Sadagat Ganbar Huseynova

Sadaqat Huseynova (born 9 July 1960) is an Azerbaijani physician, medical scientist, professor, and Doctor of Medical Sciences. She serves as the head of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory at the Scientific Research Institute of Medical Rehabilitation.

Early life and education

Sadaqat Huseynova was born in 1960 in Tovuz District, Azerbaijan. She began her primary education in 1967 at Secondary School No. 190 in Baku. In 1977, she entered the Faculty of Treatment and Prevention at the Azerbaijan State Medical Institute named after Nariman Narimanov. She graduated with honors in 1984 and began her professional medical career.

She is married and has one child.

Career

Between 1986 and 1988, Huseynova worked as a physician-psychotherapist at the Republican Center for Hearing, Speech, and Voice Pathology. In 1988, she entered postgraduate studies at the Scientific Research Institute of Medical Rehabilitation and Treatment with Natural Factors under the Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan.

In 1991, she defended her кандидат (PhD equivalent) dissertation in Moscow on the application of electromagnetic fields and naftalan therapy in treating periarthritis.

In 2004, she successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on the use of physical factors, including pulsed currents and naftalan therapy, in rehabilitation treatment for patients with peripheral nervous system firearm injuries, earning the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences.

Since 2007, she has headed the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory established within the Scientific Research Institute of Medical Rehabilitation.

In 2017, she was awarded the Taraggi Medal by the President of Azerbaijan.

Public activities

• In 2013, she became the founder and chairperson of the public association For Healthy Life.

• In 2024, she became the founder and chairperson of the Azerbaijan Headache Association.

Memberships

Huseynova is a member of:

• European Academy of Neurology
• International Association for the Study of Pain
• European Neurorehabilitation Federation

International congress participation

Huseynova has participated in numerous international congresses related to neurology and rehabilitation medicine, including:

• 2013 – 7th Congress on Controversies in Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey
• 2013 – EFNS Congress, Vienna, Austria
• 2014 – World Neurorehabilitation Congress, Istanbul, Turkey
• 2014 – 8th Congress on Controversies in Neurology, Berlin, Germany
• 2014 – World Headache Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2015 – 9th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology, Budapest, Hungary
• 2015 – 1st Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Berlin, Germany
• 2016 – 10th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology, Lisbon, Portugal
• 2017 – 3rd Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2018 – 12th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
• 2019 – 13th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology, Madrid, Spain
• 2023 – 17th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology, Dubrovnik, Croatia
• 2024 – 18th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology, London, United Kingdom