Niaz Ahmed
Adjunct Professor
E-mail: niaz.ahmed@ki.se
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18A, plan 5, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 Neuro Ahmed, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am an associate professor of neurology and research on vascular neurology
with a focus on stroke
I am a clinical researcher. I graduated as a medical doctor in 1995 from
Dhaka Medical College under Dhaka University, Bangladesh. I defended my
thesis in 2003 at Karolinska Institutet.
I work as a senior consultant (överläkare) at the department of Neurology,
Karolinska University Hospital. I am also head of research and Education, ME
Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital.
Research
- I am a co-founder and chairman since 2019 of the SITS International which is
an academic driven, ongoing, global registry for acute stroke. In the SITS
registry, more than 350, 000 stroke patients registered from more than 1400
centres.
https://sitsinternational.org
I am coordinating investigator of Phase-III, multicentre, efficacy randomised
controlled trial (I-Stroke II).
http://www.istroke.org
My scientific activities involve acute treatment and secondary prevention of
stroke. Being the group leader, my scientific activities involve in design &
execution of clinical studies-both observational and interventional,
participation in industry sponsored stroke trials, international connections
with other research partners, etc.
Teaching
- I have supervised 3 doctoral students as main and 4 doctoral students as
co-supervisor and currently supervising one doctoral student as main
supervisor.
I am course leader for the Neurology part of the physiotherapy course at
Karolinska Institutet.
As a senior consultant in Neurology, I am involved in teaching of neurology
residence doctors at the hospital in daily clinical practice. Supervise
session 9 medical students who are placed at the neurological ward.
Articles
- Article: NEUROLOGY. 2026;106(11):e218012Saflund M; Matusevicius M; Tsivgoulis G; Chiti A; Frol S; Kiamili A; Peeters A; Petruzzellis M; Rota E; Toni D; Moreira TP; Ahmed N
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2026;:17474930261455992Keselman B; Mazya MV; Strbian D; Nunes AP; Naldi A; Toni D; Petruzzellis M; Frisullo G; Jatuzis D; Strumia S; Ahmed N; Moreira T
- Article: EUROPEAN STROKE JOURNAL. 2025;10(3):988-994Saflund M; Matusevicius M; Egido JA; Ferro JM; Korv J; Melis M; Peeters A; Petruzzellis M; Rand V-M; Vilionskis A; Melancia D; Aguiar de Sousa D; Mazya MV; Moreira T; Ahmed N
- Article: ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY. 2025;97(6):1205-1214Matusevicius M; Saflund M; Balestrino M; Cappellari M; Ferrandi D; Ghoreishi A; Peeters A; Rand V-M; De Michele M; Vilionskis A; Zini A; Ahmed N
- Article: EUROPEAN STROKE JOURNAL. 2025;10(1):46-55Schwarz G; Rizzo AC; Matusevicius M; Moreira T; Vilionskis A; Naldi A; Martinez-Majander N; Bigliardi G; Toni D; Roffe C; Agostoni EC; Ahmed N
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2025;15(1):e087454Matusevicius M; Paiva Nunes A; Krishnan M; Egido J; Concari L; Dixit A; Reggiani M; Pages A; Danays T; Toni D; Ahmed N
- Article: NEUROLOGY. 2024;103(12):e210086Nicolini E; Pracucci G; Ciacciarelli A; Saia V; Limbucci N; Nencini P; Ruggiero M; Longoni M; Cosottini M; Orlandi G; Bergui M; Cerrato P; Vallone S; Bigliardi G; Cioni S; Tassi R; Da Ros V; Diomedi M; Simonetti L; Zini A; Velo M; La Spina PL; Castellan L; Del Sette M; De Michele M; Lorenzano S; Casetta I; Fainardi E; Sallustio F; Menozzi R; Pezzini A; Romano DG; Frauenfelder G; Nappini S; Loizzo N; Saletti A; De Vito A; Augelli R; Cappellari M; Zimatore DS; Petruzzellis M; Allegretti L; Tassinari T; Ajello D; Marcheselli S; Ganimede MP; Boero G; Mangiafico S; Ahmed N; Toni D; Cereda CW
- Article: EUROPEAN STROKE JOURNAL. 2024;9(1):88-96Palaiodimou L; Joundi RA; Katsanos AH; Ahmed N; Kim J-T; Goyal N; Maier IL; de Havenon A; Anadani M; Matusevicius M; Mistry EA; Khatri P; Arthur AS; Sarraj A; Yaghi S; Shoamanesh A; Catanese L; Psychogios M-N; Malhotra K; Spiotta AM; Vassilopoulou S; Tsioufis K; Sandset EC; Alexandrov AV; Petersen N; Tsivgoulis G
- Article: HYPERTENSION. 2024;81(3):629-635Katsanos AH; Joundi RA; Palaiodimou L; Ahmed N; Kim J-T; Goyal N; Maier IL; de Havenon A; Anadani M; Matusevicius M; Mistry EA; Khatri P; Arthur AS; Sarraj A; Yaghi S; Shoamanesh A; Catanese L; Psychogios M-N; Tsioufis K; Malhotra K; Spiotta AM; Sandset EC; Alexandrov AV; Petersen NH; Tsivgoulis G
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2023;18(10):1193-1201Thoren M; Escudero-Martinez I; Andersson T; Chen S-Y; Tsao N; Khurana D; Beretta S; Peeters A; Tsivgoulis G; Roffe C; Ahmed N
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2023;30(10):3161-3171Tsivgoulis G; Palaiodimou L; Stefanou M-I; Theodorou A; Korv J; Nunes AP; Candelaresi P; Dall'Ora E; Sariaslani P; Provinciali L; Conforto ABB; Cidrao AADL; Karapanayiotides T; Ahmed N
- Article: STROKE. 2023;54(9):2265-2275Safouris A; Palaiodimou L; Nardai S; Kargiotis O; Magoufis G; Psychogios K; Matusevicius M; Feil K; Ahmed N; Kellert L; Spiliopoulos S; Brountzos E; Szikora I; Sarraj A; Goyal N; de Sousa DA; Strbian D; Caso V; Alexandrov AV; Tsivgoulis G
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2023;30(5):1312-1319Schwarz G; Bonato S; Lanfranconi S; Matusevicius M; Ghione I; Valcamonica G; Tsivgoulis G; Paiva Nunes A; Mancuso M; Zini A; Candelaresi P; Rand V-M; Comi GP; Mazya MV; Ahmed N
- Article: EUROPEAN STROKE JOURNAL. 2023;8(1):294-300Escudero-Martinez I; Thoren M; Matusevicius M; Cooray C; Zini A; Roffe C; Toni D; Tsivgoulis G; Ringleb P; Wahlgren N; Ahmed N
- Article: STROKE. 2023;54(3):743-750Schwarz G; Cascio Rizzo A; Matusevicius M; Giussani G; Invernizzi P; Melis F; Lesko N; Toni D; Agostoni EC; Ahmed N
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2023;18(2):201-207Escudero-Martinez I; Matusevicius M; Pavia-Nunes A; Sevcik P; Nevsimalova M; Rand V-M; Korv J; Cappellari M; Mikulik R; Toni D; Ahmed N
- Article: JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2023;25(1):101-110Escudero-Martinez I; Thoren M; Ringleb P; Nunes AP; Cappellari M; Rand V-M; Sobolewski P; Egido J; Toni D; Chen S-Y; Tsao N; Ahmed N
- Article: THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS. 2023;16:17562864231168278Almqvist T; Falk Delgado A; Sjoestrand C; Ahmed N; Berglund A; Eriksson E; Mazya MV
- Article: ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY. 2022;92(3):349-357Tsivgoulis G; Katsanos AH; Christogiannis C; Faouzi B; Mavridis D; Dixit AK; Palaiodimou L; Khurana D; Petruzzellis M; Psychogios K; Macleod MJ; Ahmed N
- Article: EUROPEAN STROKE JOURNAL. 2022;7(2):126-133Keselman B; Berglund A; Ahmed N; Grannas D; von Euler M; Holmin S; Laska A-C; Mathe JM; Sjostrand C; Eriksson EE; Mazya MV
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All other publications
- Letter: ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY. 2025;98(2):421-423Matusevicius M; Saflund M; Ahmed N
- Letter: ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY. 2025;98(1):204Matusevicius M; Saflund M; Ahmed N
- Letter: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2023;30(1):292-293Feil K; Matusevicius M; Ahmed N; Kellert L
- Review: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2022;5(3):e224506Katsanos AH; Psychogios K; Turc G; Sacco S; de Sousa DA; De Marchis GM; Palaiodimou L; Filippou DK; Ahmed N; Sarraj A; Menon BK; Tsivgoulis G
- Review: STROKE. 2021;52(1):308-312Katsanos AH; Safouris A; Sarraj A; Magoufis G; Leker RR; Khatri P; Cordonnier C; Leys D; Shoamanesh A; Ahmed N; Alexandrov AV; Tsivgoulis G
- Letter: ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY. 2020;88(4):859-860Tsivgoulis G; Katsanos AH; Ahmed N
- Review: NEUROLOGY. 2020;94(7):e657-e666Malhotra K; Katsanos AH; Goyal N; Ahmed N; Strbian D; Palaiodimou L; Karapanayiotides T; Alexandrov AW; Grotta JC; Alexandrov AV; Tsivgoulis G
- Letter: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2019;90(12):1383-1385Tsivgoulis G; Katsanos AH; Schellinger PD; Koehrmann M; Steiner T; Caso V; Palaiodimou L; Strbian D; Ahmed N; Alexandrov A; Savitz SI
- Letter: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2019;266(9):2324-2326Feil K; Dieterich M; Wollenweber FA; Ahmed N; Kellert L; Wahlgren N; Ahmed N; Caso V; Ford GA; Lees KR; Toni D; Roffe C; Kobayashi A; Tsivgoulis G; Ringleb P; Alme CL; Mazya MV; Moreira T; Lundberg J; Rizvi S; Ekstrom L; Cooray C; Escudero I
- Review: JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2019;21(1):78-90Malhotra K; Ahmed N; Filippatou A; Katsanos AH; Goyal N; Tsioufis K; Manios E; Pikilidou M; Schellinger PD; Alexandrov AW; Alexandrov AV; Tsivgoulis G
- Letter: STROKE. 2018;49(11):e319Mazya MV; Ahmed N; Moreira TP
- Published conference paper: CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES. 2004;17:153-166Wahlgren NG; Ahmed N
Employments
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-2026
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2014
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2003
- Master Of Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 1999