Meet Saduf Riaz

I have been working in Mental Health for over 22 years, having graduated from the University of Glasgow with bachelors in Medicine as well as Surgery, and completing my Pre-Registration House Officer year.  Helping others, often at their time of most need, has been the greatest honour of my life and I was always naturally drawn to the sciences. I was particularly fascinated by and developed a passion for learning about the brain, mental health conditions and their treatment very early in my career. 

Following completing my professional examinations and gaining the Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, I specialised in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, having grown fond of working with the patients as well as being part of as well as providing clinical leadership to a multi-agency team. I have worked with countless neurodiverse individuals over the years in a variety of settings including the community, in-patient settings, secure settings and have vast experience in assessing, caring for and managing the most complex of presentations, with co-morbid mental and physical disorders, including genetic conditions, as well as distress behaviour. 

On pursuing my interests further, I trained in Forensic Psychiatry and I have looked after neurodiverse individuals on behalf of the Scottish Ministers as well as regional Low Secure Services.  I am also an expert witness and regularly appear at Tribunals as well as at Courts.

My passion for learning led to completing a Masters in Business Administration at the University of Strathclyde and I have over a decade of experience working in Neuropsychiatry as well as work in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.

I supervised junior and senior medical staff as well as acting consultants, taught medical students at the University of Glasgow and have been an examiner for medical students at the University of Glasgow as well as the University of Edinburgh.  In addition to publishing some of my work, I presented at national and international conferences.

Most of all, I thoroughly relish aiding patients with their mental health needs and it remains a passion of mine to help as many people as I can with the challenges that they might face, to understand who they are or what they could potentially be suffering from, in order to aide them in their journey to recovery, using the best evidence-based interventions, so that they can live their happiest, healthiest and most fulfilling lives.