Sabiha M. Hussain, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)
Medical Director, Kidney transplant , Corporal Michael J Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia
Department: Medicine
Contact information
3900 Woodland Ave, A818
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6140
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6140
Education:
MBBS (Medicine)
RNT Medical College, University of Rajasthan, India, 1995.
Permanent linkMBBS (Medicine)
RNT Medical College, University of Rajasthan, India, 1995.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Pre- transplant evaluationpost kidney/Pancreas transplant management
Chronic Kidney disease care
Description of Research Expertise
Induction and maintenance immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipientsSelected Publications
M. Lim, G. Malat, S. Tandukar, J. Trofe-Clark, S. M. Hussain, : Tolerability and Effectiveness of Tirzepatide in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Real World Experience From A Single Center Study. accepted for Poster presentation at World Transplant Congress Aug 2025 April 2025.K. Lentine1, S. Hussain, A. Tietjen et al: Contemporary Practice and Challenges in Managing the Costs of Kidney Paired Donation: A Survey of US Transplant Professionals. Accepted for Oral presentation at World Transplant Congress Aug 2025 April 2025.
Sima Saberi MD, Sabiha M. Hussain MD, Mohammad Kazem Fallahzadeh MD, Hector Madariaga MD4, Pooja Budhiraja MBBS5, Kenneth J. Woodside MD : Effective but inaccessible anti-obesity medications: A call for sharing responsibility for improving access to evidence-based care to Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Cleve Clin J Med . 2025 Mar 3;92(3):141. Cleveland Clinic Educational foundation, 92(3): 141, March 2025.
S Hryzak, C R Showers, Z Ahmad, O Atlas, K Hummel, S AbuGazala, S M Hussain: The Secret Ingredient for Isolated Transplantation with Primary Hyperoxaluria: A Case Report. Poster Presentation, American Society of Nephrology: Kidney Week 2024 San Diego, Ca Oct 2024 Notes: Poster Presentation.
Zahid S, Krupa K, Tabar KR, Sureshkumar KK, Hussain SM: A unique immunosuppression strategy in a patient with atypical HUS undergoing renal transplant Poster Presentation, American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week, Washington, DC Oct 2019.
KK. Sureshkumar, Sabiha M. Hussain, Bhavna Chopra : Impact of Induction type on the Outcomes of HLADR Mismatch Kidney Transplantation Poster Presentation at American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA May 2018
Hussain Sabiha M, Sureshkumar Kalathil K: Refining the Role of Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation. Journal of clinical and translational hepatology 6(3): 289-295, Sep 2018.
Hussain Sabiha M, Sureshkumar Kalathil K: Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG deposits; an unusual cause of de novo disease in kidney allograft. Journal of nephropathology 6(3): 220-224, Jul 2017.
Sampaio MS, Hussain SM, Chopra B, Sureshkumar KK: Optimal induction therapy for kidney transplantation in previous heart transplant recipients: Analysis of OPTN/UNOS Registry. Poster Presentation, American Transplant Congress, Chicago, IL May 2017.
Hussain Sabiha M, Marcus Richard J, Ko Tina Y, Nashar Khaled, Thai Ngoc L, Sureshkumar Kalathil K: Outcomes of Early Steroid Withdrawal in Recipients of Deceased-Donor Expanded Criteria Kidney Transplants in the Era of Induction Therapy. Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation 14(3): 287-93, 06 2016.