[2] He was awarded a PhD in pharmacology in 1993, and began working as a consultant physician at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in 1996.
[13] In 2022, he chaired a committee that produced a report, Personalised prescribing, on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians of London and the British Pharmacological Society, which advocates the implementation of pharmacogenomics into the UK NHS.
With a particular focus on adverse drug reactions, their role in improving prescription choices and the development of genetic tests for personalised medicine.
[15] He is included the 2021 list of highly cited researchers by Clarivate,[16] and has been ranked number 1 expert in pharmacogenetics worldwide by Expertscape.
[6] Pirmohamed has received the William Withering Medal from the Royal College of Physicians and the IPIT award for Public Service from the University of North Carolina in the US.