Medico-Legal Experience

Dr Asma Khan is a skilled Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine with broad clinical experience across neurological, spinal, musculoskeletal, amputee and trauma rehabilitation. Dr Khan brings this clinical, research and teaching experience to a growing medico-legal practice as a rehabilitation medicine expert witness.

Dr Khan’s medico-legal work draws on experience in neurorehabilitation, spinal cord injury, stroke, spasticity management, amputee and prosthetic rehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation and complex disability.

Clinical Experience

Dr Khan is a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine at Nottingham University Hospital’s National Rehabilitation Centre. Her role includes inpatient ward rounds, outpatient assessment, spasticity management, multidisciplinary clinical planning and supervision of resident doctors.

She completed specialist training in Rehabilitation Medicine in the East of England Deanery between 2019 and 2024. This covered neurorehabilitation, amputee and prosthetic rehabilitation, spinal rehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, trauma rehabilitation and rehabilitation following neurosurgery.

Earlier NHS appointments covered geriatric medicine, stroke medicine, general medicine, colorectal surgery and paediatric surgery. Dr Khan’s earlier work in India included cardiology, obstetrics and gynaecology, medical and surgical intensive care, and high-dependency care.

Dr Khan is an educational and clinical supervisor with broad experience of teaching doctors, advanced clinical practitioners and medical students. Research experience includes work as an Associate Principal Investigator for the TRICEPS study, clinical audits, quality improvement projects, conference presentations and published case reports.

Special Interests

• Neurorehabilitation
• Spinal cord injury rehabilitation
• Amputee and prosthetic rehabilitation
• Trauma rehabilitation
• Spasticity management
• Musculoskeletal rehabilitation
• Stroke rehabilitation
• Cognitive assessment following stroke
• Complex disability
• Multidisciplinary rehabilitation
• Medical education

Memberships of Professional Bodies

• Royal College of Physicians of London
• British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
• International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
• World Federation for Neurorehabilitation
• Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland
• Karnataka Medical Council, India

Further information

Download Dr Asma Khan’s CV to learn more about her qualifications, clinical experience, medico-legal work, research and professional memberships.