Saba Syed MD FACLP, DFAPA
Psychosomatic Medicine
Psychiatry Residency Program Director, Eishenhower Health
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39000 Bob Hope DrJoel M. Hirschberg MD, Building ste 216Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
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Summary
- Saba Syed, MD, is board certified in General Adult Psychiatry and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and serves as the Psychiatry Residency Program Director at Eisenhower Health. She earned her medical degree in Pakistan and completed her psychiatry internship at Texas A&M University and residency at the UCLA San Fernando Valley Psychiatry Residency Program.
Dr. Syed has held multiple leadership and academic roles at UCLA–Olive View Medical Center, including Senior Physician, Director of the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship, Bioethics Committee Chair, ECT Lead, and Clinical Professor. Her expertise includes consultation-liaison psychiatry, electroconvulsive therapy, medical ethics, quality improvement, and academic psychiatry, and she has contributed to several medical journals.
Clinical Expertise
- Electroconvulsive therapy, Medical ethics, Quality improvement, Peer review, Academic psychiatry, Consultation & Liasion Psychiatry
Education & Training
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center/VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare SystemResidency, Psychiatry, 2001 - 2004
Texas AM College of Medicine-Scott and White Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 2000 - 2001
Dow University of Health SciencesClass of 1996
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2002 - 2028
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsA Call for Integrated Psychiatry-Psychology Collaboration on Consult-Liaison Services: Experiences of a Psychology Extern and Recommendations for Collaborative Care.Audrey D Nguyen, Osmara Medrano, Saba Syed
Cureus. 2023-08-01 - 1 citationsCushing's Disease Presenting with Functional Neurological (Conversion) Disorder.Sahar Ashrafzadeh, Maria Theresa Mariano, Saba Syed
Case Reports in Psychiatry. 2023-01-01 - 2 citationsEthical, Compassionate, and Cost-Effective Approach to Health Care Decisions of Unrepresented Patients: A Bioethics Quality Improvement Project.Saba Syed, Nikhil Barot, Jacqueline Lazo-Belangue
Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 2021-05-01
Journal Articles
- Navigating the Nuances: Surrogate Decision-Making for Incapacitated Patients with Involuntary Psychiatric DetentionAudrey D. Nguyen, Saba Syed and Maria Theresa Mariano, Journal of Ethics in Mental Health, 3/5/2025
Committees
- Chair, Bioethics Committee, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center 2014 - 2026
Professional Memberships
- Distinguished Fellow
- Academy of Consultation and Liaison PsychiatryFellow
External Links
- Rehmat Foundationhttps://rehmatqadir.org/
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