He continued his professional development through a Fellowship in Minimal Invasive Cardiac Surgery at Hamburg Eppendorf University Hospital, Germany.[17] Dr. Al Sabti was the First Omani to attend Leadership for Physician executive's course in Harvard Medical School in 2009; and the first Omani physician to attend the Oxford University Strategic Leadership Program in November 2013.[18] Dr. Al Sabti pioneered the establishment of Cardiothoracic Surgery Division in Sultan Qaboos University Hospital – established in 2006.[19]