression of markers for pericytes and myofibroblasts in bleomycin-induced dermal fibrosis: potential role of neuropeptide receptors in a mouse model for scleroderma: The Wound Healing Society’s 2017 annual meeting; San Diego, CA, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M, Eldik, H., Mohammed, M., Wu, Z., & Klitzman, B. Comparison of intradermal and subcutaneous tissue oxygen tension monitor to detect flap compromise: The 62nd Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council; Durham, NC, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M, Schweller, R., Mohammed, M., Powers, D., & Klitzman, B. Implantable Real Time Oxygen Biosensors for Detection of Vascular Perfusion and Ischemia: The 62nd Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council; Durham, NC, USA.

Ibrahim, M.M., Antony, A., Gordon, C. The Plastic Surgery Research Council’s Website: The 62nd Annual Meeting, Plastic Surgery Research Council; Durham, NC, USA.