Dr. Nadir Ali Syed, a leading Pakistani neurologist and senior faculty member at Aga Khan University, died unexpectedly in Karachi this morning at the age of 60.
According to family sources, Dr. Sewed in the bathroom and locked the door. When he did not respond for a long period of time, the door was forced up and he was found not responding.
Dr. Syed was declared dead on stage. The cause of death has not yet been confirmed.
Dr. Syed was widely known for his work in adult neurology, especially in the treatment of epilepsy, stroke and headache disorders.
Most recently, he served as a clinical neurologist at South City Hospital and was part -time at Aga Khan University’s Faculty of Health Sciences.
An alumnus of Karachi Grammar School, Dr. Syed is trained with awards from Aga Khan University Hospital’s MBBS program.
He then continued to the United States for clinical education 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 later completed a two-year scholarship in clinical neurophysiology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, the world’s largest biomedical research institution, where he gained expertise in complex neurological diagnosis.
In 1998, Dr. Syed back to Pakistan to join the Neurology Faculty at AKUH.
He was an important contributor to the development of neurosciences curriculum and was chairman of the university’s neurosciences module committee.
Dr. Syed also served as an associate dean of postgraduate medical education, led the neurology section at AKUH to become the largest neurological department in the country.
Dr. Syed was a diplomat from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology), American Board of Electrodagnostic Medicine and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Clinical Neurophysiology).
He authors over 25 international research publications and received several awards for his academic, clinical and educational contributions.
