Dr. Al Obaidi joined the Division of Infectious Diseases’ faculty in the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson in July 2018, after completing two infectious diseases fellowships (one focusing on transplant issues) at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He did his internal medicine residency training at Texas Tech University in Amarillo, and earned his medical degree (MBChB) from the University of Bagdhad in Iraq. His master’s in public health is from the University of Arizona.
Dr. Al-Obaidi’s research interest focuses on the infections in the immunocompromised population, especially within the solid organ and bone marrow transplantation populations. He is currently working on multiple projects studying invasive fungal infections and Cytomegalovirus infection in solid organ transplant patients. His work will help better understand the risk factors and methods to prevent infectious complications in transplant patients. Outside the field of transplant infectious diseases, Dr. Al-Obaidi is interested in studying fungal infections, including Candidiasis, invasive mold infection, and antifungal resistance. Dr. Al-Obaidi is also involved in multiple clinical trials studying investigational drugs against CMV and fungal infections.