Dr. Sabahat Asim Wasti

Dr. Sabahat Asim Wasti is a Staff Physician in the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Dr. Wasti received his bachelors degree in Medicine and Surgery from Khyber Medical College Peshawar, Pakistan and then moved to the United Kingdom for postgraduate studies in 1984. After obtaining the membership of Royal College of Ireland, he completed Rehabilitation Medicine training at Leeds Teaching Hospital. He then became a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield UK, where he served for nearly nine years before moving to the United Arab Emirates to take up the position of Senior Consultant Post in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in 2007.

He has served in both the public and private sectors in the UAE and spearheaded the development of rehabilitation services in both. He served on as a British Society of Rehabilitation representative in Consensus Reference Group for Multiple Sclerosis Guidelines, commissioned by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence.

Dr. Wasti is recognized for promoting the cause of neurorehabilitation in particular and widely respected by his peers. He is well known for his views on cultural and ethical variances and the implications of these on neurorehabilitation.

He currently serves as Regional VP, WFNR (Gulf Region), Chair Service Development SIG and Co-Chair Ethics SIG, WFNR. He has also served as Chair of several conferences and frequently delivers invited lectures.

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

• 1974 - 1981: KHYBER MEDICAL COLLEGE, PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN
• 1994 - 1998: LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS, LEEDS UNITED KINGDOM. Specialist Registrar, Rehabilitation Medicine

WORK EXPERIENCES

• 2014 - Till Date: CAMBRIDGE MEDICAL AND REHABILITATION CENTER. Medical Director, Rehabilitation
• 2013 - 2014: BERLIN MEDICAL ＆ NEUROREHABILITATION ABU DHABI UAE. CEO/CMO & Consultant, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• 2007 - 2013: SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY ABU DHABI UAE. Consultant, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• 1998 - 2007: SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS, SHEFFIELD UK. Consultant, Rehabilitation Medicine

Achievements & Career Highlights

• Leading Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician in the region with extensive experience in Neurorehabilitation, widely known and respected internationally
• Has played a key role in the development of the specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation in the UAE
• Locally developed PM&R and Neurorehabilitation services both in the Public and Private Sector and improved patient care by introducing early rehabilitation
• Established multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary practices in PM&R
• Introduced comprehensive approach to the management spasticity management in the UAE
• Involved in the introduction of use of Botulinum toxin in spasticity and insertion of first baclofen pump in the UAE
• Established early mobilization and post critical illness rehabilitation protocols for use in local population