Dr. Al-Sayed graduated from Arabian Gulf University, college of Medicine in Bahrain. She is American Board Certified. She completed her residency training in Internal medicine at Sinai-Grace Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA and Fellowship training in Endocrinology and Diabetes at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA. Dr. Al-Sayed is also American Board Certified in Clinical Lipidology and a Fellow of American College of Physicians and Fellow of American College of Endocrinology. She has worked as Assistant Professor at Arabian Gulf University and Ex-Medical Director at the Gulf Medical & Diabetes Center in Bahrain. Dr. Al-Sayed is a member of the National Lipid Association and American Association of clinical Endocrinologists, American Diabetes Association and other Diabetes and Endocrine Associations and has several research publications. She was the Past-President of the American Association of clinical Endocrinology/Gulf Chapter as well as the Past-President and one of the founders of the Gulf Association of Endocrinology and Diabetes. She also serves as a member of expert panel for Middle East Familial Hypercholesterolemia guidelines and FH Gulf registry. She is the National Lead investigator for FH in Bahrain and member-at-large of the International Atherosclerosis Society Regional Federation for Africa & Middle East as well as member of the Advisory Board of the Gulf Association of Endocrinology & Diabetes.