Description
Dr Sohail Salam
Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine & Medico-Legal Expert
MBBS, M.Sc (Hons) Anatomy & Anthropology (Dublin), MRCS (RCSI), CCT Rehabilitation Medicine
Specialist Neuro-Rehabilitation Expertise for Complex Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence Cases
Dr Sohail Salam is an experienced Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine providing specialist medico-legal assessments and reports for solicitors dealing with complex neurological injury, major trauma and long-term rehabilitation cases.
Practising as a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine since 2012, Dr Salam has extensive experience of neuro-rehabilitation across inpatient, outpatient and community settings, alongside work with private neuro-rehabilitation providers and individual clients.
Since 2016, he has developed a particular interest in medico-legal rehabilitation medicine, working with legal firms to provide detailed clinical assessments, expert reports and specialist opinions addressing the often complex consequences of serious injury.
For solicitors, rehabilitation medicine can provide an important perspective extending beyond the initial diagnosis. Dr Salam considers how an injury affects the individual over the longer term, including function, independence, mobility, rehabilitation requirements, pain, future treatment, return to work, prognosis and life expectancy.
Specialist Areas of Expertise
Dr Salam accepts instructions involving a broad range of neurological and complex injury presentations, including acquired and traumatic brain injury, mild brain injury and concussion, stroke, cerebral infection including meningitis and encephalitis, cerebral palsy, prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC), spinal cord injury and cauda equina.
His practice also encompasses amputee and prosthetic rehabilitation, complex major and polytrauma, spasticity management including Botulinum toxin interventions, pain management, prognosis and life expectancy.
This breadth of expertise can be particularly valuable in serious personal injury and clinical negligence cases involving multiple injuries or where the long-term consequences require a coordinated rehabilitation medicine opinion.
Medico-Legal Assessments & Reports
Dr Salam works closely with instructing legal professionals and aims to provide thorough, clinically robust assessments and reports within agreed timescales. Urgent medico-legal reporting can also be accommodated where appropriate.
His medico-legal services include assessment of:
- Rehabilitation and future treatment requirements
- Functional ability and independence
- Brain and neurological injury
- Spinal cord injury and cauda equina
- Major trauma and amputation
- Spasticity and pain management
- Vocational and return-to-work considerations
- Prognosis and life expectancy
Dr Salam undertakes national home visits and offers private clinic appointments in Newcastle upon Tyne and Middlesbrough, together with video consultations and desktop reports where suitable.
Leadership, Training & Rehabilitation Experience
Alongside his clinical practice, Dr Salam has contributed extensively to service development, teaching, training and research.
He previously served as an elected executive member of the British Society of Physical Rehabilitation Medicine (BSPRM) and formerly chaired its Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist Interest Group.
He has also collaborated with the Department for Work and Pensions, including work involving PIP assessment forms and training for assessors, and has contributed to the Northern Acquired Brain Injury Forum.
His medico-legal professional development includes The Modern Compendium for Court Experts – Protecting Yourself Whilst Striving for Excellence with DAC Beachcroft (2025), medico-legal training with Hugh James and specialist training in medico-legal essentials and clinical negligence.
For solicitors seeking a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine to provide specialist opinion on the long-term medical, functional and rehabilitation consequences of serious injury, Dr Salam offers a broad combination of clinical, rehabilitation and medico-legal experience.
Nationwide Instructions | Home Visits | Clinics | Video Consultations | Desktop Reports
Tel: 07731 868733
Email: sohailsalam@outlook.com
