Credentials & Awards

Dr. Sayed was accepted into his first choice, the top-ranked Surgical Residency at Harvard Medical School’s oldest and most prestigious teaching hospital, The Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was humbled to follow in the footsteps of giants who have shaped the profession of surgery since 1811. The MGH proudly ranked #1 on the 2015-2016 US News ranking of Top Hospitals. During his time at MGH, Dr. Sayed was respected among his peers for his work ethic, technical skills, bedside manner, artistic talents and clinical acumen. There, his interest in plastic surgery was further nurtured with rigorous rotations on the plastic surgery, burn management, pediatric surgery, trauma, orthopedic surgery and other services. He was privileged to learn under international plastic surgical leaders like Dr. James W. May, and served a three-month intensive stint as the chief resident of the Boston Shriners Burn Hospital service, taking care of the acute and reconstructive needs of children from around the world with burns and other deformities. After completing the traditional, longer five-year general surgery pathway on his way to matching into the highly selective plastic surgery residency match, he then returned to UCSF to undergo further specialty training in plastic surgery.

At UCSF, he scrubbed with some of the plastic surgical profession’s most acclaimed innovators and leaders, including the late Dr. Stephen J. Mathes (who introduced the classification of complex flap surgery, a cornerstone of reconstructive surgery techniques), Dr. Ronald Gruber (one of the world’s preeminent rhinoplasty surgeons, with whom Dr. Sayed performed research and wrote two peer-reviewed papers), Dr. James Anthony (one of San Francisco’s top-rated cosmetic surgeons – check your in-flight magazines!), Dr. William Hoffman (a mentor, brilliant craniofacial surgeon and current chairman of UCSF Plastic Surgery), Dr. Gilbert Gradinger (a pioneer of aesthetic surgery techniques), Dr. Jack Owsley (originator of one of the most revered and durable facelift techniques, the deep-plane facelift), and Dr. Harry Buncke (considered the father of microsurgery, the highly technical discipline that makes face transplants, replantation of amputated limbs, and other complex reconstructive surgery possible). Dr. Sayed served as Chief Resident at UCSF and was highly recruited by both academic and private practices upon completion of residency.

Dr. Sayed’s next move was to South Florida, where he rapidly established a reputation as a leader in the medical community. Dr. Sayed was appointed to the medical staff of 10 hospitals in Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, served as the Medical Director of a hospital wound care center, and was on the medical advisory boards of several hospital-based Breast Cancer centers. During his tenure in Palm Beach, he served in several leadership roles in the Palm Beach County Medical Society, Florida Medical Association, and hospital committees, and earned membership in The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, The Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons, The Palm Beach County Society of Plastic Surgeons, and other plastic surgery organizations. He continues to serve in leadership roles at the national level in plastic surgery professional societies and is recognized as a leader in emerging trends and technologies and public education. While practicing in Palm Beach, he was appointed to the clinical faculty at The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the University of Vermont School of Medicine, educating the next generation of medical students and surgical residents.