Farah N Hussain, MD

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Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
Attending Physician, Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Physician , Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Facilitator, OB-GYN Residency Narrative Professionalism Series, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Co-Course Director, R&R: Resilience and Reflection Curriculum, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director of Planetary Health, Perelman School of Medicine
Core Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine

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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
5 Maloney
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
BA (Biology)
Swarthmore College, 2009.
MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 2013.
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Selected Publications

Andrew Orr, Farah Hussain, Oana Tomescu, Horace Delisser, Karen Grundy, Suzannah Niepold, Adam Rizzo, Sarah Shaw, Dorene Balmer: Extending Arts‑Based Interventions in Graduate Medical Education through the Positive Humanities: the Re‑FRAME Workshop. Journal of General Internal Medicine July 2023 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-023-08292-3.

Farah Hussain, Mary Yaden, Oana Tomescu: Chapter 7: Individual-Focused Well-Being Interventions for Trainees (in "Caring for Caregivers to Be: A Comprehensive Approach to Developing Well-Being Programs for the Health Care Learner"). Oxford University Press. Jonathan Ripp, Larissa R. Thomas (eds.). Oxford University Press, May 2023.

M. Silver and F. Hussain: Integration of Narrative Medicine Curricula in Primary Care Residency Improves Personal and Professional Identity Development 2022 SGIM Conference Abstract/Poster: 2022.

A. Orr, F. Hussain, H. DeLisser, O. Tomescu, D. Balmer : Discovering “Depth and Texture” on the Wards: A Museum-Based Visual Art Workshop for Internal Medicine Interns NEGEA Conference Abstract/Poster: 2022.

Michelle Silver and Farah Hussain: The Power of Storytelling: Integration of Narrative Medicine into Internal Medicine Primary Care Residency Curricula Improves Connectedness Among Residents. NEGEA Conference Abstract/Poster 2021.

Michelle Silver, John Heintz, Farah Hussain: The Power of Storytelling: Integration of Narrative Medicine into Internal Medicine Primary Care Residency Curricula Improves Connectedness Among Residents. University of Pennsylvania Department of Medicine Research Day Abstract/Poster 2020.

Ganda A, Yvan-Charvet L, Zhang Y, Lai EJ, Regunathan-Shenk R, Hussain FN, Avasare R, Chakraborty B, Febus AJ, Vernocchi L, Lantigua R, Wang Y, Shi X, Hsieh J, Murphy AJ, Wang N, Bijl N, Gordon KM, de Miguel MH, Singer JR, Hogan J, Cremers S, Magnusson M, Melander O, Gerszten RE, Tall AR.: Plasma metabolite profiles, cellular cholesterol efflux, and non-traditional cardiovascular risk in patients with CKD. J Mol Cell Cardiol 112: 114-122, Nov 2017 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2017.05.001.

Regunathan-Shenk R, Hussain FN, Ganda A.: Chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease in disadvantaged communities of North America: an investigational challenge to limit disease progression and cardiovascular risk. Clin Nephrol 86(13): 37-40, 2016 Notes: DOI: 10.5414/CNP86S114.

Rayner KJ, Esau CC, Hussain FN, McDaniel AL, Marshall SM, van Gils JM, Ray TD, Sheedy FJ, Goedeke L, Liu X, Khatsenko OG, Kaimal V, Lees CJ, Fernandez-Hernando C, Fisher EA, Temel RE, Moore KJ.: Inhibition of miR-33a/b in non-human primates raises plasma HDL and lowers VLDL triglycerides. Nature 478(7369): 404-7, Oct 2011 Notes: DOI: 10.1038/nature10486.

Rayner KJ, Sheedy FJ, Esau CC, Hussain FN, Temel RE, Parathath S, van Gils JM, Rayner AJ, Chang AN, Suarez Y, Fernandez-Hernando C, Fisher EA, Moore KJ.: Antagonism of miR-33 in mice promotes reverse cholesterol transport and regression of atherosclerosis. J Clin Invest 121(7): 2921-31, Jul 2011 Notes: DOI: 10.1172/JCI57275.

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