Mohammad Sajed

Biography

Dr. Mohammad Sajed is the medical director of stroke and neurohospitalist program at UnityPoint Trinity Hospitals in Quad Cities, IL/IA.
Dr. Sajed is board certified in neurocritical care, neurology, vascular neurology (stroke) and headache medicine.
Dr. Sajed earned his medical degree from the Deccan College of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, India. He completed his internal medicine residency at Seton Hall University and St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, NJ, neurology residency at Seton Hall and the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute in Edison, NJ and fellowship in stroke and critical care neurology at Michigan State University and Sparrow Hospital in East Lansing, Michigan.
Dr.Sajed served as the medical director of stroke and neurocritical care at Edward Hospital, Edward Neurosciences Institute, Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare, in Naperville, IL and helped establish the Neurocritical Care Unit. The Edward Neurosciences Institute in affiliation with the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation offers world-class stroke care for patients who suffer strokes or have other neurological disorders.
Dr. Sajed was director of stroke and neurocritical care at Swedish-American Hospital in Rockford, and the University of Illinois-Chicago College of Medicine, where he was an assistant professor. He also was director of stroke and neurocritical care at Blanchard Valley Health System in Findlay, Ohio, and on the medical staff of Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, division of neurology, stroke and critical care neurology.
Dr. Sajed is a member of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), American Stroke Association/American Heart Association (AHA), Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and Neurocritical Care Society.
Dr. Sajed also is the one of the founding board member of IL State Neurological Society and also CMMA, Chicago Muslim Medical Alliance. He is also a board member of DAANA (Deccan Alumni Association of North America)
Dr. Sajed likes to work with refugees and had gone for medical mission to Bangladesh to help Rohingya Refugees and also likes to help new graduates and college students with research and rotations.

Research Interests

Prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with a recent cerebral ischemic event and its association with aortic arch plaque as a marker of atherosclerosis. Submitted to 58th AAN Annual Meeting, April 2006.

Technical feasibility, safety and clinical outcome of balloon-mounted stent placement in medically refractory symptomatic severe vertebral artery stenosis - a single center experience. Submitted to 58th AAN Annual Meeting, April 2006.

Correlation between Transcranial Doppler and Cerebral Angiogram in patients with Subarachnoid hemorrhage. 6th Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, May 2005

Personal Interests

 

• Migraine and other Headache Disorders
• Vascular Malformations
• Neuropathy
• Parkinson Disease
• Memory Disorders including Vascular Dementia
• Fibromyalgia
• Primary and Secondary Stroke Prevention
• Stroke
• Epilepsy/Seizures
• Tremors

Awards Henry C. Anderson Award for Quality for Stroke at Swedish American Health System (2009)
Service Excellence Award for Compassionate Care of Patients at Blanchard Valley Health System (2007)
VIP Award for Compassionate Care of Patients at Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh (2006)