Rummana Aslam, MBBS
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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 back pain, joint pain, sports injuries, spinal cord injuries, amputees, as well as those recovering from a 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 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.”
Education & Training
- ResidentSinai Hospital of Baltimore (2012)
- ResidentSinai Hospital of Baltimore (2009)
- FellowJohns Hopkins School of Medicine (2008)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow Academic training in Trauma and Burns/Wound HealingUniversity of California San Francisco (2006)
- Prelim ResidentUniversity of California San Francisco (2002)
- RegistrarHoly Family Hospital (1987)
- ResidentHoly Family Hospital (1986)
- MBBSRawalpindi Medical College, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (1986)
Activities
- EpithelizationSpeaker In a Live National/International Educational Webinar arranged by the Wound Healing Society Education Cmmittee 2022
- Developing a wound care fellowshipDetroit, United States 2019
- Advances in Wound Medicine and SurgeryBarnstable, United States 2019
- Prevention of pressure ulcers: Tools for risk reductionAtlanta, United States 2018
- Session Director/Speaker on Basic Chronic Wound Care SkillsDenver, United States 2017
- The Revolution in Chronic Wound Care: What We Did and What We Do NowDenver, United States 2017
- Evidence Based Management of Lower Extremity UlcersHackensack, United States 2017
- The Biological and Regenerative Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen TherapyWashington, United States 2017
- Reviving an ancient wound treatmentFlorence, Italy 2016
- The wound patient. Multidisciplinary CareHackensack, United States 2016
- Choosing the optimal dressingHackensack, United States 2016
- Diagnosis of Vascular UlcersHackensack, United States 2016
- Management of Vascular UlcersHackensack, United States 2016
- Atypical Chronic WoundsHackensack, United States 2016
- If its not cancer it should healAtlanta, United States 2016
- Hydroxyurea induced non-healing ulcerAtlanta, United States 2016
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for treating Breast Ulcers after Radiation: Have We Forgotten about Efficacy?Atlanta, United States 2016
- Transdisciplinary approach for diagnosis and treatment of an atypical ulcerAtlanta, United States 2016
- Rehabilitation of severe bilateral leg lymphedemaSacramento, United States 2016
- Staged debridement and grafting in radiation ulcerSan Antonio, United States 2015
- Reviving-A spoonful of sugar for healing chronic woundsOrlando, United States 2014
- Implementing of wound care guidelinesOrlando, United States 2014
- Epidermal Grafting- A revolutionary addition to management of chronic ulcersOrlando, United States 2014
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as an Adjunctive Treatment in Wound HealingHackensack, United States 2014
- Evidence based approach to venous leg ulcersHackensack, United States 2013
- Venous Leg UlcersHackensack, United States 2013
- Diabetic Foot UlcersHackensack, United States 2013
- Evidence based approach to management of chronic leg woundsIslamabad, Pakistan 2013
- Wound Healing and Wound RehabilitationHackensack, United States 2012
- Wound Patient and Wound RehabilitationWest Orange, United States 2012
- Skin Sustainability: Maintaining the Health of Skin by Integrating Inter-disciplinary Coordination and Cooperation.Atlanta, United States 2012
- Rehabilitation of the patient with chronic woundsOrlando, United States 2010
- Oxygen: The best "dressing" for a woundSan Rafael, United States 2007
- Pressure UlcersScottsdale, United States 2006
- Venous UlcersScottsdale, United States 2006
- Neovascularization induced by lactate may involve stem cell homingScottsdale, United States 2006
- Guidelines for treatment of pressure ulcersBethesda, United States 2005
- Guidelines for the treatment of venous ulcersBethesda, United States 2005
- High lactate in wounds may initiate vasculogenesis via stem cell homingSan Francisco, United States 2005
- Lactate, oxygen and angiogenesisSan Francisco, United States 2005
- High Lactate in wounds may initiate vasculogenesis via stem cell homingStuttgart, Germany 2005
- Lactate, oxygen and wound healingChicago, United States 2005
- Lactate controls vascular development in wound healingNew Orleans, United States 2004
- Lactate controls vascular development in wound healingParis, France 2004
- Lactate controls vascular development in wound healingAtlanta, United States 2004
- Lactate induces vascular developmentSt. Louis, United States 2004
- Oxygen and Wound HealingSan Francisco, United States 2003
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Innovators Award New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame | New Jersey Hall of Fame | 2016 |
Arnold P Gold Foundation Gold Doc: | Arnold P Gold Foundation | 2015 |
Excellence in Teaching Award | Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators University of California San Francisco | 2006 |
Young Investigator Research Award | Wound Healing Society | 2006 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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YNHH | Credentials Committee | 2022 - Present |
Yale School of Medicine Dept of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation | Compensation Committee | 2022 - Present |
YNHHS | YNHHS Wound Executive Committee | 2022 - Present |
Wound Healing Society | Board of Directors | 2022 - Present |
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital | TBI support group - monthly | 2022 - Present |
Yale | Volunteer vaccinator for Covid Vaccine | 2021 |
Yale | Physician participating in Family Connect Program during Covid Pandemic | 2021 |
Yale University | The ITS Advisory Committee is responsible for providing advice on university-wide IT policy and service issues. This committee meets regularly to provide advice to the Provost, the Vice President for Finance and Business Operations, and the CIO on Yale's information technology policies, strategies, priorities, and services in support of faculty and students | 2021 - Present |
Yale | Yale Inpatient Rehabilitation Physician Advisory Committee | 2021 - Present |
Yale | Neurosciences Multidisciplinary Case Conference monthly meetings | 2021 - Present |
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation- Wound Community | Chair Wound Community | 2021 - Present |
Wound Care Advisory Board, The Wound Care Leads- Epic Implementation Services | Board Member | 2020 - 2021 |
Wound Healing Society - Education Committee | Chair | 2018 - 2022 |
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital | Healthy Living Series Community Lectures | 2018 - 2019 |
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital | Speaker - Stroke Survivors Group | 2018 |
Cape Coders of MA | Topic - "Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation" | 2018 |
East Side Neighborhood Association- Paterson, NJ | Non-profit organization to preserve and protect the Paterson Historic Eastside Mansions Organize and participate in Historic House Tours for the public | 2015 - Present |
American Board of Wound Medicine and Surgery | Board Member | 2014 - Present |
American Board of Wound Medicine and Surgery - Commission on Wound Care Fellowship Program Directors | Chair | 2014 - Present |
Wound Repair and Regeneration | Reviewer | 2012 - Present |
Sobrato High School CA | Elected Member School Site Council | 2004 - 2006 |