Biography

Dr. Hussain’s career as a doctor began 34 years ago when he graduated from the prestigious Punjab University (AIMC) in Lahore, Pakistan. After graduation in 1986, he undertook further training in neurosurgery at General Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, where he specialized in neuro-trauma. Before coming to the United States in 1993, he also completed further training in radiation therapy with a particular focus on brain cancers at the Mayo Medical University in Lahore, Pakistan. Moving to the United States, he graduated with honors in internal medicine from Rush Presbyterian University, Chicago, Illinois in 1997. Dr. Hussain then embarked on his clinical practice as an emergency physician at the Marshfield Clinics, Wisconsin, from 1997-1999. In March 1999, Dr. Hussain arrived in South Texas and took the position as the Chairman of the Emergency Department of the Valley Baptist Medical Center, Rio Grande Valley. In May 2002, He founded a staffing company, Palm Valley Emergency Physicians Specialists, to staff emergency departments of the Valley Baptist Medical Center and other hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley. During his chairmanship, the hospital has been awarded the Best Emergency Department award for the past ten years.

Also, during this time, Dr. Hussain has participated successfully in multiple Joint Commission Surveys. He has demonstrated his leadership in acquiring multiple awards for the hospital in many CMS initiatives, including but not limited to stroke, cardiac, sepsis, etc. He has been serving on the executive and other committees of the hospital system. He has been awarded the Best Doctor of the Year Award. He has won the national award Hero Behind The Scenes by the ENA. The City of Brownsville has recognized his services. In 2012 he served as the President of APPNA-AIMCAANA. Besides, Dr. Hussain owns a chain ofMedical/urgent care clinics in the area. He has served as a clinical assistant professor at the University of San Antonio Health Sciences teaching medical residents.

In August 2016, he joined EHC as a partner, and since then, he has been serving as a board member. He has functioned as the Chief Operating Officer of Exceptional Emergency Centers (EHC) and then in 2018 took the position of Chief Medical Officer. His extensive philanthropic work in both the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, and further afield in Pakistan is well attested to. Not only is Dr. Hussain a medical physician par excellence, but he is also an entrepreneur, an innovator, and a leading light in his community.