Mo is a consultant in critical care and anaesthesia and an International Medical Graduate (IMG) and Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow. He graduated from Medical School in Baghdad and completed training in Critical Care and Anaesthesia in Scotland to take up a consultant post in Glasgow in 2005. He held a of variety roles in education and training nationally and internationally, and has been focusing since 2018 on the support of IMGs in Scotland and further afield.

In 2024, he completed a PhD from the University of Glasgow on the acculturation and social connections of IMGs, for which he won the Bellahouston medal, a prize awarded annually for the highest distinction for the excellence of theses submitted by medical and dental graduates.

Mo has been a strong advocate for the fair treatment of IMGs in the UK and Scotland. He held the position of National Associate Postgraduate Dean for IMGs in Scotland from 2022 to 2026 at NHS Education for Scotland (now Public Services Delivery Scotland). He continues to conduct and supervise empirical research in relation to IMGs and is recognised internationally as an expert in studies and issues related to IMGs. He has delivered talks and workshops at national and international congresses, e.g. AMEE 2025 and has a range of publications on the topic. 

At the University of Glasgow, Mo co-developed and co-directs the MSc in Critical Care teaching over 100 MSc students and supervising 10s of students. Mo has been the University of Glasgow MBChB lead for Critical Care and Anaesthesia since 2021. Internationally, he was elected Chair of the Education and Training Committee and Executive Committee member of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). He is co-editor of the textbook Intensive Care Fundamentals, the second edition of which will be released in 2026.

Publications

Journal articles

Al-Haddad M, Gopal D, Rao M. What is in a name? Name bias and tackling health disparities. Heart.Published Online First: 27 April 2026. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2026-327965 

Powell RA, Al-Haddad M, Nayar V, Bhui K, Rao M. International medical graduates: a workforce at a crossroad? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2026;0(0). doi:10.1177/01410768261421438

Al-Haddad M, Rao M. International medical graduate (IMG) recruitment and UK workforce planning need urgent reform. BMJ  2026;  392 :s294 doi:10.1136/bmj.s294  

Al-Haddad, M., Jamieson, S. & Germeni, E. Positionality using the lens of social identity complexity theory: a worked example. Adv in Health Sci Educ (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-025-10498-5

Powell RA, Nayar V, Al-Haddad M, Kar P, Sathyamoorthy G, Rao M. The 10-year NHS plan needs a workforce equity foundation. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2025;0(0). doi:10.1177/01410768251389442

Dünser, M. W., Leach, R., Al-Haddad, M., Arafat, R., Baker, T., Balik, M., ... & Behringer, W. (2025). Emergency critical care-life-saving critical care before ICU admission: A consensus statement of a Group of European Experts. Journal of critical care, 87, 155035

Al-Haddad M and Rao M. Competition for medical training posts. BMJ 2025;389:r1023.  https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r1023

Al-Haddad M, Jamieson S, Germeni E. International medical graduates' social connections: A qualitative study. Med Educ. 2024; 1-12. doi:10.1111/medu.15542

Al-Haddad M. Facilitating international medical graduates' acculturation: From theory to practice. Med Educ. 2024; 58(1): 136-148. doi:10.1111/medu.15175

Al-Haddad M. European international medical graduates (IMGs): are we ignoring their needs and under-representing the scale of IMG issues in the UK? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 2024;117(2):52-54. doi:10.1177/01410768241230804

Al-Haddad M. International medical graduates: defining the term and using it consistently. BMJ Global Health 2024;9:e015678. doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015678

Al-Haddad M, Lu P. It takes two to tango: The ‘inter’ in intercultural competence. Med Educ. 2024; 58(7): 766-768. doi:10.1111/medu.15319

Al-Haddad M, Mulholland C and Gardner J. Burnout in International Medical Graduate Trainees in the United Kingdom Compared to Domestic Medical Graduate Trainees. Analysis of Data from the GMC’s National Training Survey in 2019 and 2021’, Perspectives on Medical Education, 2023. 12(1), p. 228–236. doi:https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.1036.

Al-Haddad M, Jamieson S, Germeni E. International medical graduates' experiences before and after migration: A meta-ethnography of qualitative studies. Med Educ. 2022; 56(5): 504-515. doi:10.1111/medu.14708

Book co-Editor

Duška, František, Mo Al-Haddad, and Maurizio Cecconi. Intensive Care Fundamentals. Springer International Publishing, 2023.

Bood sections

Duncan, Katie, and Mo Al-Haddad. "Arrhythmias." Intensive Care Fundamentals: Practically Oriented Essential Knowledge for Newcomers to ICUs. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. 185-194.

Belch, Karin, and Mo Al-Haddad. "Acute Kidney Injury." Intensive Care Fundamentals: Practically Oriented Essential Knowledge for Newcomers to ICUs. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. 139-149.

Al-Haddad, Mo. "Shock and Haemodynamic Monitoring." Intensive Care Fundamentals: Practically Oriented Essential Knowledge for Newcomers to ICUs. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. 91-106.

Grants

Smith S., Al-Haddad M., Scanlan G.M., Tallentire V.R. Refugee doctors’ conceptualisations of workforce integration: A phenomenographic study. ASME Small Grants 2025.

Award: £4,725

Professional Activities

Professional and Learned Societies

Elected Chair of the Education and Training Committee, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Mandate Oct 2026 – Oct 2028

Chair of the Board of the ESICM’s Intensive Care Fundamentals 2023 – date

Chair of the ESICM eLearning Committee, 2021 to 2023

Executive Editor of the ESICM Academy, 2017 to 2021

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International Medical Graduates’ experiences, well-being, outcomes, and contributions to the Medical Workforce

MBChB lead for Critical Care and Anaesthesia

MSc in Critical Care, Programme Co-Director