Dr. Mohammad Nawaz Salt

Dr. Mohammad Nawaz Salt is a Specialist Pulmonologist at Burjeel Royal Hospital in Abu Dhabi with over 12 years of clinical and academic experience across leading tertiary care institutions in the UAE and India. He specializes in respiratory medicine, interventional pulmonology, critical care, sleep medicine, and thoracic oncology, providing evidence-based, patient-centered care for complex respiratory disorders.

Dr. Nawaz manages a wide range of conditions including asthma, chronic airway diseases, interstitial lung diseases (scarring of the lungs), sleep-disordered breathing, tuberculosis, pleural diseases (fluid around the lungs), and lung cancer. He is skilled in advanced bronchoscopic procedures (examining airways with a camera), EBUS-TBNA (collecting tissue samples from the lungs), bronchoalveolar lavage (sampling fluid from deep in the lungs), transbronchial biopsies (taking small tissue samples), thoracoscopy (keyhole surgery of the chest), and ultrasound-guided pleural procedures. He also has expertise in sleep medicine diagnostics and management of sleep apnea using CPAP and BiPAP devices.

Dr. Nawaz has a particular interest in severe asthma and biologic therapies for airway disorders, as well as multidisciplinary respiratory care. He is an active member of leading international respiratory societies and is well-suited for patients with complex or difficult-to-treat lung conditions requiring specialist intervention.