Dr. Nadir Ali Syed, a leading Pakistani neurologist and a member of the faculty of Aga Khan University, unexpectedly died in Karachi at the age of 60.
According to family sources, Dr. Syed went to the toilet and locked the door. When he did not respond for an extended period, the door was opened and he was found insensitive.
Dr. Syed was declared dead on the scene. The cause of death has not yet been confirmed.
Dr. Syed was widely known for his work in adult neurology, in particular in the treatment of epilepsy, cerebral vascular accidents and headache disorders.
More recently, he was a clinical neurologist at South City hospital and was part -time at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Aga Khan University.
Former student of the Karachi Grammar School, Dr. Syed, obtained honors from the MBBS program of the University Hospital of Aga Khan.
He then went to the United States for clinical training in neurology at the University of Medicine and dentistry, New Jersey, where he was appointed chief resident in one of the country’s best neurology programs.
He then finished a two -year scholarship in clinical neurophysiology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, the largest biomedical research institution in the world, where he acquired a complex neurological diagnostic expertise.
In 1998, Dr. Syed returned to Pakistan to join the Faculty of Neurology in Akuh.
He was a key contributor to the development of the neuroscience program and chaired the University of Neuroscience Modules Committee.
Dr. Syed has also been dean partner of third cycle medical education, LED neurology section in Akuh to become the largest neurology department in the country.
Dr. Syed was a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology), the American Board of Electrodiagnostics Medicine and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Clinical Neurophysiology).
He is the author of more than 25 international research publications and has received numerous awards for his academic, clinical and educational contributions.
