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Dr. Asrar Rashid

Dr. Asrar Rashid

Consultant Paediatric Intensivist

Consultant Paediatric Intensivist

34 Years Experience

English , Urdu

About Dr. Asrar Rashid

Dr. Asrar Rashid is a British CSST Board-certified consultant Paediatric Intensivist, and clinician-scientist, specializing in the resuscitation, stabilization, and transport of critically ill newborns and children. Trained internationally in the UK, Australia, and the USA, Dr. Rashid has held senior pediatric critical care roles and led PICU development in the UAE. 
He holds an Executive MBA from London Business School and is an academic author focused on big data genomics and emerging healthcare markets. He integrates frontline pediatric critical care with service transformation and innovation, particularly applying AI and genomics to sepsis and severe infections, and is recognized for his humanitarian contributions.

Overview Experience Education Professional Experience Certifications & Memberships

Clinical Expertise

    • Paediatric intensive care: management of critically ill neonates, infants and children
    • Advanced resuscitation, stabilisation and safe retrieval/transport of critically ill patients (road and air)
    • Mechanical ventilation and advanced organ support in paediatric critical illness
    • Sepsis and severe infection: evidence-based critical care and translational analytics
    • Clinical governance, patient safety, escalation pathways and quality improvement
    • Teaching, mentoring and workforce development in acute and critical care

Education

    • MBChB, University of Aberdeen, Scotland (1992)
    • Executive MBA, London Business School, UK (2013)
    • PhD, Edinburgh Napier University, UK (2026) – AI and genomics applied to sepsis and severe infection
    • AI and digital health training (MIT)

Professional Experience

    • Led specialist retrieval teams with the NETS Retrieval Service, Australia, stabilising critically ill neonates and children and coordinating complex transfers via rapid-response vehicle, ambulance, helicopter, and fixed-wing aircraft.
    • Advanced fellowship training in children’s critical care in the UK and USA.
    • NHS Consultant Paediatric Critical Care, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham (appointed 2004).
    • Retrieval Consultant, North Yorkshire & Humber Neonatal and Paediatric NHS service (Embrace) (appointed 2011).
    •  Held senior clinical leadership roles in Paediatric Critical Care in the UAE (from 2016), including establishing and developing PICU services at Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai, and NMC Royal Hospital, Abu Dhabi.
    • Contributed to UAE-wide clinical standards through the Department of Health (Abu Dhabi) steering work relating to brain death determination and governance.

Certifications & Memberships

    • Fellowship training in Children’s Critical Care - Princess of Wales Diana Children’s Hospital - United Kingdom.
    • Recipient (NMC) of the Department of Health (Abu Dhabi) Ma’an Grant for ground-breaking sepsis research.
    • Extensive peer-reviewed publication record across paediatric critical care, infection, genomics and AI in healthcare.
    • International presentations, including Society of Critical Care Medicine and the Shock Society (Boston), showcasing AI-enabled approaches to sepsis biology and precision critical care.
    • Pre-COVID accelerator prize for a healthcare innovation aimed at pandemic-scale needs.
    • Longstanding humanitarian medical leadership through Midland Doctors, delivering impact-focused care and service development in resource-limited settings.
    • Honoured at Buckingham Palace and met Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of humanitarian contribution.
    • Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (FRCPCH), UK.
    • Member, Paediatric Intensive Care Society (UK).
    • Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine (USA).