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Faculty Profile

shremo-msdi-abdulwhab.jpgAbdulwhab (Abe) Shremo Msdi

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research

Office: 
University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Health 2, Room 4028
4349 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Houston, TX 77204-5039

Contact: ashremom@central.uh.edu - 832-842-8322

Research:

My areas of research interest encompass the impact of the microbiome on chronic diseases and recurrent infections, the gut resistome, as well as the translational pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) facets of antimicrobial therapy.

  • Fellow, Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Fellowship, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California
  • PGY1 Resident, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando Health, Orlando, Florida
  • Pharm.D., Palm Beach Atlantic University, Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy, West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Kalamoon Damascus, Syria

Journal Publications

  • Giacoletti G, Price T, Hoelz LVB, Shremo Msdi A, Cossin S, Vazquez-Falto K, Amorim Fernandes TV, Santos de Pontes V, Wang H, Boechat N, Nornoo A, Brust TF. A Selective Adenylyl Cyclase 1 Inhibitor Relieves Pain Without Causing Tolerance. Front Pharmacol. 2022 Jul 11; 13:935588. doi: 10.3389/fphar. 2022.935588. PMID: 35899113
  • Shremo Msdi A, Abdul-Mutakabbir JC, Tan KK. Characterizing Day 1 Area Under the Curve Following Vancomycin Loading Dose Administration in Adult Hospitalized Patients Using Non-Trapezoidal Linear Pharmacokinetic Equations: A Retrospective Observational Study. Infect Dis Ther. 2024 Jun 26. doi: 10.1007/s40121-024-01004-2. PMID: 38922527

Posters

  • Outcomes of a Novel Antimicrobial Handshake Stewardship Service in the Immunocompromised Population at an Academic Medical Center. Keven Gomez, Pharm D., Richelle Guerrero-Wooley, MD, Caleb McLeod, Pharm D., Abdulwhab Shremo-Msdi, Pharm D., Sandy Chang, MD, Jonathan Arcobello, MD, Anna Zhou, Pharm D., BCIDP. ID Week 2023, Boston, Massachusetts. [poster 1241]
  • Characterizing Day 1 Area Under the Curve Following Vancomycin Loading Dose Administration in Adult Hospitalized Patients Using Non-Trapezoidal Linear Pharmacokinetic Equations: A Retrospective Observational Study. Abdulwhab Shremo Msdi, Jacinda C Abdul-Mutakabbir, Karen Tan.BCIDP. ACCP Annual Meeting 2023. Dallas, Texas. [poster M-89]

Abstracts

  • Comparison of Non-trapezoidal and Trapezoidal Pharmacokinetic Equations to Calculate Vancomycin Area Under the Curve within 24 Hours of Therapy in Patients with Persistent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. Abdulwhab Shremo Msdi, Pharm D., Jacinda C Abdul-Mutakabbir, Pharm D., MPH, AAHIVP, Karen Tan, Pharm D., BCIDP. ID Week 2024, Los Angeles, Ca. Abstract ID 1822621
  • Giacoletti, G., Abdulwhab Shremo Msdi, Brust, T. A selective AC1 inhibitor as non-GPCR-or ion channel- dependent approach for the treatment of pain [abstract]. In: proceeding of Federation of American Society for Experimental Biology Journal 2020 – American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics; San Diego, California: FASEB; April 2020. Abstract nr 34. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.00596.

Book Chapters

  • Brust. T.F., Abdulwhab Shremo Msdi., A., Cross, R., Giacoletti, G. Molecular features of adenylyl cyclase isoforms and cAMP signaling: a link between AC7 and depression. In Martin, C., Hunter, L.A., Preedy, V.R., Patel, V., Rajendram, R. (Eds.) The Neuroscience of Depression: Mechanisms and Treatments. Vol 2 Elsevier

Awards & Honors

  • Recipient of ACCP Annual Meeting Resident/Fellow Travel Award, American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 2023
  • Recipient of Gregory School of Pharmacy Outstanding Graduate Award, Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy. 2021
  • Recipient of PCOA Outstanding Performance Award with Distinction for Scoring in the Top 95th and Higher Percentile, National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. 2018-2020
  • High Honor Gregory School of Pharmacy Scholarship Awardee, Palm Beach Atlantic University. 2018-2020
  • Summer Research Program Fellowship, Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy. 2018-2020
  • Dean's List Awardee-Palm Beach Atlantic University. 2018-2020
  • Rho Chi Honor Society Inductee, Rho Chi Honor Society. 2019
  • Connect Integra Research Grant, Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy. 2019