Bassalib is a Saudi consultant in interventional cardiology.

He serves as the Executive Director, Consultant, and Head of the Cardiology and Catheterization Department at Rashid Hospital, as well as a cardiology consultant at Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group.

He previously held the position of President of the Emirates Cardiac Society.

He holds a postgraduate degree from the University of Toronto in Canada, a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1996, the American Board and Canadian Board in Internal Medicine, Vascular Diseases, Cardiology, and Catheterization in 2006, a fellowship in cardiac catheterization, the Canadian Board in Internal Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the American Board in the same specialty.