Mayar Al Mohajer

Mayar Al Mohajer, MD MBA MPH FIDSA FACHE AL-CIP

Professor

(832) 355-7848

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Email

mohajer@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor: Department of Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases
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Houston, Texas, United States

Medical Director: Infection Prevention, Diagnostic Stewardship and Antibiotic Stewardship
CHI Texas Division and Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Texas, United States

Chief: Infectious Disease Section
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston, Texas, United States

Director, Infection Prevention, Antimicrobial Stewardship, QI and Leadership Track: Medicine
Infectious Diseases
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Houston, Texas, United States

Education

MD from University of Damascus: 03/2007 - Damascus, Syria

Graduate Certificate at ��Ƶ of Medicine: 05/2013 - Houston, Texas, United States; Clinical Research

MBA from University of Arizona: 12/2016 - Tucson, Arizona, United States; ��Ƶ Administration

Graduate Certificate at Harvard Medical School: 05/2018 - Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Patient Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership

MPH from Imperial College London: 12/2023 - London, United Kingdom

Certifications

Internal Medicine Board Certificate: American Board of Internal Medicine

Infectious Diseases Board Certificate: American Board of Internal Medicine

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS): American Heart Association

Basic Life Support: American Heart Association

ECFMG Certificate: ECFMG

Texas Medical License: #R0177 (10/01/2016 - 11/30/2021); Texas Medical Board

Certified Professional in ��Ƶ Quality (CPHQ): National Association of Heath Quality

Certificate in Infection Control (CIC): CBIC

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt in ��Ƶ (LBBH): Management and Strategy Institute

Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS): Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety

Advanced Leadership Certification in Infection Prevention and Control (AL-CIP): CBIC

Honors & Awards

Advancement to Fellowship- American College of Physicians (FACP): American College of Physicians (01/2014)

Physician Rooky of the Year Award: University of Arizona Health Network (02/2014)

Good Citizenship Award: Department of Medicine- University of Arizona (04/2017)

Educator of the Year Award: ACP Arizona Chapter (09/2014)

Vernon & Virginia Furrow Award- AMES Grant: Grant for Medical Education Research; University of Arizona (10/2014)

Physician Recognition Award: anner University Medical Center (08/2015)

Advancement to Fellowship- Infectious Disease Society of America (FIDSA): For excellence in Infectious Diseases; Infectious Disease Society of America (08/2018)

Advancement to Fellowship- Society for ��Ƶ Epidemiology of America (SHEA): Society for ��Ƶ Epidemiology of America (10/2020)

Norton Rose Fulbright faculty excellence award in teaching and evaluations: ��Ƶ of Medicine (05/2021)

Norton Rose Fulbright faculty excellence award in development of enduring educational materials: (05/2021)

Advancement to Fellowship- American College of ��Ƶ Executives (ACHE): American College of ��Ƶ Executives (ACHE) (01/2021)

Professional Statement

I am highly organized and self-driven, passionate about taking care of patients on the macro level of the healthcare system and developing my career in healthcare epidemiology. My leadership commitment can be gauged by the fact that I hold an MBA from the University of Arizona and a Certificate in Safety, Quality, Informatics, and Leadership from Harvard Medical School. In my current position as the chief of the infectious diseases section at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center (BSLMC) and the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship for BSLMC and CommonSpirit Health (CSH) TX division (17 hospitals), I am accountable for leading a team of 15 physicians and over 50 infection preventionists and infectious disease pharmacists and carrying out a wide range of responsibilities to improve hospital-acquired infection rates. I am a skillful communicator with excellent organizational, decision making and time-management skills. I have authored over 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals or book chapters, mostly related to healthcare epidemiology and antimicrobial stewardship. My accomplishments in this position include a marked reduction of Clostridioides difficile infections (53%) by using a new bundle with an estimated savings of $775,000 annually.

My passion is educating medical students, residents, fellows, and other faculty members. I have developed a one-year track for second and third-year infectious disease fellows in infection prevention, antibiotic stewardship, quality improvement, and leadership. In my role in the Department of Medicine Vice Chair Group for Quality Improvement and Innovations, I have developed a quality academy to train all the Department of Medicine fellows. On a national level, I served on the Finance Committee of the IDSA and the SHEA Public Policy and Government Affairs Committee. I currently serve on SHEA public policy and government affairs (PPGA) and guidelines committees, the IDSA QI committee, and the board of directors of the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC), which certifies infection preventionists worldwide. I was recently selected as a Fellow of IDSA, SHEA, APIC, and ACHE and was elected as the president of the Houston Infectious Disease Society and the treasurer for CBIC.

Selected Publications

Nair A, Elliott SP, Al Mohajer M.. " " Am J Infect Control. 2017 Feb 15;
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Majeed A, Alarfaj S, Darouiche R, Mohajer M.. " " Expert Opin Emerg Drugs. 2017 Mar 22; 1 : 53-62.
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Tager D, Hatch A, Segar J, Roller B, Al Mohajer M, Zangeneh TT.. " " Med Mycol Case Rep. 2017 Mar 23; 18 : 8-11.
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Majeed A, Abdullah HM, Ullah W, Al Mohajer M. " " BMJ Case Rep.. 2017 Jan 6;
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Majeed A, Ullah W, Zahid U, Al Mohajer M. " " BMJ Case Rep.. 2016 Nov 8;
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Al Mohajer M, Matthias KR, Nix DE. " " Am J Infect Control. 2017 Jan 1; 1 : e15-e17.
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Moffarah AS, Al Mohajer M, Hurwitz BL, Armstrong DG.. " " Microbiol Spectr. 2016 Aug 4; 4
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Pasha AK1, Lee JZ1, Low SW1, Desai H, Lee KS, Al Mohajer M. " Fungal Endocarditis: Update on Diagnosis and Management. " Am J Med. 2016 Oct. 2016 Oct ; 129 (10) : 1037-43.
Beatty N, Medina-Garcia L, Al Mohajer M, Zangeneh TT. " " Case Rep Infect Dis. 2016 ;
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Beatty N, Al Mohajer M. " " BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Jan 4;
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Salameh A, Al Mohajer M, Daroucihe RO. " " CMAJ. 2015 Aug 11; 187 (11) : 807-11.
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Al Mohajer M, Giordano TP, Serpa JA. " " South Med J. 2014 Dec ; 107 (12) : 788.
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Al Mohajer M, Darouiche RO. " " Sex Med Rev. 2014 Oct ; 2 (3-4) : 134-140..
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Al Mohajer M, Villarreal-Williams E, Andrade RA, Giordano TP, Serpa JA. " " South Med J. 2014 Sep ; 107 (9) : 554-8.
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Al Mohajer M, Darouiche RO. " " J Appl Biomater Funct Mater. 2014 Jun 12; 12 (1) : 1-12.
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Darouiche RO, Al Mohajer M, Siddiq DM, Minard CG. " " Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Feb ; 95 (2) : 290-6.
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Al Mohajer M, Musher DM, Minard CG, Darouiche RO.. " " Scand J Infect Dis. 2013 Sep ; 45 (9) : 688-95.
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Al Mohajer M, Darouiche RO. " " Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2013 Apr ; 15 (2) : 116-23.
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Al Mohajer M, Darouiche RO. " " Med Clin North Am. 2012 Nov ; 90 (6) : 1203-23.
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Al Mohajer M, Darouiche RO. " " Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2012 Dec ; 14 (6) : 601-6.
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Navaneethan U, Venkatesh PG, Al Mohajer M, Gelrud A.. " " JOP. 2011 Sep 9; 12 (5) : 461-3.
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Clark D, Al Mohajer M, Broderick J.. " " Neurology. 2011 Jan 4; 76 (1) : e1-2.
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Navaneethan U, Al Mohajer M, Shata MT. " " Liver Int. 2008 Nov ; 28 (9) : 1190-9.
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Mohajer MA, Lyons M, King E, Pratt J, Fichtenbaum CJ. " " J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic). 2012 Mar ; 11 (2) : 101-8.
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Dawod J, Tager A, Darouiche RO, Al Mohajer M.. " " J Hosp Infect. 2016 Aug ; 93 (4) : 323-8.
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Beatty N, Al Mohajer M.. " Cutaneous Coccidioidomycosis. " Southwest J Pulm Crit Care. 2015 ; 11 (5) : 226-7.
Armstrong D.G., Al Mohajer M., Lipsky B.A.. " Foot Disease in Diabetes. " Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences.. ;
Al-Adsani W., Tawill I., El Ramahi R., Al Mohajer M. " Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis in a Patient Presenting with Rectal Pain and Urinary Retention. " idimages.org. ;
Al Mohajer M., Hamill RJ, Darouiche RO. " Cryptococcus neofromans complicating Churg-Strauss Syndrome. " J Med Cases. 2013 ; 4 (2) : 80-82.
Navaneethan U., Al Mohajer M., Shata MT.. " Pathogenesis of acute hepatitis E virus infection in pregnancy. " Liver Int. 2008 Nov ; 28 (10) : 1466.
Beatty N., Al Mohajer M. " Prevention and management of health-care associated urinary tract infections.. " Hospital Physician Infectious Diseases. ;
Darouiche RO., Al Mohajer M.. " Clean and Aseptic Techniques at the Bedside. In Civetta, Taylor and Kirby’s Critical Care. " 5th ed. Gabrielli A; Layon AJ, Yu M. Lippincott. ;
Al Mohajer M., Darouiche RO.. " Vascular line infections.. " First Consult Monograph.. ;
Eljaaly K, Alshehri S, AljabAbraham I, Al Mohajer M, Kalil AC, Nix DE4ri A,. " " BMC Infect Dis.. 2017 Jun 2; 17 (1) : 385.
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Khan S1, Waqar Elahi M, Ullah W, Abdullah HMA, Ahmad E, Al Mohajer M, Majeed A. " " Case Rep Infect Dis. 2017 ;
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Beatty N, Brown C, Zangeneh T, Al Mohajer M. " " BMJ Case Rep.. 2017 Jun 13;
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Ong E, Farran S, Salloum M, Gardner S, Giovinco N, Armstrong DG, Matthias KR, Nix DE, Al Mohajer M. " " Int J Low Extrem Wounds.. 2017 Jun ; 16 (2) : 104-107.
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Beatty NL, Marquez J, Al Mohajer M. " " Am J Trop Med Hyg.. 2017 Jul ; 97 (1) : 1-2.
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Al Mohajer M, Joiner KA, Nix DE.. " " Acad Med. 2018 Aug 7;
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Beatty N, August J, Saenz JA, Nix DE, Matthias KR, Mohajer MA.. " " Avicenna J Med. 2018 Jul ; 8 (3) : 104-6.
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Zahid U, Sagar F, Al Mohajer M, Majeed A.. " " Cureus. 2018 Apr 2; 10 (4) : e2413.
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Taweel I, Beatty N, Duarte A, Nix D, Matthias K, Al Mohajer M. " " vicenna J Med. 2018 Apr ; 8 (2) : 51-54.
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Beatty NL, Hager KM, McKeown KR, Mora F, Matthias KR, Nix DE, Mohajer MA. " " Am J Infect Control. 2018 Aug ; 46 (8) : 46(8):946-948.
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Memberships

American College of Physicians (ACP): Fellow (10/2008)

Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA): Fellow (08/2011)

HIV Medical Association: Member (08/2011)

Society for ��Ƶ Epidemiology of America (SHEA): Fellow (01/2014)

Golden Key International Honor Society: Member (11/2015)

American College of ��Ƶ Executives: Fellow (01/2018)

Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology: Board Member (01/2021 - 12/2024)

Houston Infectious Disease Society: Past President (06/2018)

Skills

Clinical Research

Medical Education

Patient care

Leadership

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Infection Prevention

Quality Improvement

Languages

Arabic, Spanish, French, Italian, German

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