Professional background

Consultant Stroke Physician and Geriatrician 

Dr Saber is a triple accredited consultant stroke physician and geriatrician who splits her time between University College London Hospital and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. She is the lead for simulation services and junior doctors induction and training for stroke services at National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery where she also treats patient with range of complex strokes and medical conditions and specialist post stroke care and rehabilitation on Acute Stroke Unit (ASU).

She participates the Hyper Acute Stoke Unit (HASU) rota for North –Central London Stroke Services and runs both stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) clinics. She is the Principal Investigator for TICH -3 (Tranexamic acid for intracerebral Haemorrhage 3). She also leads the Delirium and Dementia services for University College London Hospital. She has experience of managing acutely unwell older people with multiple complex conditions. She completed her postgraduate specialist training across  North East  and North Central London  and appointed as Consultant Stroke Physician and Geriatrician in 2021. 

Research interests

  • Hyper acute stroke trail
  • Principal investigator for TICH-3 ( ICH) trail

Languages spoken

Bengali

Publications

Ischaemic stroke as a presenting feature of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia May 2021 Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 92(11):jnnp-2021-326984 DOI:10.1136/jnnp-2021-326984

Pre –stroke clinical frailty score is a strong predictor of morbidity and mortality in patients admitted in hyper-acute stroke unit. European stroke medicine journal.

Ng M, Saber S, Stratton R. Recurrent posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus. Int J Case Rep Images 2017;8(11):725–72

A Complex relationship between cancer and Stroke Thrombolysis accelerated the breakdown of Unstable Plaque –Uncommon case of neurological deterioration post thrombolysis.

Aortic Dissection Causing Embolic Stroke – Importance of Blood Pressure monitoring both arms Wiley On line library: International Journal of stroke: (Volume 10, issue S2 20151).

FOPALs improving care for frail and elderly people at acute hospitals. The Gold Standard framework in acute hospital , priorities for care of the dying person

European Geriatrics Medicine:September 2017, Volume 8