Aalia Syed

Specialty: Rehabilitation Services
Location: Dhahran
Languages: English, Arabic, Urdu

 Aalia is an Occupational Therapy Specialist with more than three decades of clinical and leadership experience.

Areas of Expertise

• Hand conditions including common and trauma conditions
• Burn and Scar Management

Aalia has a Bachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Toronto and is a certified kinesio tape practitioner.

Aliaa provides patient-centered, evidence-based and best practice clinical interventions to patients suffering from hand/upper extremity conditions including trauma (adults and pediatrics) and burn/scar management in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

Aalia has been a member in good standing of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists and World Federation of Occupational Therapists since 1991, has been certified by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties since it was first established and is a member of the American Society of Hand Therapists.

Professional Experience

2017–Present: Occupational Therapy Specialist/(Team Lead), Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
2004–2017: Occupational Therapy Specialist/Team Lead, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization (SAMSO)
1996–2001: Senior Occupational Therapist, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1995–1996: Occupational Therapist, National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1991–1994: Occupational Therapist, The Toronto Hospital, Canada

Education

2024: Certified Kinesio Tape Practitioner, Bahrain
1991: Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy (BSc OT), University of Toronto, Canada