Ibrahim Hashim, Ph.D.
Professor

Professor of Pathology and holder of the Arthur J Gill Professorship in Pathology. He is the Chief of Clinical Pathology and Clinical Chemistry Director. He directs the Clinical Chemistry Fellowship at UT Southwestern and the Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Management Residency Rotations. He is the Medical Director for Clinical Chemistry at Parkland Hospital and Health System and Point of Care testing Director at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

He obtained his Doctoral degree from King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London (United Kingdom), his Master degree in Clinical Biochemistry from the University of Leeds (United Kingdom) and his Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Westminster (United Kingdom). He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry, a Fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, a Chartered Scientist, and a Fallow of the Institute of Biomedical Science.

He is an active Clinical Chemist, chairs several hospital-based committees, such as Point-of-Care testing and campus Critical Values Working Group. He severed on the Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guidelines task force and co-authored the 2016 Society Guidelines on Hormonal Replacement in Hypopituitarism in Adults. He served as a Director of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry from 2012 to 2016, and is the current Chair of the Texas-Section of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry. He served on Lab Medicine editorial board.

In addition to his active research on molecular heterogeneity of prolactin, the role of cytokines and biomarkers of inflammation in sepsis with research support on developing a clinical decision support system for sepsis, he is an active investigator of pre-analytical factors influencing laboratory results with CDC-funded project on reduction of sample haemolysis in the emergency department. Recently, in collaboration with UTD, via a BARDA-funded project he is developing a sweat-based wearable sensor for detection of inflammation and endocrine biomarkers.

He has mentored > 15 doctoral and post-doctoral levels trainees, he has authored or co-authored > 120 manuscripts, book chapters, and proceedings. He won several teaching awards, outstanding speaker awards, as well as Clinical Chemist Recognition awards and distinguished abstracts awards.

Undergraduate

Univ of Westminster (1984), Biochemistry

Undergraduate

Univ of Westminster (1986), Clinical Biochemistry

Graduate School

University of London King's Co (1989), Clinical Biochemistry

Graduate School

University of London King's Co (1989), Genetics

• Cytokines in heatstroke, trauma, inflammation, and meningitis
• Measurement of Biomarkers in Sweat
• Molecular Heterogeneity of Prolactin
• Neuroendocrinology of inflammation

Featured Publications

Clinical biochemistry of hyperthermia

Ibrahim A Hashim Ann Clin Biochem

Plasma lactate measurement as an example of encountered gaps between routine clinical laboratory processes and manufactures' sample-handling instructions.

Hashim IA, Mohamed M, Cox A, Fernandez F, Kutscher P Pract Lab Med 2018 Nov 12 e00109

Evaluation of a Novel Rule-Out Myocardial Infarction Protocol Incorporating High-Sensitivity Troponin T in a US Hospital.

Vigen R, Kutscher P, Fernandez F, Yu A, Bertulfo B, Hashim IA, Molberg K, Diercks DB, Metzger JC, Soto J, Alzubaidy D, Thibodeaux L, Joglar JA, de Lemos JA, Das SR Circulation 2018 Oct 138 18 2061-2063

Hormonal Replacement in Hypopituitarism in Adults: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline.

Fleseriu M, Hashim IA, Karavitaki N, Melmed S, Murad MH, Salvatori R, Samuels MH J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 2016 Oct jc20162118

The clinical utility of CK-MB measurement in patients suspected of acute coronary syndrome.

Kim J, Hashim IA Clin. Chim. Acta 2016 Mar 456 89-92

Elevated ammonia concentrations: Potential for pre-analytical and analytical contributing factors.

Hashim IA, Cuthbert JA Clin. Biochem. 2014 Aug

Establishing, harmonizing and analyzing critical values in a large academic health center.

Hashim IA, Cuthbert JA Clin. Chem. Lab. Med. 2014 Mar

Age and Sex Dependent Upper Reference Limits for the High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Assay.

Gore MO, Seliger SL, Defilippi CR, Nambi V, Christenson RH, Hashim IA, Hoogeveen RC, Ayers CR, Sun W, McGuire DK, Ballantyne CM, de Lemos JA J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2014 Jan

Clinical biochemistry of hyperthermia.

Hashim IA Ann. Clin. Biochem. 2010 Nov 47 Pt 6 516-23

Cytokine changes in patients with heatstroke during pilgrimage to Makkah.

Hashim IA, Al-Zeer A, Al-Shohaib S, Al-Ahwal M, Shenkin A Mediators Inflamm. 1997 6 2 135-9

 Featured Books

Diabetes, Endocrinology. In Teitz Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests

(2006). Saunders-Elsevier

Pituitary and Thyroid. In Self-Assessment of Clinical Laboratory Science II

(2008).

• Distinguished Abstract Award (Electrochemical detection of parathyroid hormone as a point-of-care testing device towards clinical application)
  AACC National Academy (2018)
• Distinguished Abstract Award (The implementation of the high sensitivity Troponin T (hs-TnT) generation five assays at a large teaching county hospital. A multi-specialty effort)
  AACC National Academy (2018)
• The Resident Teaching Award
  UTSW Pathology (2017)
• Outstanding Speaker Award
  AACC (2016)
• Clinical Chemist Recognition Award
  AACC (2012)
• AACC Outstanding Speaker Award
  (2009)
• AACC Clinical Chemist Recognition Award
  (2008)
• AACC Outstanding Speaker Award
  (2008)
• Vernie A. Stembridge Resident Teaching Award
  UT Southwestern Medical Center (2008)
• AACC Outstanding Speaker Award
  (2006)
• AACC Clinical Chemist Recognition Award
  (2005)
• AACC Outstanding Speaker Award
  (2005)
• AACC Clinical Chemist Recognition Award
  (2002)

• National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (2003)
• Institute of Biomedical Science (U.K.) (2002)
• American Association for Clinical Chemistry (1998)
• Society for Endocrinology (U.K.) (1990)
• Association of Clinical Biochemists (U.K.) (1985)