Biography
Specialist clinical pharmacologist, governing clinical AI.
ADD HEADSHOT · 4:5, neutral backgroundProfessor Mohamed Irhuma is a consultant-fellow specialist clinical pharmacologist (ABCP/AMA) and digital health executive with over a decade of experience bridging clinical governance, medical education and health-tech innovation. He specialises in translating complex clinical algorithms into deployable HTML and AI-driven digital tools.
As the Clinical, Medical and Scientific Governance Lead at EMG Technologies (Pty) Ltd, he oversees clinical academy information, digital prescribing governance and AI-powered drug interaction algorithms. His dual expertise in pharmacology and AI safety, including leading AI Copilot deployment architectures for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has earned him the industry moniker “The Clinician in the AI Loop”.
An active educator and researcher, he holds an academic position at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) Faculty of Health Sciences. He previously served as Secretary General of the College of Clinical Pharmacologists at the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA), ranked consistently in the top 10% of university lecturers (2016–2020), and has built evidence-based medicine and rational prescribing programmes for more than eight institutions worldwide.
He is credentialed by the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology (ABCP) and is a member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology (ACCP). He co-edited the South African Medicines Formulary (SAMF) across its 11th, 12th and 13th editions. His specialist interests are neuro- and psychopharmacology, medicolegal medicine, pharmacovigilance and the ethical use of AI in healthcare.
AI tools
Clinical logic you can open and inspect.
Each tool is engineered personally from guideline evidence into a point-of-care co-pilot, built on evidence-based AI (EB-AI) principles: the source, the logic and the uncertainty stay visible to the prescriber.
Flagship
Pharmacogenomics (PGx) Clinical Tool
Turns genotype results into brief, high-impact prescribing guidance for anticoagulants, antidepressants and oncology agents, distilled from international consensus guidelines and flagged before the first script is written.
Tool library
30 toolsDemonstrations of any tool are available to institutions and partners. Write to info@irhuma.org.
Writing
From pharmacological evidence to the bedside.
Peer-reviewed papers, national formulary work, practical prescribing guidance for interns, and opinion columns on digital health, medicolegal ethics, and faith and medicine.
Peer-reviewed & professional publications
11- 2024Rational and safe prescribing 101. SAMA Intern 101 2024, pp. 47–48. Read ↗
- 2023Rational and safe prescribing 101. SAMA Intern 101 2023, p. 26. Read ↗
- 2022A guide for the management of post-vaccination allergy and anaphylaxis in a pharmacy clinic. Health SA Gesondheid. Read ↗
- 2022Rational and safe prescribing 101. SAMA Intern 101 2022, pp. 26–27. Read ↗
- 2019The potential impact of dietary supplement adulteration on patient assessment and treatment from a healthcare provider’s perspective. S Afr Fam Pract. Read ↗
- 2018Primary prevention of coronary artery disease. S Afr Fam Pract. Read ↗
- 2017Allergic conjunctivitis. S Afr Fam Pract. Read ↗
- 2016Use of angiotensin receptor–neprilysin inhibitors in heart failure: a paradigm shift. S Afr Fam Pract. Read ↗
- 2016Long-acting reversible hormonal contraception. S Afr Fam Pract. Read ↗
- 2016Management of cough: a practical approach. S Afr Fam Pract. Read ↗
- 2012Tumour lysis syndrome. Read ↗
National formulary
3 editions- 2020South African Medicines Formulary (SAMF), 13th edition · co-editor About SAMF ↗
- 2016South African Medicines Formulary (SAMF), 12th edition · co-editor About SAMF ↗
- 2014South African Medicines Formulary (SAMF), 11th edition · co-editor About SAMF ↗
The Voice of the Pharmacologist & CP Corner
columns- 2026Unmasked by the virus: Long COVID-19 and APS Read (PDF) ↗
- 2026The GLP-1 overdose surge: a weigh-in on the crisis Read (PDF) ↗
- 2025Navigating faith and pharmacology Read (PDF) ↗
Column archive, 2020–2021
25Education
Think before you ink. Teaching rational prescribing.
A flipped-classroom approach that turns lectures into case discussion. Rated in the top 10% of lecturers at Wits, with nearly two decades of teaching across medicine and allied health.
Disruptive learning
Clinical cases and real script errors challenge assumptions and sharpen rational decisions.
Digital integration
Students learn to use point-of-care apps such as EMGuidance for evidence-based drug information.
Visual learning
Animation-based teaching tools make mechanisms of action easy to see.
Teaching, supervision & examining
- Medical schoolCourse coordinator for the GEMP (MBBCh) programme at Wits, UoT and YSM.
- Allied healthLecturer, examiner, project supervisor and facilitator for pharmacy, nursing, physiotherapy and dentistry, in basic and clinical pharmacology.
- PostgraduateSupervisor and co-supervisor for Master’s and PhD candidates in digital health, neuropharmacology, infectious diseases, oncology, antimicrobial stewardship, drug interactions, special-population PK and rational prescribing.
- BedsideInitiated polypharmacy ward rounds at CMJAH, teaching junior specialists to use digital tools in practice.
- ExaminerFC Clin Pharm (SA) at the CMSA, and the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology.
Qualifications
MBBCh · FC Clin Pharm (SA) · FCCP · ABCP (USA) · ACCP (USA) · MD Clin Pharm · PGCert Health Informatics (Leeds) · PMP (PMI) · Cert. Hospital Management
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Books
Clinical rigour, applied beyond the clinic.
Books on artificial intelligence and digital harm written with a pharmacologist’s method, alongside works exploring Islamic thought, medical ethics and healing of body and soul.
2025 · Featured
The Algorithmic Stethoscope
A clinical pharmacologist’s appraisal of artificial intelligence in medicine, treated as a potent therapeutic agent with real clinical, medicolegal and health-economic side effects. It examines black-box decision support, automated bias and fabricated evidence, and closes with a prescription for evidence-based AI with the clinician firmly in the loop.
Medicine, technology & society
3Faith, ethics & society
10The Immunosuppression of the Soul
A clinical audit of the extinction of modesty (Hayaa) in the digital Ummah
View on Noor Book ↗The Overdose
Diagnosing the toxicity of ‘TikTok theology’ and the death of authority
View on Noor Book ↗A Sacred Fraud
Diagnosing the Abraham Accords and the project of a new world religion
View on Noor Book ↗The Noble Hadith and Sunnah
Refuting the misconceptions of the Qur’anists about the Prophetic Sunnah
View on Noor Book ↗Sahih Al-Bukhari
Ignorance of critics and the ailment of ‘reason over revelation’ philosophy
View on Noor Book ↗The Sinking Nations
A chronicle of collapse, hubris and the forgotten lifeboats of faith
View on Noor Book ↗Interviews & media
Medicines safety, explained in public.
Expert commentary on public health, rational prescribing and medication safety for national and international audiences.
kykNET · Prontuit
ADHD diagnoses in children and young people are rising (17 Sept 2018)
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Expertise & services
Independent clinical pharmacology for decisions that carry weight.
Board-credentialed opinion for legal, pharmaceutical, payer and technology clients, covering forensic medicolegal review, medicines governance and clinical AI assurance.
Digital health & evidence-based AI
For: Health-tech companies, digital health platforms, AI developers, global health organisations
- AI clinical governance with human-as-judge validation of algorithms and LLM outputs
- Translating guidelines (STGs, EDL) and EBM into localised point-of-care decision support
- Strategy and playbooks for safe, ethical, scalable AI deployment
Medicolegal & expert witness
For: Law firms, malpractice attorneys, hospital legal teams
- Prescribing errors, dosing negligence and therapy mismanagement
- Forensic evaluation of drug interactions, ADRs and toxicology disputes
- Causality assessment between pharmacological intervention and outcome
Industry strategy & medical schemes
For: Pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, medical insurers
- Tariff, reimbursement and pharmacoeconomic value
- Rational prescribing protocols and formulary governance
- Pharmacovigilance reporting and safety monitoring strategy
Medical writing & scientific communication
For: Education agencies, publishers, research institutes
- Clinical protocols, white papers and peer-reviewed submissions
- CPD modules, study guides, formulary content and HTML clinical tools
- Regulatory writing and expert reports
Keynotes, lecturing & workshops
For: Professional societies, universities, corporate events
- The future of digital health · AI in prescribing · rational psychopharmacology
- Guest modules in pharmacotherapy and evidence-based medicine
- Workshops: clinical toxicology, polypharmacy, prescribing errors, neuro- and psychopharmacology
Retain Prof. Irhuma for a case or project
Forensic reports for litigation, governance reviews, or a keynote for your next congress.
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