Dr. Dixon Thomas

Associate Dean Clinical and Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Education

• B.Pharm from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India in 2002
• M.Pharm from Annamalai University, India in 2005
• Ph.D. from Karpagam University, India in 2013
• Graduate Diploma in Health Profession Education from Gulf Medical University, UAE in 2015
• M.S. in Education Management from Alagappa University, India in 2007
• M.Sc. in Psychology from Madras University, India in 2010

Research Interest

• Quality Assurance in Pharmacy Education
• Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research
• Renal Pharmacotherapy

Selected  Publications

• Halat, D.H., Alsous, M.M., Al-Jumaili, A.A., Malki, A., Ahmed, K.K., Hamad, A., Darwish, R.,  Thomas, D. , Bukhatwa, S., Khdour, M., Alkhudair, N., Al-Balushi, A.A., Khalifa, S., Alsharif, N.Z., Rahal, M. Pharmacy faculty experiences with student academic entitlement: a multinational study from the Arab world. BMC Med Educ 24, 470 (2024). [ link ]
• Ismail, R. M., Thomas, D., & Jagdale, R. (2024). Influence of medications on fall risk assessment in maintenance hemodialysis patients: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science 14(1):p 32-36, Jan–Mar 2024. [ link ]
• Dalal Hammoudi Halat, Ali Azeez Al-Jumaili, Kawther Khalid Ahmed, Mohamad Rahal, Anas Hamad, Rula Darwish, Mervat M. Al Sous,  Dixon Thomas,  Salma Bukhatwa, Maher Khdour, Nora Alkhudair, Abdullah Ali Al Balushi,  Sherief Khalifa , Naser Z. Alsharif, Academic entitlement among pharmacy students in the Arab World: A multi-national exploratory study, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education,  2024 , 100640. [ link ]
• Alblooshi, S.,  Thomas, D., Zachariah, S . Perceptions on continuity of Cardiovascular patient care by Institutional and Community Pharmacists. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 2023 Jul 24;16(7):3373-8.
• Ebeid, S.O.,  Thomas, D.,  Jagdale, R., Gopakumar, A., Baker, D. Impact of Pharmacist Counseling on Treatment Adherence Outcomes of patients undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 2023 Sep 30;16(9):4384-90.
• Meer, S.,  Thomas, D., Sebastian, J.,  Gopakumar, A., McKeirnan, K. Perceptions of pregnant women on COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccine-associated risks. Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. 2023 Oct 28;16(10):4861-66.
• Thomas, D. , Shabeek, A.A., Ahmed, H., Mohammed, M., Kawaguchi-Suzuki, M., Anderson, A., Gopakumar, A., Alhosani, R.,  Khalifa, S. , Mottram, D. Impact of an educational flyer and sensitization on performance-enhancement attitudes of bodybuilders in United Arab Emirates. F1000Research. 2023 Feb 23;12(208):208. [ link ]
• Thomas, D.,  Abdalla, A., Hussein, S., Joury, J., Elshamy, A.,  Khalifa, S. , Saleh, Z. Pharmacists’ readiness and willingness to vaccinate the public in United Arab Emirates community pharmacies: A cross-sectional study. F1000Research. 2023 Mar 16;12(292):292. [ link ]
• Azeez Al-Jumaili, A., Elhiny, R.,  Thomas, D. , Elbarbry, F., Khdour, M., Sherbeny, F., Hamad, A., Factors Impacting Job Satisfaction among Pharmacists in the Arab World: A Qualitative Study, Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal (2023), doi: [ link ]
• Lockeman, K.,  Thomas, D., Dow, A., Willson, M., Sridhar, S., Zorek, J.A. I2C2: An international interprofessional clinical case competition for health professions students. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice. 2022 Sep 5:100548. [ link ]
• Zachariah, S.,  Thomas, D.,  Mohamed, F., Chiraparambil, M., Soorya, A., Parveen, A., Singh, B., Gopakumar, A., & Baker, D. (2022). Agreement of medicine and pharmacy students on quality of drug information.  Pharmacy Education ,  22 (1), p. 771–777. [ link ]
• Thomas, D. , Maas, M., Babu, T., & Cooper, J. (2022). The neuron model: An educational tool for evidence-based practice and interprofessional care.  Pharmacy Education ,  22 (1), p. 424–427. [ link ]
• Al-Jumaili, A., Sherbeny, F., Elhiny, R., Hijazi, B., Elbarbry, F., & Rahal, M., Bukhatwa, S., Khdour, M.,  Thomas, D.,  Khalifa, S. et al. (2022). Exploring job satisfaction among pharmacy professionals in the Arab world: a multi-country study.  International Journal Of Pharmacy Practice . doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riac011. [ link ]
• Vippadapu, P., Gillani, S.W.,  Thomas, D.,  Ahmed, F., Mohiudeen, G.S., Mahmood, R.K., Menon, V., Abdi, S., Rathore, H.A. (2022) Choice of Antimicrobials in Surgical Prophylaxis – Overuse and Surgical Site Infection Outcomes from a Tertiary-Level Care Hospital. Front. Pharmacol. 13:849044. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.849044. [ link ]
• Thomas, D. , Zachariah S., Baker D., Cooper J., Sreedharan J., Khalifa S. Impact of educational intervention in evidence-based drug information in interprofessional practice at a tertiary-level care hospital, Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 2022, 100496. [ link ]
• Ahmad, H.A,  Thomas, D.,  Alrais, M., Burton, A., Jagdale, R. Shortcoming of Measuring Patient Satisfaction’s Association With Anemia-Based Cardiovascular Risk in End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients. Cardiology Research. 2021 Dec;12(6):344. [ link ]
• Thomas, D.,  Abdalla, A., McKeirnan, K., & Khalifa, S. (2021). Standard-Setting for Continuing Education Assessment of Select New Competencies.  Journal Of Continuing Education In The Health Professions ,  Publish Ahead of Print . [ link ]
• Suliman, E.,  Thomas, D.,  Elnour, A., Robin, N., & Maas, M. (2021). Systematic review on the choice of antibiotics for management of complicated urinary tract bacterial infections and acute pyelonephritis.  Drugs & Therapy Perspectives ,  37 (10), 470-479. [ link ]
• Al Zahawi, R,.H., Baig, M.R.,  Thomas, D., Al Meslamani, A.A. (2021) Benchmarking clinical pharmacy services in the United Arab Emirates with United States of America and Sweden. J Pharm Pharmacogn Res 9(6): 780–789. [ link ]
• Alagheband. Z., Zachariah. S.,  Thomas. D.,  Dixon. D.L. (2020). Lipid profile outcome gaps of Arabs and South Asians receiving chronic Statin therapy.  International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ,  11 (SPL4), 2194-2200. [ link ]
• Elnajjar. S.,  Thomas. D.,  Tabbara. O., Baker. D. (2020). Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats analysis on choice of multi chamber bag or compounded parenteral nutrition.  International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ,  11 (SPL4), 2298-2303. [ link ]
• Thomas, D.,  Beshir, S.A., Zachariah, S., Gnana, K., Hamdy H. Distance assessment of counselling skills using virtual patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Pharmacy Education, 2020; 20(2):196 – 204. [ link ]
• Abdalla, A.,  Thomas, D.,  McKeirnan, K., Khalifa, S. Fitness to Administer Influenza Vaccine by Pharmacists in the UAE: Quasi-experimental Pre-Post Intervention Study. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 2020 Dec 28. [ link ]
• Hani, N.,  Zachariah, S.,  Thomas, D., Cooper, J.C. Pharmacist-led heart failure patient focus group using mobile apps-based intervention mix. Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. 2020 Dec 19. [ link ]
• Thomas, D.,  Khalifa, S., Sreedharan, J., Bond, R. Inter-rater Reliability of Preceptors on Clinical Pharmacy Competency Evaluation. Current Drug Therapy. 2020. [ link ]
• Thomas, D.,  Zachariah, S., Akers. J.  Clinical practice guidelines appraisal and utilisation by Pharm.D. students.  Pharmacy Education . 2020; 20(1):375-378. DOI: [ link ]
• Mukhtar, M.,  Thomas, D.,  Mohiuddin, G.S., Hiselius, J., & Burton, A. Effectiveness of Clinical Pharmacist Collaborative Care in Resolution of Antibiotic Drug-Related Problems in an Intensive Care Unit. The Internet Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020; 18(1): 1-7. [ link ]
• Gillani, S.W., Mohiuddin, G.S.,  Thomas, D.,  Gebreigziabher, F.B., Al-Salloum, J., Assadi, R.A., & Gnana, K. (2020). Role and Services of Pharmacist in the Prevention of Medication Errors: A Systematic Review.  Current Drug Safety ,  15 . doi: 10.2174/ 1574886315666201002124713. [ link ]
• Thomas, D.,  Cooper, J., & Maas, M. (2020). Neuron Model of Interprofessional Education and Evidence-Based Practice.  INNOVATIONS in pharmacy ,  11 (3), 15-15. [ link ]
• Al-Salloum J,  Thomas D , AlAni G, Singh B. Interprofessional Care of Emergency Department Doctors and Pharmacists: Crossing a Collaboration Chasm. Inov Pharm [Internet]. 2020 Jun 9. [ link ]
• Zachariah S, Al-Tamimi M, Vippadapu P, Shenouda W,  Thomas D. Value of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis by enoxaparin with anti-factor Xa trough concentration monitoring in surgical care. Pharmacy Practice. 2020 Feb 17. [ link ]
• Thomas, D. , Baker, D. and Zachariah, S. (2020). Decentralize- Change-Recentralize Model of Drug Information Networks in Health Centers: Decentralized Drug Information Services. INNOVATIONS in pharmacy, 11(1), 19. [ link ]
• Thomas, D. (2018).  Clinical Pharmacy Education, Practice and Research. (1 ^st  Ed). Elsevier. London. ISBN: 9780128142769. [Link]
• Thomas, D., Zachariah, S. (2017). Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pharmacovigilance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. In: Ibrahim, M., Wertheimer, A., Babar, Z. Social and Administrative Aspects of Pharmacy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. (1 ^st Ed). Academic Press. Elsevier. ISBN: 9780128112281. [Link]
• Thomas, D., Ali, Z., Zachariah, S., Sundararaj, K.G.S., Cuyk, M.V., Cooper, J.C. (2017). Coxibs refocus attention on the cardiovascular risks of non-aspirin NSAIDs. Am J Cardiovasc Drugs,17(5),343–346.  [Link]
• Jalali, S., Thomas, D., Shetty, P., & Cooper, J. C. (2017). Higher regulatory control of tramadol to prevent its abuse and dependence. Journal of Drug Policy Analysis, 2017-08-29.
• Thomas, D., Tazerouni, H., Sundararaj, K. G. S., & Cooper, J. C. (2016). Therapeutic failure of primaquine and need for new medicines in radical cure of Plasmodium vivax. Acta Trop, 21, 160:35. [Link]
• Thomas, D., Sundararaj, K. G. S., Shirwaikar, A., & Tarn, Y. (2016). Inclusion of Pharmacoeconomics course in the Undergraduate Pharmacy Education: A Global Trend Review. Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 9(3),147. [Link] 
• Gerardo, A., Thomas, D., Zachariah, S., Byram, R., & Kannan, S. (2014). Cost-analysis of the WHO Essential Medicines List in A Resource-Limited Setting: Experience from A District Hospital in India. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 8(5), HM01–HM03.    [Link]
• Zachariah, S., Sowmya, C., & Thomas, D. (2013). Grades of evidences in drug information provided at a rural Indian hospital. International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 04(03), 29. [Link]
• Priyanka, P. T., Kumar, M. B., Zachariah, S., Thomas, D., Saunchez, L., & Gerardo, A. (2013). An interventional study on intensive care unit drug therapy assessment in a rural district hospital in India. Journal of Basic and Clinical Pharmacy, 4(3), 64. [Link]
• Sowmya, S. K. R., Thomas, D., Zachariah, S., & Sunad, A. D. (2013). Assessment of Adverse Events and Quality of Life of Cancer Patients in a Secondary Level Care, Rural Hospital in South India. Value in Health Regional Issues, 2(1), 103.  [Link]
• Thomas, D., Mathew, M., Raghavan, C. V., Mohanta, G. P., & Reddy, Y. P. (2012). Days lost due to disability of diclofenac-induced adverse drug reactions. Pharmacy Practice, 10(1), 40. [Link]