PROFESSOR VINCENT OLUBUNMI ROTIMI

PROFESSOR VINCENT OLUBUNMI ROTIMI

MB:BS, MSc, DLSHTM, PhD, FRCPath, FMCPath, FWACP, FIDSA
  • bunmivr@yahoo.com

Academic Background, Trainings, Skills, Positions, Teaching, Achievements (in Summary).

I was a pioneering student of the ABU Medical School, Zaria, where I obtained a MB:BS degree. After a brief stint as surgical resident at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, I then attended the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London University) for MSc in Medical Microbiology. I obtained PhD in Medical Microbiology 2 years later from the Sheffield University, UK. During this period I also joined the trainee program at the Northern General Hospital and Children Hospital, Sheffield training for the Royal College of Pathologists professional degrees (MRCPath and FRCPath). I was a Wellcome Trust (UK) and Forgarty (NIH, Bethesda, USA) scholar at the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA and later awarded Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA). I am a Clinical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases physician with research interest in anaerobic infections, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and hospital infections. A retired Professor of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases at Kuwait University for many years and Consultant/Head of Microbiology Department at the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital, Kuwait. Currently a Professor of Clinical Microbiology (contract) at the LASUCOM, Ikeja. I have extensive teaching experience at the College of Medicine of Lagos University and Kuwait University, at the undergraduate and graduate (MSc & PhD) levels. In addition, I was the Chairman and Chief Examiner of the Faculty of Clinical Microbiology, Kuwait Institute of Medical Specialization and successfully trained 32 Fellows of the Royal College of Pathologists and Kuwait Board. I initiated the Fellowship program in Medical Microbiology at LUTH and integrated MSc degree into their training schedule. Have mentored numerous mentees in their academic and professional careers who are as of today great achievers in their own rights in the country and abroad.

Research Interests/Specialisations

My research interests include: Anaerobes, molecular mechanisms and epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance and hospital infections. My specialization is clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.

Publications

1. Amani Al Fadhil, Wafaa Jamal, Vincent O. Rotimi
Molecular Characterization of Rectal Isolates of Carbapenemase-negative Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales obtained from ICU patients in Kuwait by Whole-Genome Sequencing. J Med Microbiol 2021 (Accepted)

Molecular Characterization of Rectal Isolates of Carbapenemase-negative Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales obtained from ICU patients in Kuwait by Whole-Genome Sequencing. J Med Microbiol 2021 (Accepted)

2. Ola H. Moghnia, Vincent O. Rotimi, Noura A. Al Sweih.
Evaluating food safety compliance and hygiene practices of food handlers working in community and healthcare settings in Kuwait. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18, 1586.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041586.

Evaluating food safety compliance and hygiene practices of food handlers working in community and healthcare settings in Kuwait. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18, 1586. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041586.

3. Ola H. Moghnia, Vincent O. Rotimi, Noura A Al Sweih
Monitoring antibiotic resistance profiles of faecal isolates of Enterobacteriaceae and the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant isolates among food handlers in Kuwait. J Global Antimicrob Res 2021; 25: 370-376.
http://creactivecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Monitoring antibiotic resistance profiles of faecal isolates of Enterobacteriaceae and the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant isolates among food handlers in Kuwait. J Global Antimicrob Res 2021; 25: 370-376. http://creactivecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

4. Ameera Alazemi, W. Jamal, A. Al Khabbaz, V.O. Rotimi.
Prevalence of target anaerobes associated with chronic periodontitis. Access Microbiol 2020;
doi 10.1099/acmi.0.000177.

Prevalence of target anaerobes associated with chronic periodontitis. Access Microbiol 2020;

doi 10.1099/acmi.0.000177.

5. Adeyemi Temitayo Adeyemo, Babatope A. Kolawole, Vincent Olubunmi Rotimi, Aaron Oladipo Aboderin. .
Multicenter study of the burden of multidrug-resistant bacteria in the etiology of infected diabetic ulcers. Afr J Lab Med. 2021 (in press).

Multicenter study of the burden of multidrug-resistant bacteria in the etiology of infected diabetic ulcers. Afr J Lab Med. 2021 (in press).

6. Amani Al Fadhil, Wafaa Jamal, Vincent O. Rotimi.
  Prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and emergence of high rectal colonization rates of blaOXA-181-positive isolates in patients admitted to two major hospital intensive care units in Kuwait. PLoS ONE 2020; 15(11).e0241971.
https./doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone0241971.

 Prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and emergence of high rectal colonization rates of blaOXA-181-positive isolates in patients admitted to two major hospital intensive care units in Kuwait. PLoS ONE 2020; 15(11).e0241971.

https./doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone0241971.

7.Aarti Chadha, Wafaa Jamal, Vincent O. Rotimi.
First case of bloodstream infection caused by Clostridium saccharolyticum in the Middle East. Kwt Med J 2021 (Accepted).

First case of bloodstream infection caused by Clostridium saccharolyticum in the Middle East. Kwt Med J 2021 (Accepted).

8. Ghayda Al Hashem, Vincent O, Rotimi, M. John Albert.
Antimicrobial resistance of serial isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii colonizing the rectum of adult ICU patients in a teaching hospital in Kuwait. Microb Drug Res, 2021;27:64-72.

Antimicrobial resistance of serial isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii colonizing the rectum of adult ICU patients in a teaching hospital in Kuwait. Microb Drug Res, 2021;27:64-72.

9. Ghayda Al Hashem, Vincent O. Rotimi, M. John Albert.
Genetic relatedness of serial rectal isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii in an adult intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Kuwait. PLoS ONE 2020; 15(4): e0230976.
https:/doi.org/10.1371/journal pone 0230976.

Genetic relatedness of serial rectal isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii in an adult intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Kuwait. PLoS ONE 2020; 15(4): e0230976.https:/doi.org/10.1371/journal pone 0230976.

10. Wafaa Jamal, Fatima Bibi Khodakhast, Ameerah Al Azmi, Jόzsef Sόki, Ghayda Al Hashem, Vincent O. Rotimi.
Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterotoxigenic extra-intestinal Bacteroides fragilis among 13-year collection of isolates in Kuwait. BMC Microbiology, 2020; 20:14
.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-020-1703-4.

Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterotoxigenic extra-intestinal Bacteroides fragilis among 13-year collection of isolates in Kuwait. BMC Microbiology, 2020; 20:14.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-020-1703-4.