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Rummana Aslam, MBBS

Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
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Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health

Program Director Yale Chronic Wound Care and Regenerative Medicine Fellowship, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

Chief, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

Core Faculty, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency Program

Founder Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program , Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

Co-Lead Yale 3D Avascular Necrosis and Osteonecrosis Program, Dept Clinical: Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

Director, Wound Care, Lawrence + Memorial Hospital

About

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Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Program Director Yale Chronic Wound Care and Regenerative Medicine Fellowship, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation; Chief, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation; Core Faculty, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency Program; Founder Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program , Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation; Co-Lead Yale 3D Avascular Necrosis and Osteonecrosis Program, Dept Clinical: Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

Positions outside Yale

Director, Wound Care, Lawrence + Memorial Hospital

Biography

Rummana Aslam, MD, a physiatrist (a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation), became interested in her field based on her concern for what happens to patients’ function and quality of life after a serious injury or disease.

Her goal, Dr. Aslam explains, is to help patients get back to the life they had before experiencing a severe illness, surgery, or trauma. As chief of Yale Medicine Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), she takes care of patients with brain injuries including those recovering from a stroke and traumatic brain injuries (TBI), work related injuries, and chronic non healing wounds

Within PM&R, she is board-certified in brain injury medicine, which means she helps patients with TBIs, including concussions. “Often, these patients have multiple traumas, are treated in the hospital, and return home. However, they continue to suffer from the long-term effects of brain injury, which affects their normal, day-to-day functioning,” Dr. Aslam explains. “For example, you can have someone who looks and talks fine, but when it comes to higher-level functioning, her brain is still healing and isn’t at that pre-injury level. She needs a physiatrist who specializes in brain medicine to guide her long-term recovery and get her to where she was in her personal and professional life.”

Dr. Aslam is a leading wound care physician and scientist recognized nationally and internationally. As medical director of Yale New Haven Health’s Lawrence + Memorial Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Dr. Aslam also helps patients with chronic wounds no matter what the underlying reason is and of all ages. These patients include diabetics who are at risk of amputation and people with leg ulcers, which can be caused by years of smoking or poor circulation.

“I want to help patients improve function. They may have to live with a chronic wound for a long time. Instead of ending up disabled and staying home, my job is to keep them working and healthy and fit while they are healing,” she says. “Overall, with all of my patients, my goal is to improve their function so they can feel and be well, and enjoy healthy, productive lives.”

Appointments

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Resident
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore (2012)
Resident
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore (2009)
Fellow
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2008)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Academic training in Trauma and Burns/Wound Healing
University of California San Francisco (2006)
Prelim Resident
University of California San Francisco (2002)
Registrar
Holy Family Hospital (1987)
Resident
Holy Family Hospital (1986)
MBBS
Rawalpindi Medical College, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (1986)

Research

Overview

My research interest focuses on the following areas

1. Wound repair and regeneration

2. New innovative applications of hyperbaric oxygen therapy

3. Quantification of physical performance and cognition

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment; Patient Outcome Assessment

Research at a Glance

Publications Timeline

A big-picture view of Rummana Aslam's research output by year.
23Publications
884Citations

Publications

2023

2022

2016

2011

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    Wound Repair and Regeneration

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    Yale University

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    YNHH

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    Yale School of Medicine Dept of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

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    Yale

Clinical Care

Overview

Rummana Aslam, MD, a physiatrist (a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation), became interested in her field based on her concern for what happens to patients’ function and quality of life after a serious injury or disease.

Her goal, Dr. Aslam explains, is to help patients get back to the life they had before experiencing a severe illness, surgery, or trauma. As chief of Yale Medicine Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R), she takes care of patients with back pain, joint pain, sports injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputees, as well as those recovering from stroke and traumatic brain injuries (TBI).

Within PM&R, she is board-certified in brain injury medicine, which means she helps patients with TBIs, including concussions. “Often, these patients have multiple traumas, are treated in the hospital, and return home. However, they continue to suffer from the long-term effects of the brain injury, which affects their normal, day-to-day functioning,” Dr. Aslam explains. “For example, you can have someone who looks and talks fine, but when it comes to higher-level functioning, her brain is still healing and isn’t at that pre-injury level. She needs a physiatrist who specializes in brain medicine to guide her long-term recovery and get her to where she was in her personal and professional life.”

Dr. Aslam is a leading wound care physician and scientist recognized nationally and internationally. As medical director of Yale New Haven Health’s Lawrence + Memorial Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Dr. Aslam also helps patients with chronic wounds no matter what the underlying reason is and of all ages. These patients include diabetics who are at risk of amputation and people with leg ulcers, which can be caused by years of smoking or poor circulation.

“I want to help patients improve function. They may have to live with a chronic wound for a long time. Instead of ending up disabled and staying home, my job is to keep them working and healthy and fit while they are healing,” she says. “Overall, with all of my patients, my goal is to improve their function so they can feel and be well, and enjoy healthy, productive lives.”

Clinical Specialties

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Brain Injury

Fact Sheets

Board Certifications

  • Brain Injury Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
    Original Certification Date
    2016
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

    Certification Organization
    AB of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
    Original Certification Date
    2014

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Contacts

Academic Office Number
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Mailing Address

Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

P.O. Box 208071

New Haven, CT 06520-8071

United States

Locations

  • Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

    Academic Office

    47 College Street

    New Haven, CT 06510

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