Research Publications

  1. Contagion article https://www.contagionlive.com/view/respiratory-virus-season-colds-covid-19-update

  2. Book from Elsevier https://www.elsevier.com/books/coronavirus-disease/qureshi/978-0-12-824409-8

  3. Coronavirus Disease: From Origin to Outbreak, publisher Elsevier forthcoming in 2021 https://www.elsevier.com/books/coronavirus-disease/qureshi/978-0-12-824409-8

  4. Back-to-School Pandemic Toolbox for Parents and Caregivers. Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School. Aug. 24, 2021 https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/back-school-pandemic-toolbox-parents-and-caregivers

  5. https://www.verywellhealth.com/second-shot-covid-19-previous-infection-5116692

  6. Addressing and Inspiring Vaccine Confidence in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic, https://academic.oup.com/ofid/article/8/9/ofab417/6346775

  7. Huttner A., Syed U. et al. Joint ESCMID, FEMS, IDSA, ISID and SSI position paper on the fair handling of career breaks among physicians and scientists when assessing eligibility for early-career awards. Clinical Microbiology and Infection.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33609786/

  8. COVID-19: The Reason Why the Earth Stood Still in 2020. An illustrated guide to understanding the virus: SARS-CoV-2. https://covid19ebook.org/

  9. COVID-19 testing and the need for ongoing infection prevention.Nov. 20, 2020.

  10. https://www.justsecurity.org/73451/covid-19-testing-and-the-need-for-ongoing-infection-prevention/

  11. Syed, U. How Faith Keeps us together during a pandemic. Kevinmd.com, 2020. April 12 https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/04/during-the-pandemic-faith-keeps-us-together.html

  12. Cunha BA, Syed U, Strollo S. Swine Influenza (H1N1) pneumonia: elevated procalcitonin levels not due to superimposed bacterial pneumonia. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2010 Feb 24 

  13. Cunha BA, Syed U, Strollo S. During the “herald wave” of the pandemic bacterial pneumonia relatively rare with fatal swine influenza (H1N1) pneumonia: if chest films have no focal segmental/lobar infiltrates, antibiotic therapy is unnecessary. J Chemother. 2009 Nov: 21 (5): 584-9

  14. Cunha BA, Syed U, Mickail N, Strollo S. Rapid clinical diagnosis in fatal swine influenza (H1N1) pneumonia in an adult with negative rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs): a diagnostic swine influenza triad. Heart and Lung. 2010 Jan-Feb; 39(1): 78-86

  15. Cunha BA, Syed U, Strollo S, Mickail N, Laguerre M. Winthrop University Hospital Infectious Diseases Division’s Swine Influenza (H1N1) pneumonia diagnostic weighted point score system for hospitalized adults with influenza like illness (ILI) and negative rapid influenza diagnostic test (RIDTs).  Heart and Lung. 2009 Nov-Dec; 38 (6) 534-8

  16. Cunha BA, Syed U, Strollo S. During the herald wave of the pandemic bacterial pneumonia relatively rare with fatal swine influenza H1N1 pneumonia: If chest films have no focal lobar/segmental infiltrates, antibiotic therapy is unnecessary. J Chemotherapy. 2009 Nov ; 21 (5)  584-9

  17. Cunha BA, Syed U, Hamid N. Fever of unknown origin caused by late-onset rheumatoid arthritis. Heart Lung. 2006 Jan-Feb; 35(1) : 70-3

  18. Ashtari M, Perrine K, Elbaz R, Syed U, Thaden E. McIlree C, Dolgoff-Kaspar R, Clark T. Diamond A, Ettinger A. Mapping the functional anatomy of sentence comprehension and application to presurgical evaluation of patients with brain tumor. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2005 Jun-Jul; 26(6) : 1461-8 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15956516/

  19. Ashtari M, Elbaz R, Perrine K, Syed U, Sadighpour M, Ettinger A (2002). Female vs.male response to functional mapping of confrontation naming paradigm.  Presented at the 8th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain, June 2-6, 2002, Sendai, Japan. Available on CD-Rom in NeuroImage, Vol. 16, No. 2

  20. Perrine K, Ashtari M, Elbaz R, Syed U, Ettinger A, McBride A, Warshall C (2002) An fMRI study of neuronal network for confrontation naming.  Presented at the 8th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain, June 2-6, 2002, Sendai, Japan. NeuroImage, Vol. 16, No. 2.

  21. Ashtari M, Perrine K, Elbaz R, Syed U, Ettinger A, McBride A, Lustrin E (2002). Functional mapping of reading: is there a difference in male and female representation?  Presented at the 8th International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human Brain, June 2-6, 2002, Sendai, Japan. NeuroImage, Vol. 16, No. 2.

  22. Racchumi G, Syed U, Krassioukov A. Neuronal Death in Human Sympathetic Preganglionic Neurons and Motor Neurons after Spinal Cord Injury: Myth or Reality? The Journal of Neurotrauma Vol. 17 No. 10 October 2000 C23 P. 955

  23. Huttner A., Syed U. et al. Joint ESCMID, FEMS, IDSA, ISID and SSI position paper on the fair handling of career breaks among physicians and scientists when assessing eligibility for early-career awards. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.cmi.2021.01.029

  24. COVID-19: The Reason Why the Earth Stood Still in 2020. An illustrated guide to understanding the virus: SARS-CoV-2. https://covid19ebook.org/

  25. COVID-19 testing and the need for ongoing infection prevention. Nov. 20, 2020.

  26. https://www.justsecurity.org/73451/covid-19-testing-and-the-need-for-ongoing-infection-prevention/

  27. Syed, U. How Faith Keeps us together during a pandemic. Kevinmd.com, 2020. April 12

 

Presentations

  1. Duma Says- Meet the Author with Nathi Ngubane COVID-19 education for children and adults

  2. COVID-19 Vaccines Town Hall- Senator Kevin Thomas

  3. COVID-19 Vaccines Clarity not Chaos a candid conversation on vaccine science for RELX and African American Ancestry Network

  4. Newsday Webinar- COVID-19 Vaccines and Variants

  5. Presentation on COVID-19 and vaccines to LIU Business and Entrepreneurship students

  6. COVID-19 Real Time Learning Network- COVID-19 Vaccine real time vaccine twitter chat 

  7. COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project- COVID-19 Vaccine Town Hall https://covidvaccineproject.org/news/covid-19-vaccine-confidence-in-diverse-communities-webinar-recording/

  8. Tedx Princeton Women ReWriting the Future 

  9. COVID-19 Updates Grand rounds for Physician Assistants at Catholic Health System 

  10. Catholic Health System Town Hall- COVID-19 Vaccines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edqc4D5DKyk

  11. COVID-19 Vaccines a community discussion with Maryland Muslim Community Center and Muslim Voices Coalition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDzRXbF2lzE

  12. COVID-19 Vaccines discussion with Jewish Community Relations Council

  13. Sepsis Alliance Healthcare Summit Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections

  14. COVID-19 and Pediatrics CME for physicians across America.

  15. COVID-19 Regional Webinar for Progressive Emergency Department across Long Island 

  16. Ready for Re-opening, What your business needs to know- Nassau County Legislator and Chamber of Commerce

  17. How to stay healthy as Long Island ReOpens Part 1 and Part 2 Newsday Live Q&A 

  18. Health and Business Phase 3 of Long Island Reopening Newsday Live Q&A

  19. COVID-19 MisInformation Webinar IMANA/ISNA/AMHP

  20. The Doctor is in- COVID-19 Pandemic- Interfaith Clergy Council https://www.siasat.com/hyderabadi-american-druzma-syed-narrates-her-fight-against-covid-1895948/

  21. COVID-19 National Webinar IMANA (Islamic Medical Association of North America)

  22. Faith and Family in the time of COVID-19 Webinar ISNA (Islamic Society of North America)

  23. COVID-19 and its Psychological Impacts Webinar AMHP ( American Muslim Health Professionals & Muslim Girl)

  24. Kevin MD Podcast- During the pandemic  faith keeps us together https://fb.watch/4VAoVSX_db/

  25. DrMudgil Podcast COVID-19

  26. Naptime is Sacred Podcast COVID-19

  27. Get Healthy 360 Podcast COVID-19

  28. Salam Girl Podcast COVID-19

  29. COVID-19 Presentation for Family Medicine Residents 2020

  30. Fever & Rash Presentation for Emergency Medicine Residents 2012,2014

  31. Chest Film Findings in H1N1