As associate clerkship director, Dr. Hussain will assist the clerkship director in the administration of the PCE surgery clerkship, including didactics, evaluation, individual meetings with students, etc. The clerkship is a rotation of approximately 14 students every 12 weeks.
Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD, RPVI, FAHA, FRCS, FACS
Associate Clerkship Director, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Hussain is a vascular and endovascular surgeon-scientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, core faculty at the Center for Surgery and Public Health and assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. He is board certified in vascular surgery by both the American Board of Surgery and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
He obtained his medical degree from the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University. He completed a vascular surgery residency and a PhD in clinical epidemiology and health services research through the Surgeon Scientist Training Program at the University of Toronto, followed by a cardiovascular research fellowship at the Brigham.
Dr. Hussain’s clinical practice is focused on general vascular and endovascular surgery, with special interests in complex hemodialysis access surgery, aortic dissection and aneurysm surgery, and thoracic outlet syndrome surgery.
His research lab VESEL (Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Epidemiology Lab) conducts observational and clinical research to improve the care of patients with vascular diseases, with special interests in population-based health services research, prediction with machine learning, enhancing causal inference research using target trial emulation and clinical trials.
Dr. Hussain also serves at the director of Resident Education and Research in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Brigham.