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Syed Asad, MD

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Syed Asad, MD, received his medical degree from Dow University of Health Sciences in Pakistan and trained at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. His training included residencies at Harvard Medical School Joint Program of Nuclear Medicine in Boston; the University of Nebraska College of Medicine; and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston. He is board-certified in neurology and specializes in headache, vascular neurology, nuclear medicine and neuroimaging.


Specialties

  • Nuclear imaging
  • Headache
  • Movement disorders
  • Dystonia

board Certification

  • Neurology
  • Nuclear Medicine

Education

  • Medical School: Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan, 1995
  • Undergraduate: Intermediate Science College, Kuwait, 1988

Training

  • Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Neurology Residency, 2002-2005
  • Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, Nuclear Medicine, 2000-2002
  • University of Nebraska Medical Center/Creighton University, Nuclear Medicine, 1999-2000
  • St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Boston, Clinical Anesthesia, 1988-1989
  • Carney Hospital, Boston, Internship rotations, 1987-1988

Languages

  • English
  • Urdu

Insurance Plans accepted

We accept the following insurance plans. If your plan is not listed below, please contact us at 904.376.4400.

  • Aetna HMO
  • AvMed HMO
  • Beechstreet PPO
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield: Blue Care HMO
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield: Blue Options HMO
  • Cigna
  • Evolutions PPO
  • First Health/Coventry/Southcare
  • Florida health Alliance/Medcom (EPO/PPO)
  • Humana HMO
  • MDI Healthcare
  • Medicare
  • One Health/Great West-Cigna
  • Prime Corp
  • Tricare Standard (Champus)

Book Chapters

  • False Positive FDG Positron Emission Tomography Uptake in Nonmalignant Chest Abnormalities. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004 Apr; 182(4): 983-9.

Publication

  • Asad, S., Aquino, S. L., Piyavisepat, N., Fischman, A. J.: False-positive FDG Positron Emission Tomography Uptake in Nonmalignant Chest Abnormalities. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2004 Apr; 102(4):983-9.

Memberships

  • American Academy of Neurology
  • American Medical Association
  • Society of Nuclear Medicine
  • American College of Radiology