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
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.
Sureshkumar Kalathil K, Hussain Sabiha M: Induction Therapy in Repeat Kidney Transplantation. Transplantation 99(11): e169, Nov 2015.
Noureldeen T, Albekioni Z, Machado L, Muddana N, Marcus R J, Hussain S M, Sureshkumar K K: Alemtuzumab induction and antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplantation. Transplantation proceedings 46(10): 3405-7, Dec 2014.
Sureshkumar Kalathil K, Hussain Sabiha M, Thai Ngoc L, Ko Tina Y, Nashar Khaled, Marcus Richard J: Impact of steroid maintenance on the outcomes in first-time deceased donor kidney transplant recipients: Analysis by induction type. World journal of transplantation 4(3): 188-95, Sep 2014.
Sureshkumar Kalathil K, Hussain Sabiha M, Nashar Khaled, Marcus Richard J: Steroid maintenance in repeat kidney transplantation: influence of induction agents on outcomes. Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia 25(4): 741-9, Jul 2014.