Hamid Hussain, MD, FACP
Hamid Hussain, MD, FACP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, LSUHSC
Vice President, Medical Affairs, Our Lady of the Angels Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, LSUHSC
Vice President, Medical Affairs, Our Lady of the Angels Hospital
433 Plaza Street, Suite 2A, Bogalusa, LA 70427 Phone: (985) 730 - 7020 Fax: (985) 730 - 7022 Email: hhussa@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees
M.B., B.S. - 1988
Sindh Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
Bio
July 1999 - June 2000 Fellow in Hepatology/Liver Transplant
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
July 1996 - June 1999 Fellow in Gastroenterology
Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
July 1993 - June 1996 Resident in Internal Medicine
Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
March 1992 - May 1993 Registrar in Internal Medicine
Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan
Sept. 1989 - Sept. 1991 Registrar in General Surgery
Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan
Jan. 1989 - June 1989 House Physician (Internal Medicine)
Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan
July 1988 - Jan. 1989 House Surgeon (General Surgery)
Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan
Research Interests
Chronic Liver diseases, Chronic Hepatitis C.
Schering-Plough Oncology/Biotech Advanced Fellowship Grant in Hepatology/Liver Transplant at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. July 1999 to June 2000.
Selected Publications
Schiano TD, Te HS, Thomas RM, Hussain H, Bond K, Black M: Results of steroid-based therapy for the hepatitis C-autoimmune hepatitis overlap syndrome. Am J Gastroenterol. 2001 Oct;(10): 2984-91.
Hamid Hussain, Martin Black: Granulomatous Liver Disease. Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol. 3(6):473-480, 2000.
Martin Black, Hamid Hussain: Hydrazine, Cancer, the Internet, and the Liver. Ann Intern Med. 133(11):911-913, 2000.
Hamid Hussain, Monika Burke, Mathew Q Bromer, Jonathan M Schwartz, Martin Black: Time Course and Effect of Ribavirin Dose Reduction on End of Treatment Virologic Response in Hepatitis C Infected Patients: Hepatology 33(4) supp: 2000
Hamid Hussain, Monika Burke, Mathew Q Bromer, Jonathan M Schwartz, Martin Black: An Aggressive Treatment Approach in patients with Hepatitis C infection including Naïve and previously non-responders improves end of treatment response to combination therapy in an Urban Tertiary Care Center – Interim Results. Hepatology. 33(4) supp: 2000
Hamid Hussain, Vlodov Jane, Scott Tenner: Rapid weight loss causing the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome in a patient with chronic diarrhea. Am J Gastroenterol. 95:2579, 2000.
Hamid Hussain, Seth Lapin, Mitchell S. Cappell: Clinical Scoring Systems for Determining Prognosis of Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Gastroenterol. Clin. North Am. 29(2):445-464, 2000.
Jane Vlodov, Muhammad Abdullah, Seth Lapin, Hamid Hussain, Ephraim Mandell, Kadirawel Iswara, Scott Tenner: Cholecystectomy Should Follow Sphincterotomy in Persons with Choledocholithiasis: A Meta-analysis. Gastroenterology. 118:287, 2000.
Hamid Hussain: Complication Associated with Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. The Resident Reporter. 4:35-38, 1999.
Hamid Hussain, Muhammad Abdullah, Robert Kodsi, Scott Tenner: Giant Pancreatic Arteriovenous Malformation Mimicking Pancreatic Cancer. Am J Gastroenterol. 94:2701,1999.
Hamid Hussain, Jane Vlodov, Ira Mayer, Scott Tenner: Sub-Cutaneous Emphysema of the Chest and Abdominal Wall: A Rare Complication of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG). Am J Gastroenterol. 94:2701,1999.
Ira E. Mayer, Hamid Hussain: Abdominal Pain During Pregnancy. Gastroenterol. Clin. North Am. 27(1):1-36, 1998.
Hamid Hussain, Ira E. Mayer: Chylous Ascites in Non AIDS Patient with Intestinal Kaposi’s Sarcoma: Am J Gastro. 92: 1710, 1997.
Additional Info
Board Certification
2011: American Board of Gastroenterology Re-certification.
2008: American Board of Internal Medicine Re-certification.
1999: American Board of Gastroenterology.
1997: American Board of Internal Medicine.
1993: FLEX (Pennsylvania).
1992: ECFMG.
Awards and Achievements
Clinical Excellence Award in Cancer Screening. 16th Annual Forum on Health Care Effectiveness, Sponsored by the LSU Health Care Services Division, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. January 2013.
Clinical Excellence Award in Cancer Screening. 15th Annual Forum on Health Care Effectiveness, Sponsored by the LSU Health Care Services Division, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. January 2012.
Louisiana Breast Cancer Task Force, Grant for “Increasing Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention in a Rural Population”. December 2011.
Clinical Excellence Award in Cancer Screening. 14th Annual Forum on Health Care Effectiveness, Sponsored by the LSU Health Care Services Division, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. January 2012.
Recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA), Diabetes Physician Recognition Program. April 2004.
Clinical Excellence Award in Diabetes Disease Management. Sixth Annual Forum on Health Care Effectiveness, Sponsored by The HCSD on the LSU-Health Sciences Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. December 2002.
Schering-Plough Oncology/Biotech Advanced Fellowship Grant in Hepatology/Liver Transplant at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. July 1999 to June 2000.
“Physician Recognition Award” from American Medical Association.
Selected as a Fellow Reporter to participate “Investing in the Future: AGA/Wyeth-Ayerst Resident/Fellow Reporter Program” at Digestive Disease Week, May 16 – 19, 1999 in Orlando, Florida.
First Prize in “Bug of the week” contest conducted by department of Infectious Diseases, Maimonides Medical Center, New York.
First Prize in presentation of case in GI University Rounds at Brooklyn VA Medical Center, New York.