Biography

Dr. Kamal Matar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kuwait University. He is also a director of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring & Clinical Toxicology (TDM&CT) Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University. He is involved in training Graduate students as well as Resident Physicians in the utilization of a wide variety of analytical techniques used for TDM. He received his PhD from Cardiff University, UK, in 2000. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles and over 30 abstracts in international conferences. He is serving as a reviewer for some international journals such as: Journal of Chromatography B, Journal of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Analysis, Medical Principles & Practice, Chemotherapy, Drugs, Analytical Chemistry Insights and Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. He is a member of International Association of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring & Clinical Toxicology (IATDMCT), American Association of Clinical Toxicology (AACT), and European Compliance Academy (ECA). He organized many International Conferences in Kuwait in the area of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Population Pharmacokinetics.


Research Interest

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and population pharmacokinetics, Analytical methods (HPLC; LC-MS/MS) development and validation & their applications in TDM, Pharmacokineticstudies,Bioavailability/bioequivalence studies.