Dr Saeedur Rahman

Dr Saeedur Rahman is a leading consultant stroke and internal medicine specialist based in Chatham, Medway in Kent. With 20 years' clinical experience, his areas of expertise include TIA (transient ischaemic attack), stroke, headache disorders, syncope or blackout, metabolic disorders like diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure), hyperlipidaemia (high cholesterol).

His area of interest is cryptogenic stroke or stroke of undermined source and cardiac rhythm in relation to stroke and neuro vascular imaging. He is the course co-ordinator of a neuro radiology course in collaboration with National Institute of Neurosciences and hospital in Bangladesh as a part of his collaboration with an international voluntary organisation to deliver health education in developing.

Dr Rahman consults privately at Spire Alexandra Hospital and Darent Valley hospital at Dartford. He is trained in general medicine and stroke medicine. He has achieved FACP (USA), MRCP (UK), and FRCP (London) from the American and Royal College of Physicians, respectively.

As a clinician, Dr Rahman is also highly proficient in cardiac rhythm analysis through AI assisted adhesive cardiac patch and implantable loop recorders for evaluation of cryptogenic or suspected embolic stroke and patients with blackouts. He has developed highly successful cardiac rhythm analysis pathways in ischaemic stroke of unknown origin.

He manages an array of headache disorders and is able to perform ocular ultrasound to determine optic nerve sheath diameter to evaluate raised intracranial pressure and perform greater occipital nerve block for treatment of migraine, cluster headache, occipital neuralgia and other.

Currently, Dr Rahman serves as a consultant in general and stroke medicine and acts as the pathway lead for cryptogenic stroke at Darent Valley Hospital, where he has practised since 2019. He is also the clinical lead for Virtual ward and Hospital at home service and has wider involvement in the local integrated care board and its plan of establishing a Single Point of Access pathway for the region.

His commitment to medical education is also evident, through his roles as an honorary senior clinical lecturer at King's College London and a clinical lecturer and academic tutor for the Kent and Midway Medical Schools. He is also an examiner of MRCP PACES for Royal College of Physicians. For the last three years, he has been serving as the faculty lead for neurology and stroke medicine for Planetary Health Academia, which is an international voluntary health education organisation.

Dr Rahman is also heavily involved in clinical research and has served as principal investigator of number of large multi-centre trails including ATTEST-2. He has publications on stroke medicine and headache disorders.

He is an esteemed member of various professional organisations, including the British Irish Association of Stroke Physicians and the European Stroke Organisation.