Penn Medicine Provider
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Sabiha Hussain, MD
4.6
(48)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
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About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Ravindra Nath Tagore Medical College
  • Residency: Pannadhay Zannana Hospital
  • Residency: University Hospital Zurich
  • Residency: Virtua Memorial Hospital of Burlington County
  • Residency: Frankford Hospital - Bucks Campus
  • Residency: St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
  • Residency: University of Michigan Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Saint Louis City Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.6

48 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

February 2025
5.0
5.0
level of knowledge and advice
January 2025
5.0
5.0
i am always impressed with your care
December 2024
5.0
5.0
she shows her concern for proper medication for after surgery.
December 2024
5.0
5.0
she's very attentive and caring

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Hussain is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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: 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: 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. , 92(3): 2025,141

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: 2024

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: 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 : 2018

Hussain Sabiha M, Sureshkumar Kalathil K Refining the Role of Simultaneous Liver Kidney Transplantation. , Journal of clinical and translational hepatology, 6(3): 2018,289-295

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): 2017,220-224

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 : 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): 2016,287-93