Alia Satti

Alia Satti
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FRCPCH,MBBS,MRCPCH

Attending Physician in Developmental Pediatrics and Rehabilitaion Medicine Years Of Experience: 10
  • About the Physician

    Dr. Alia Satti is an Attending Physician specialized in Developmental Pediatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine at Sidra Medicine. She joined the organization in 2019.

    In her role, Dr. Satti collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to assess and manage children from birth to 18 years old who experience communication, social, intellectual, learning and  behavioral challenges and mobility impairment.

    As the Clinical Lead for Developmental Pediatrics and associate program director of the fellowship program, Dr. Satti is distinguished as the only UK CCT board-certified pediatric neuro-disability subspecialist (GRID) in Qatar. She also holds a Diploma in Pediatric Neuro-disability from Sheffield Hallam University (UK), first of only two practitioners in Qatar with this prestigious qualification.

    She is actively involved in renowned research initiatives and national service planning focused on autism and early intervention for children disabilities.

    Before her tenure at Sidra Medicine, Dr. Satti served as a Consultant and lead for Pediatrics Neurodisability, Epilepsy, and Clinical Governance Services at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, one of the top-performing hospitals in the UK.

     

    Languages Spoken

    English, Arabic

    Years Of Experience
    10
    Education
    • MBBS: Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum University
    • Diploma in Pediatric Neuro-disability: Sheffield Hallam University, UK
    • Board Certified: CCT in Pediatric Neuro-disability (GMC-UK)
    • Member and Fellow of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health – UK (MRCPCH, FRCPCH)
    Areas of Interest
    • Autism Spectrum Disorder
    • ADHD
    • Intellectual disabilities, syndromes and global delay
    • Cerebral palsy and other motor disabilities
    • Specific learning disorders (such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia)
    Affiliations
    • Weill-Cornell Medicine, Qatar
    Educational Interests
    • Associate program director for developmental behavioural pediatrics fellowship program in Qatar (ACGME-I accredited) – formerly Program director
    Medical Publications
    1. Selim B, Satti A, Abdelgadir I, COVID-19 autism spectrum disorder-like transient neurocognitive clinical presentation. British Medical Journal, BMJ 2024;17:e259782 – published 12th September 2024
      doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2024-259782
    2. Comparative analysis of response quality by large language models and humans to queries from Kenyan parents of children with special needs of the authors: ; l. Wamuyu Owotoki; Alia Satti; et al. Oral Presentation, 26th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions May 2024, Rio de Janeiro http://www.ccmcongresses.com.br/validacao/?cod=77118832