Our Board

Dr. Syed is an interventional radiologist and neuroradiologist who received his radiology residency training at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis followed by interventional radiology and neuroradiology there as well. He is board certified in those disciplines as well as interventional pain, vascular medicine, and obesity medicine. Dr. Syed was recognized as a Fellow of the American College of Radiology and Society of Interventional Radiology for his teaching and research contributions to the respective fields. He has published 1 book, multiple book chapters and 32 articles with over 400 citations.
Recently, his article “Gastric Artery Embolization Trial for the Lessening of Appetite Nonsurgically (GET LEAN): Six-Month Preliminary Data,” was recognized as a runner up for the JVIR 2016 Editor’s Award for Distinguished Clinical Study in 2016

Dr. Aasim I. Padela is Professor with Tenure of Emergency Medicine, Bioethics and the Medical Humanities at MCW. In addition to being Vice Chair for Research and Scholarship in the Department of Emergency Medicine, he co-leads the Community Engagement Core for the Comprehensive Injury Center, serves on the Council of Faith for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at MCW, and holds a faculty appointment in the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities in the Institute for Health and Equity. Dr. Padela is an internationally renowned clinician-researcher with scholarly foci at the intersections of healthcare, bioethics, and religion. In addition to maintaining an active clinical, research, and bioethics practice at MCW, he provides public health and bioethics consultation to international organizations, legislative bodies, and in court.
Dr. Padela is an internationally-recognized thought and research leader, as well as a widely-sought after lecturer, in the fields of Muslim health and healthcare disparity research, and Islamic bioethics.

Dr. Imtiaz is an Allergist and Immunologist. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of Environmental, food, insect, drug and chemical allergens. In addition, he diagnoses and treats Immunodeficiencies, Recurrent Sino pulmonary infection, unusual infections and wounds that don’t heal etc. He also treats a host of other diseases like allergic asthma , allergic skin diseases and above all nasal Allergies, sinus infections and all kinds of drug allergies and anaphylactic reactions.

Naim is the founder & CEO of Hema-Q, Inc., a biomedical start-up company, is a technical expert in the medical ultrasonic core sensing field. He personally holds thirty patents in the fields of biomedical and clinical diagnostic critical parameters sensing systems and has published numerous articles in medical & industrial automation journals. Naim holds a masters degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University. Naim is very active in the Muslim community of Long Island, New York and has served as a permanent board member of the Islamic Center of Long Island (ICLI) for over sixteen years. Presently he is involved with the Muslim Youth Foundation, whose aim is to unleash the potential of Muslim youth by cultivating and empowering them to further their contributions to the community. He also helps Muslim entrepreneurs by providing them guidance and seed money to help them start their ventures.
Naim’s interest in Islamic treasures began in 1989 when he met an Antique Dealer who was a scholar in Islamic history and calligraphy. This meeting kindled Naim’s interest in Islamic history, culture and calligraphy. Naim became an avid collector of rare and antique Qurans over the past 30 years and he will be presenting a portion of his collection of antique Qurans and Quranic manuscripts today.

Dr. Constance Shabazz has devoted her professional life to health care and social justice, working in and with underserved communities of color. She has partnered with a number of organizations serving those living with HIV and AIDS as a member of the Southside HIV AIDS Resource Providers, advocating for equitable services for all marginalized communities. Most recently, Shabazz founded and serves as CEO of the Salaam Community Wellness Center in Chicago.
Shabazz has exemplified SIU’s mantra of lifelong learning by obtaining two master’s degrees from St. Xavier University and a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She used these skills to establish her own consulting firm, in 2009, through which she has provided technical assistance and program development to the federal government’s Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) for more than 17 years, working with 300+ health centers across the U.S. and Virgin Islands.
Speaking at commencement, Shabazz emphasized the parallels between health care and social justice advocacy. “The knowledge a physician brings to the patient experience is important, but it’s more critical to connect with patients at the human level. When you approach the patient’s problems with compassion, you’re forging trust with them,” she says, “and you’ll get higher compliance for their care plan.”
“Without your health, everything else you need to fight for to improve equity is out the window.”

Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and the History of Medicine – Aleppo University

Alia Hirzalla is the Executive Director at the Institute of Islamic Medicine Art and Culture (IIMAC). Alia served as the Principal at Mohammed Webb Youth Sunday Program and Al-furqaan Saturday school. She served as a MAS pace leader. She has taught the history of calligraphy in Islam at the University of Illinois, the University of Chicago, and the Illinois Institute of Technology. She has a Bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies and a Master’s in community counseling and a second Master’s in Theology with a concentration in Islamic history.