Dr. Saeed received her medical degree at King Edward Medical University, Pakistan. She subsequently pursued her post-graduate medical training in the United States, completing her residency in Internal Medicine at University of Chicago (NorthShore), fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Rush University Medical Center and advanced fellowship in Transplant Infectious Diseases at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester. She is ABIM and Royal College board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.

Her areas of clinical expertise and research interests include infections in immunocompromised hosts, solid organ and stem cell transplantation and HIV/AIDS. Her research work focuses on evaluating solid organ transplantation outcomes in Persons Living With HIV (PLWH) and viral co-infections. She is an active member of the MIGHT focus group (Microbiome Based Innovations for Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Diseases and Transplantation) and is actively involved in studying the microbiome dynamics in the pre- and post-transplant setting. 

Dr. Saeed is an active member of American Society of Transplantation, Canadian Society of Transplantation, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Ontario Medical Association and European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), and has presented her works at IDSA conferences, ECCMID as well as Canadian Association for HIV Research.