Sadaf Sohrabi

AI4Health PhD @ Imperial | Plastic Surgery Resident | 2021 UK-US Fulbright Scholar

London, England, United Kingdom

About

I am a Plastic Surgery Registrar and PhD researcher at Imperial College London, working at the intersection of surgery, healthcare and artificial intelligence. My research focuses on developing clinically meaningful machine learning methods for complex perioperative and longitudinal health data. I am particularly interested in how physiological time series, temporal patterns and multimodal clinical data can be used to improve risk prediction, decision-making and patient outcomes. Before starting my PhD, I trained clinically in plastic, reconstructive and burns surgery and completed an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship. I have also undertaken research at Harvard Medical School and worked across projects spanning wound healing, skin biology, surgical innovation and clinical AI. My clinical background shapes how I approach machine learning, not simply as a technical exercise, but as a tool that must address a genuine clinical problem. Models must perform reliably in real-world settings and remain interpretable and useful to healthcare professionals. I enjoy working across clinical and technical disciplines and connecting with others interested in thoughtful, responsible and clinically meaningful healthcare innovation.

Experience

  • Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
    Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    As part of AI4Health clinical PhD programme, Imperial College London.

  • Member of the Royal College of Surgeons at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
    Jun 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • NIHR ACF Plastic Surgery Registrar at NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research)
    Aug 2023 - Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • NHS Lothian (5 yrs 1 mo)
    • Core Surgical Trainee
      Aug 2020 - Aug 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Otolaryngology and Plastic Surgery Rotations.

    • Academic Foundation Doctor
      Aug 2018 - Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • UK-US Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Stem Cell Institute
    Aug 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo