Natasha Saiyed, M.D.

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Get to know General Surgeon Dr. Natasha Saiyed, who serves the population of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Dr. Natasha Saiyed is a General Surgeon affiliated with Portsmouth Regional Hospital and Frisbie Memorial Hospital. 

She received her medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and served as the Chief Surgical Resident at Baystate Medical Center—University of Massachusetts Medical School in Springfield, Massachusetts. She also earned her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she was in the Honors program and a member of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Dr. Saiyed is board-certified in general surgery by the American Board of Surgery. She is also certified in Hyperbaric Medicine. She is a member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). She is a founding member of Seacoast Vascular Society. Dr. Saiyed has extensive research experience and has presented her findings at SVS annual meetings and other conferences in the medical community.

General surgeons not only perform surgeries for a wide range of common ailments, but they are also responsible for patient care before, during, and after surgery. They are trained to operate on the alimentary tract (esophagus and related organs), abdomen and its contents, breast, skin and soft tissue, and the endocrine system. In addition, general surgeons are expected to have knowledge and experience in surgical critical care, surgical oncology, and trauma.

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