A Ph.D. holder in Public Health Epidemiology with research focus on infectious disease antibiotic resistance, focusing on Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms among elderly patients all over the world.
To give back to his home country, he established TDMC in 2020. He previously served as Specialist Infectious Disease Scientist of South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust (NHS), United Kingdom, for over 20 years. He is a fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science London and founding director of TunMicro Sickle Cell Foundation (TSCF), a UK non-profit organization. Through TSCF, Dr. Ismail is seeking to reduce the threat of sickle cell disease in sub-Sahara Africa, by combining academic discourse with personal narratives through the provision of free Genotype/ Sickle cell testing for all Nigerians.
As CEO of this medical center, he is responsible for making major corporate decisions, managing the overall operations and resources of TDMC, acting as the main point of communication between the board of directors (the board) and corporate.