Dr Sabeena Qureshi

Sabeena joined HD Group-Global in 2021 as the Director of Global Medical Projects. She is responsible for designing and delivering bespoke medical services for clients and families of all ages, including international medical escort, emergency patient evacuation and medical coverage for large-scale events. Sabeena also undertakes medical consultancy work as part of her portfolio at HD Group-Global. She offers a range of services internationally, from rapid and confidential round the clock virtual or in-person expert medical opinions for individual clients, to medical consultancy services for organisations looking to develop emergency medical services in their locality. Sabeena has extensive experience in disaster management and provides medical consultation regarding Major Incident and Pandemic preparedness for institutions and clients.

Dr. Sabeena Qureshi is a highly experienced doctor who has been working with the NHS for the last 27 years. She was successfully head-hunted by the world-renowned Imperial College NHS Trust, where she has been a Consultant in Anaesthetics and Paediatric Intensive Care for the last 15 years. In addition, she was appointed as a Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where she worked for six years as a Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist and a Consultant with the Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS). 

In the NHS, Sabeena incorporates her work as a Major Trauma Resuscitation Anaesthetist, an expert in Major Incident and Mass Casualty Response, Trauma Team Leading, and Paediatric Anaesthesia for complex surgery. She has also practiced as a Senior Consultant in a world-class Paediatric Intensive Care Unit for the last 15 years. She was the first person in the UK with an anaesthetic background to be appointed as the Head of Service of any PICU.

She is unique in being the only known Consultant in the UK that is an expert in Pre-Hospital Care, an in-hospital Trauma Team Leader, a Consultant in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine, and someone who can undertake Paediatric and Adult Critical Care Transfer, both by land and air.

Sabeena was competitively appointed and worked as a doctor with the prestigious London’s Air Ambulance for several years, serving 10 million people visiting and living in Greater London. She became proficient in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine, bringing advanced hospital treatment to the roadside for the most severely injured and medically unwell patients to this vast population.

She has been involved in and coordinated the response for a number of London Major Incidents, including being the lead doctor on duty for the London’s Air Ambulance for the London 7/7 Bombings and running the hospital Major Incident Response for the Westminster Bridge terrorist attack and London Grenfell fire.

Private organisations and NHS hospitals have utilised her skills in Transport Medicine, the UK government, and the UK military for international complex and high-profile repatriation of critically ill adults and children.

Her reputation as a leading doctor with adult and paediatric skills has led to her being head-hunted by ultra-high-net-worth individuals to provide bespoke medical services. She has a wealth of experience working as a personal doctor to these clients, setting up sophisticated triage and transport systems for their care, and designing bespoke private medical facilities that include the necessary governance and infrastructure required.

Her academic and clinical work is well recognised. She lectures and trains people nationally and internationally on her areas of expertise Sabeena has written several medical protocols and guidelines that have been adopted as gold-standard practice in the UK and around the world.