Mr Saleem graduated in Medicine in 1990 from Army Medical College in Pakistan and served for 13 years in the Pakistan Army. He completed his surgical training and passed the FRCS Ed in 1998. He then retired from the Army and came over to work as a middle-grade surgeon in West Yorkshire and completed his training by applying through Article 14. Mr Saleem gained GMC specialist registration in March 2012 and worked briefly as a locum consultant breast surgeon at York before getting a substantive post as Consultant breast surgeon at Edinburgh in June 2013.
He has a keen interest in therapeutic mammoplasty operation and implant breast reconstruction.