University of Iowa Health Care Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Education

• BA (Biology/Chemistry), University of Missouri, Kansas City
• MD, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine

Post Graduate Education

• Intern, Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine
• Resident (Ophthalmology), Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, Milwaukee, WI
• Fellow (Ophthalmic Pathology and Uveitis), University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI

Certification

• National Board of Medical Examiners
• American Board of Ophthalmology

Professional Affiliations

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Association for Reasearch in Vision and Ophthalmology
• American Association of Ophthalmic Pathologists
• American Medical Association
• Women in Ophthalmology

Research Interest & Current Projects

• Ocular and Ocular Adnexal Tumors
  • Sebaceous carcinoma
  • Uveal melanoma
  • Retinoblastoma
• Uveitis / Scleritis / Ocular inflammation
• Non-accidental infantile trauma
• Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Selected Bibliography

• Amado D, Mingozzi F, Hui D, Bennicelli JL, Wei Z, Chen Y, Bote E, Grant RL, Golden JA, Narfstrom K, Syed NA, Orlin SE, High KA, Maguire AM, Bennett J. Safety and efficacy of subretinal readministration of a viral vector in large animals to treat congenital blindness. Sci Transl Med 2010;2(21):21ra16(online).
• Longmuir SQ, Syed NA, Boldt HC. Diffuse Anterior Retinoblastoma without Retinal Involvement. Ophthalmology 2010;117(10):2034-2038.
• Eagle RC, Grossniklaus HE, Syed NA, Hogan RN, Lloyd WC, Folberg R. Evisceration of Blind, Painful Eyes With Occult Uveal Melanoma Not a Crime [Reply]. Arch Ophthalmol 2009;127(9):1229-1229.
• Eagle RC, Jr., Grossniklaus HE, Syed N, Hogan RN, Lloyd WC, 3rd, Folberg R. Inadvertent evisceration of eyes containing uveal melanoma. Arch Ophthalmol 2009;127(2):141-5.
• Karikari IO, Syed NA, Cummings TJ. Secretory meningiomas of the orbit. Orbit 2009;28(6):408-11.
• Kitzmann AS, Wagoner MD, Syed NA, Goins KM. Donor-related Candida keratitis after Descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty. Cornea 2009;28(7):825-8.
• Tagg NT, Lee AG, Syed NA, Golnik KC. Artery, vein, neither, both? Surv Ophthalmol 2009;54(3):408-11.
• Dubielzig RR, Grendahl RL, Orcutt JC, Syed NA, Simons KB. Metastases. In: Peiffer RL SK, editor. Ocular tumors in animals and humans  (online edition). Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 2008:337-378 (available online 2008, 10.1002/9780470376904, url: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/bookhome/119194552).
• Gorovoy SE, Syed NA. Does Sebaceous Cell Carcinoma Have a Unique Immunophenotype? [abstract, poster]. ARVO, April 27-May 1, 2008, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2008:Abstract number 5697.
• Kitzmann AS, Goins KM, Syed NA, Wagoner MD. Bilateral Herpes Simplex Keratitis with Unilateral Secondary Bacterial Keratitis and Corneal Perforation in a Patient with Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris. Cornea 2008;27(10):1212-1214.
• Longmuir SQ, Syed N, Boldt HC. Diffuse Anterior Retinoblastoma Without Retinal Involvement [abstract, scientific poster]. American Academy of Ophthalmology, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, November 8-11 2008(AAO SOE Joint Meeting, Atlanta):241.
• Ostojic J, Grozdanic S, Syed NA, Hargrove MS, Trent JT, 3rd, Kuehn MH, Kardon RH, Kwon YH, Sakaguchi DS. Neuroglobin and Cytoglobin Distribution in the Anterior Eye Segment: A Comparative Immunohistochemical Study. J Histochem Cytochem 2008;56(9):863-872.
• Ostojic J, Grozdanic SD, Syed NA, Hargrove MS, Trent JT, 3rd, Kuehn MH, Kwon YH, Kardon RH, Sakaguchi DS. Patterns of distribution of oxygen-binding globins, neuroglobin and cytoglobin in human retina. Archives of Ophthalmology 2008;126(11):1530-6.
• Shah SS, Al-Rajhi A, Brandt JD, Mannis MJ, Roos B, Sheffield VC, Syed NA, Stone EM, Fingert JH. Mutation in the SLC4A11 gene associated with autosomal recessive congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy in a large Saudi family. Ophthalmic Genetics 2008;29(1):41-45.
• Song A, Carter KD, Syed NA, Song J, Nerad JA. Sebaceous Cell Carcinoma of the Ocular Adnexa: Clinical Presentations, Histopathology, and Outcomes. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 2008;24(3):194-200.
• Syed NA, Albert DM, Garner A, White VA. Principles of Pathology. In: Albert DM, Miller JW, editors. Albert & Jakobiec's Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology. 3rd edition ed. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier, 2008:3543-3576.
• Syed NA, Shetlar DJ, section editors. Section 13: Ophthalmic Pathology. In: Albert DM, Miller JW, editors. Albert & Jakobiec's Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology. 3rd edition ed. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier, 2008:3543-3812.
• Shetlar DJ, Chevez-Barrios P, Dubovy S, Rosa RH, Jr., Syed N, Wilson MW, Pelton RW, Pe'er J. Ophthalmic Pathology and Intraocular Tumors. San Francisco: American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2007+ (annual).
• Johnson S, Mullins RF, Nerad JA, Syed NA. Immunohistochemistry of Ocular Adnexal Vascular Lesions - Distinguishing Lymphatic versus Blood Vessel Origins Using LYVE-1, D2-40 and Podoplanin. ARVO Annual Meeting, May 6-10, 2007: The Aging Eye. Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2007:Abstract number 5178/B379.
• Mullins RF, Kuehn MH, Faidley EA, Syed NA, Stone EM. Differential macular and peripheral expression of bestrophin in human eyes and its implication for best disease. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007;48(7):3372-80.
• Mullins RF, Kuehn MH, Faidley EA, Olvera MA, Syed NA, Stone EM. Macular and Peripheral Expression of Bestrophin in Human Eyes: Potential Significance to the Pathophysiology of Best Disease. ARVO Annual Meeting, May 6-10, 2007: The Aging Eye. Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2007:Abstract number 3016/B372.
• Farjo AA, Halperin GI, Syed N, Sutphin JE, Wagoner MD. Salzmann's nodular corneal degeneration clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes. Cornea 2006;25(1):11-5.
• Goldstein SM, Katowitz JA, Syed NA. The histopathologic effects of balloon dacryoplasty on the rabbit nasolacrimal duct. Journal of AAPOS 2006;10(4):333-335.
• Ostojic J, Syed NA, Hargrove MS, Kuehn MH, Kardon RH, Kwon YH, Grozdanic SD, Sakaguchi DS. Neuroglobin and Cytoglobin Distribution in the Anterior Segment: A Comparative Study of the Human and Dog Eye. [Abstract Number: 5048-B446]. ARVO, April 30-May 4, 2006, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2006.
• Bogdan A, Kirby P, Syed NA. Nerve Fiber Layer and Optic Nerve Expression of Amyloid Precursor Protein in Non - Accidental vs. Accidental Injury of the Infant [Program Number/Poster Board Number: 4082/B440]. ARVO, May 1-5, 2005, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 2005.
• Kim SK, Ibarra MS, Syed NA, Sulewski ME, Orlin SE. Development of epithelial downgrowth several decades after intraocular surgery. Cornea 2005;24(1):108-9.
• Song A, Syed N, Kirby PA, Carter KD. Giant cell angiofibroma of the ocular adnexae. Archives of Ophthalmology 2005;123(10):1438-43.
• Glazer-Hockstein C, Syed NA, Warhol M, Gausas RE. Malignant solitary fibrous tumor metastatic to the orbit. Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2004;20(6):471-473.
• Szyfelbein K, Kozakewicz HPW, Syed NA, Zembowicz A. Phakomatous choristoma of the eyelid: a report of a case. Journal of Cutaneous Pathology 2004;31(7):506-508.
• Hall JK, Volpe NJ, Galetta SL, Liu GT, Syed NA, Balcer LJ. The role of unilateral temporal artery biopsy. Ophthalmology 2003;110(3):543-548.
• Sharma A, Ibarra MS, Piltz-Seymour JR, Syed NA. An unusual case of uveitis-glaucoma-hyphema syndrome. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2003;135(4):561-563.
• Syed NA. Ophthalmic Pathology Services. Currents (University of Iowa Health Care) 2003;4(4):11-12.
• Volpe NJ, Hall JK, Galetta SL, Liu GT, Syed NA, Balcer LJ. The role of unilateral temporal artery biopsy. Ophthalmology 2003;110(3):543-548.
• Dubielzig RR, Grendahl RL, Orcutt JC, Syed NA, Simons KB. Metastases. In: Peiffer RL SK, editor. Ocular tumors in animals and humans. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 2002:337-378.
• Schocket LS, Syed NA, Fine SL. Primary adrenal lymphoma with choroidal metastases. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2002;134(5):775-776.
• Wilson MW, Moshfeghi DM, Haik BG, Syed NA, Morris WR. Choroidal osteoma in a patient with contralateral persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous. Retina: the Journal of Retinal & Vitreous Diseases 2002;22(3):358-360.
• Goldsmith JD, van de Rijn M, Syed N. Orbital hemangiopericytoma and solitary fibrous tumor: a morphologic continuum. International Journal of Surgical Pathology 2001;9(4):295-302.
• Goldstein SM, Syed NA, Milam AH, Maguire AM, Lawton TJ, Nichols CW. Cancer-associated retinopathy. Archives of Ophthalmology 1999;117(12):1641-5.