Syed Ali, MD, MBA

Syed Ali is a doctor at StrIVeMD who administers IV ketamine infusions and helps determine whether Stellate Ganglion Block, ketamine or both suit a patient. He earned a bachelor of arts in chemistry and sociology from Case Western Reserve University and a medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2005.

He completed a four-year anesthesiology residency at the Cleveland Clinic, where he served as residency research coordinator, followed by a fellowship in pain medicine, where he became chief fellow. He is board-certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine and holds a certification in functional medicine.

He helped establish a pain group in Akron, Ohio, and served as team pain physician for University of Akron and Kent State athletic teams. He has been an associate professor of surgery at Northeastern Ohio Medical University and an associate professor of anesthesiology at Ohio University College of Medicine. He moved to Chicago in 2018 and has taken part in annual medical missions to Central America and Africa.