Dr. Fatema Newaz is an Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Head of Department at Kumudini Women's Medical College and Hospital, Bangladesh. She has 7 years of teaching experience after completing FCPS.
She has authored 40 peer-reviewed publications, with research interests spanning robotic rehabilitation, stroke rehabilitation, musculoskeletal disorders, lymphedema, community-based rehabilitation, and climate change, disability, and disaster rehabilitation. She has served as Principal Investigator in one and Co-Investigator in five funded research projects.
She also serves as the Scientific Secretary of the Bangladesh Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (BSPMR) and as the Asia-Ocean Representative of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM), contributing to rehabilitation medicine, research collaboration, and capacity building.

