- Kidney transplant surgery
- Newly transplant
- Renal transitional care
Sabiha Hussain, MD
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Transplant Institute - Kidney and Pancreas Transplant
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)
My education and training
- Medical School: Ravindra Nath Tagore Medical College
- Residency: Frankford Hospital - Bucks Campus
- Residency: University of Michigan Health
- Fellowship: Saint Louis City Hospital
- Fellowship: St. Louis University School of Medicine
Spoken languages
English
English
Reviews
70 reviews
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Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Amerihealth of NJ Core
- Amerihealth of NJ Enhanced
- Amerihealth of NJ HMO
- Amerihealth of NJ Local Value
- Amerihealth of NJ POS
- Amerihealth of NJ PPO
- Amerihealth of NJ Regional Preferred
- Amerihealth of NJ Secure
- Amerihealth of NJ Ultimate (PPO)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Nephrology, 2005
- American Society of Nephrology, National
- American Society of Nephrology, National
- American Society of Transplantation, National
- American society of transplantation (AST), International
- AST KP COP-ACCESS (American society of transplantation Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice-Access), National
- AST KP COP-TOO (American society of transplantation Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice-Transplant optimization in Obese), National
- AST KP COP-TOO (American society of transplantation Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice-Transplant optimization in Obese)'Letter to Editor' subgroup, National
- AST LD COP: Finance Workgroup (American society of Transplantation Living Donor-Community of Practice), National
- LDCOP-Finance workgroup (Living donor Community of Practice, National
- Rajasthan (India) Medical Council, International
- Penn Kidney Transplant Program
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Krista Lentine, Sabiha M Hussain, Andrea Tietjen et al Managing the Costs of Kidney Paired Donation: A Survey of Contemporary U.S. Practice and Challenges , Clinical Transplantation, 40: 2026
Sabiha M Hussain, Gregory Malat, Srijan Tandukar, Jennifer Trofe, Vishnu Potluri, Mary Ann Lim Tolerability and Effectiveness of Tirzepatide in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Real-world Experience From a Single-center Study , Transplantation : 2026
Vineeta Kumar, Sima Saberi, Hector Madariaga, Sabiha M Hussain Integrating Obesity and Metabolic Management in Kidney Transplantation: A Commentary on Metoyer et al , Clinical transplantation: 2026
Chethan M Puttarajappa, Megan Urbanski, M Kazem Fallahzadeh, Sabiha Hussain, Mary Ann Lim et al Practices in the management of kidney transplant candidates and recipients with obesity: A survey of United States transplant programs , Am J Transplant : 2025,2194
Thomas Truong, Alex Pennekamp, Sabiha Hussain, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, PA Iatrogenic Hyponatremia from Improper Colonoscopy Preparation in an ESRD Patient on Hemodialysis , Poster Presented at Department of Medicine, 2025 Research day: 2025
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. , 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 , 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