CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr SUFIA HUSAIN

MBBS (India), 1996.

MD Pathology (India), 2001.
FRCPath. Histopathology (UK), 2008.
Clinical & Research Fellow, Renal Pathology (Canada),
2011-2012.

JUNE 2014
PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Dr. Sufia Husain

Nationality: Indian

Sex: Female

Marital status: Married

Address: P.O. Box 301245

Riyadh-11372
Saudi Arabia

Contact details: E-mail:

sufiahusain@hotmail.com
Office: 011-4670372

QUALIFICATIONS

Dates Description of Place obtained

qualification

1996 MBBS Kasturba Medical College (KMC),

Manipal Academy of Higher Education
(MAHE),
Manipal, Karnataka, India.

2001 MD (Doctorate in KMC, MAHE, Manipal, Karnataka, India.

Pathology)

2008 FRCPath, The Royal College of Pathologists,

Histopathology (Fellow England, United kingdom.
of Royal College of
Pathologist)

2011- Clinical & Research University of Alberta Hospital,

2012 Fellowship in Kidney University of Alberta

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 Pathology Edmonton, Alberta

MEDICAL EXPERIENCE / APPOINTMENTS

Current appointment:

Date Duration Position Institute

March 2013 to 11 Assistant Professor King Khalid University

present months & Consultant Hospital & Medical College,
King Saud University,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Previous experience/appointments:

Date Duration Position Institute

2011 to2012 1 year Clinical & Research University of Alberta Hospital,

Fellow in Kidney University of Alberta
Pathology Edmonton, Alberta

2005 to 2011 6 years Senior Registrar King Khalid University Hospital

Histopathology & Medical College, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia.

2005 2 months Clinical Attachment Royal Victoria Infirmary

in Autopsy Practice Hospital, Newcastle, UK.

2002 to 2005 2 years Registrar King Khalid University Hospital

and Histopathology & Medical College, Riyadh,
10 months Saudi Arabia.

1998 to 2001 3 years Resident in KMC, MAHE, Manipal,

Pathology Karnataka, India.

1997 to 1998 11 months Tutor in Anatomy Jawaherlal Nehru Medical

College (JNMC), Aligarh, India.

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 1997 4 months Tutor in KMC, MAHE, Manipal,
Pharmacology Karnataka, India.
1995 to 1996 1 year Rotatory Internship KMC, MAHE, Manipal,
Karnataka, India.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

 General Histopathology
 Renal Pathology
 Cytopathology
 Teaching/Academics
 Research

PATHOLOGY EXPERIENCE

I received my undergraduate (MBBS) and postgraduate (MD Pathology)

medical training at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, one of the
premiere medical Institutes of India. The Institute is a tertiary medical
care center for the State of Karnataka, with inpatient bed strength of
over 1,700. During my residency in pathology, I underwent intensive
training in all major sub-specialties of the subject including
Histopathology, Cytopathology, Haematology, Clinical Pathology and
Autopsy Techniques. On an average the pathology department
received 9000 to 10,000 requests/year for histopathology and
cytology each and being a tertiary level institute there was exposure to
all kinds of common and rare entities. Autopsies comprised of about 20
to 30 cases/year. In addition I did a 2 months attachment in hospital
autopsies at Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospital in Newcastle, UK in 2005
during which I personally performed (under supervision) 25 complete
autopsies and observed many more.

I joined King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh, after my

residency and worked first as a specialist registrar and then as a
specialist senior registrar, between 2002 and 2011. During this time I
was also involved in the reporting non-neoplastic kidney biopsies, both
native (predominantly) and post-transplant. KKUH is a 1000 bed facility
with all general and subspecialty medical services. The hospital
provides primary and tertiary level care services for patients from
Northern Riyadh. Pathology department at KKUH is an active unit. The
yearly turn over for histopathology and nongyn-cytopathology is

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approximately 7000cases/year and 2000 cases/year respectively. The
gyn-cytopathology amounts to about 2500cases/year. The non-
neoplastic kidney biopsies amount to about 120 cases/year.

I also completed a one-year clinical and research fellowship in kidney

pathology at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada from July 2011 to July 2012. University of Alberta is a tertiary
care facility, recognized for its highly advanced organ transplant units.
The University also provides leading edge facilities for research in
transplant pathology. My work involved reporting on native and
transplant kidney biopsies. I have also had the opportunity of reviewing
archived renal biopsies of the last 5 years. I took part in and present
the weekly clinic-pathological meetings with renal pathologists and
nephrologists. I also took part in research.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I worked as a tutor in Anatomy and Pharmacology after my internship

and found it enjoyable. During my residency in pathology, I opted to
work as a tutor also and conducted lectures and practicals in pathology
for Medical, Dental, Physiotherapy and other Allied Health students.

In my 9 years at King Khalid Medical College and Hospital I conducted

many lectures, tutorials, small group discussions and practical classes
for Medical and Dental college students. I have also conducted a few
lectures for first year pathology residents and first year facio-maxillary
dental residents.

I am currently involved in taking lectures for medical students, dental

student and histopathology residents

AD HOC REVIEWER

For Scientific Journal: Annals of Saudi Medicine

MD THESIS

My dissertation for the award of Doctorate of Medicine (Pathology) was

“Transthoracic needle aspiration of lung lesions”. The project was
undertaken over a period of 2 years and 11 months between January
1998 and November 2000. The study involved an audit of 100 patients
with space occupying lesions that were subjected to transthoracic
needle aspiration at Kasturba Medical College & Hospital, Manipal,
India, during the stated period.

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PUBLICATIONS

1. Husain S and Kfoury H. The Heterogeneity and Controversy of C1q

Nephropathy: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature. World J
Nephrol Urol. 2014;3(1):49-53
2. Park SY, Kim DJ, Aldohayan A, Ahmed I, Husain S, Al Rikabi A, Aldawlatly A, Al
Obied O, Hajjar W, Al Nassar S. Immune response after systematic lymph
node dissection in lung cancer surgery: changes of interleukin-6 level in
serum, pleural lavage fluid, and lung supernatant in a dog model. World J
Surg. Oncol. 2013 Oct 10;11(1):270. doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-11-270
3. Husain S and Sis B. Advanced in understanding of transplant
glomerulopathy. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 201 3
Aug;62(2):352-63. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.10.026. Epub 2013 Jan
11. Review.

4. Husain S, Al-Rikabi A. Diagnostic accuracy of Tru-cut Biopsy in the

diagnosis of Breast masses. Oman Med J. 2013 March; 28(2): 125–
127. doi: 10.5001/omj.2013.32

5. Mengel M, Husain S, Sis B. Phenotypes of antibody-mediated

rejection in organ transplants. Transplant International. 2012
Jun;25(6):611-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2012.01484.x. Epub
2012 Apr 25. Review.

6. Al-Rikabi A, Husain S. Increasing prevalence of breast cancer

among Saudi patients attending a tertiary referral hospital: a
retrospective epidemiologic study. Croat Med J. 2012 Jun;53(3):239-
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7. Husain S, Alkhalidi HMS, Raddaoui E. A rare dura based

frontoparietal lesion, Case of the Month. Brain Pathology 2012.
May;22(3):433-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2012.00591.
8. Alsuwaida A, Husain S, Alghonaim M, Aloudah N, Alwakeel J, Ullah
A, Kfoury H. Strategy for second kidney biopsy in patients with lupus
nephritis. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2012 Apr;27(4):1472-8. Epub 2011 Sep
19.
9. Husain S, Raddaoui E. Paraganglioma of the paratesticular area: an
extremely rare location. Br J of Urology Int [online]. 2011[2011 May
17]. Available from: URL:http:// bjui.org website. DOI:
10.1002/BJUIw-2011-036-web.

10. Meo SA, Arif M, Rashied S, Husain S, Khan MM, Vohra MS, Usmani AM, Imran
MB and Al-Drees AM. Hypospermatogenesis and Spermatozoa Maturation Arrest in
Rats Induced by Mobile Phone Radiation. Journal of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons Pakistan 2011, Vol. 21 (5)

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11. Meo SA, Arif M, Rashied S, Husain S, Khan MM, Al Masri1 AA,
Vohra, Adnan M. Usmani MS, Husain A, Al-Drees AM. Morphological
changes induced by mobile phone radiation in liver and pancreas in
Wistar albino rats. Eur J Anat, 2010; 14 (3): 105-109.
12. Meo SA, Al-Drees AM, Husain S, Khan MM, Imran MB. Effects of
mobile phone radiation on serum testosterone in Wistar albino rats.
Saudi Med J. 2010 Aug;30(8):869-73.

13. Al-Mogairen SM, Meo SA, Al-Arfaj AS, Hamdani M, Husain S, Al-
Mohimed B, Adam M, Al-Hammad A, El Rab MO. Nickel induced
allergy and contact dermatitis: does it induce autoimmunity and
cutaneous sclerosis? An experimental study in brown Norway rats .
Rheumatol Int. 2010 Jul;30(9):1159-64. Epub 2009 Sep 27.

ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION:

1. Alsuwaida A, Husain S, Alghonaim M, Aloudah N, Ullah A, Kfoury H.

Prognostic significance of C1q deposition in serial biopsy for
predicting the long term outcome of patients with proliferative lupus
nephritis. Modern Rheumatology.

IN SUBMISSION:

1. Kfoury H, Alsaad K, Alsuwaida A, Alhejaili F, Alghonaim M, Alwakeel J,

Mitwalli A, AlSohaibani M, Husain S, AlOudah N. External validation
of the Oxford Classification of IgA Nephropathy: A retrospective
study in Arabs. In Hong Kong Jr of Nephrology.

ABSTRACTS:

1. Sis B, Husain S, Chang J, Hidalgo L, Halloran P, Osasan S. Impaired

Angiogenesis Despite Specifically Increased Microvascular
Endothelial Proliferation in Antibody-Mediated Human Kidney
Transplant Rejection. To be presented at the American Transplant
Congress 2012, Boston MA, June 6, 2012, oral presentation.

2. Alsuwaida A, Al-Ghonaim MA, Kfoury H, Husain S. The Prognostic

Significance of Crescentic Lesions in IgA Nephropathy. American
Society of Nephrology, Annual Kidney Week 2011, Pennsylvania, USA, November 8-
13, 2011. J Am Soc Nephrol 22, 2011: 940A.

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3. Alsuwaida A, Husain S, Alghonaim M, AlOudah N, Ullah A, Kfoury H.
Prognostic significance of C1q immunofluorescents in repeated
kidney biopsy among patients with proliferative lupus nephritis.
European Renal Association - European Dialysis & Transplant
Association (ERA-EDTA) 48th Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, June
23-26, 2011, Clin Kidney J 2011;4 Suppl 2:
doi:10.1093/ndtplus/4.s2.35
4. Alsuwaida A, Alwakeel J, Alghonaim M, Mitawalli A, Abuisha H,
AlOudah N, Husain S, AlSohaibani M and Kfoury H. The clinical
utility of protocol biopsy in systemic lupus erythomatosus. American
Society of Nephrology, Annual Renal Week 2009, San Diego, USA,
October 27 – November 1, 2009, poster presentation. J Am Soc
Nephrol Abstracts Issue 20:2009. Accessed online at
http://www.asnonline.org/education_and_meetings/renal_week/2009
/digital-abstract.aspx
5. Husain S. Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma. 29th Annual Conference of
Indian Academy Of Cytologists, Mangalore, India. November 1999,
poster presentation.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 Member of Saudi Society of Nephrology

 American Society of Nephrology
 International Society of Nephrology
 Renal Pathology Society
 Member of European Renal Association- European Dialysis &
Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA)
 Member of International Academy of Cytology
 Member of United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology

CONTINUED MEDICAL EDUCATION (COURSES/CONFERENCES

ATTENDED)

 ‘Current issues in Surgical pathology’, King Faisal Specialist Hospital

& Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA. 13 to 14 May 2014 (16 CME hours).
 ‘International Symposium & Workshop on Liver Pathology Current
Concepts & Issues’, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 16th to 18th March 2010 (17 CME hours).
 ‘Workshop on Scientific Writing and Publication Process’ King Faisal
Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA. 23 rd February
2010 (6 CME hours).

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 ‘Gastrointestinal Pathology Workshop’, King Faisal Specialist
Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA. 30 th October 2008 (2 CME
hours).
 ‘Common Diagnostic Problems in Breast Pathology Workshop’, King
Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA. 30 th
October 2008 (2 CME hours).
 ‘Frontiers in Surgical Pathology Symposium’, King Faisal Specialist
Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA. 28th to 29th October 2008
(14 CME hours).
 International Symposium & Workshops; Current Concepts & Issues
in Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City,
National Guard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 19 to 21st November 2007
(19 CME hours).
 ‘Lymphoma Workshop’ November 2007, King Faisal Specialist
Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA. (5 CME hours).
 Oxford Pathology Course, School of Medicine, University of Oxford,
UK, 10th to 21st September, 2007.
 The Diagnostic Histopathology Course, School of Medicine,
University of Sheffield, UK, September 2006 (66 CME hours).
 Birmingham Gynaecology and Non-Gynaecology Cytology Course
for Pathologists, at Birmingham Cytology Training Center, UK,
September 2006 (47CME hours).
 3rd Joint Meeting of the British Division of the IAP and the
Pathological Society of Great Britain & Ireland, July 2005 at Royal
Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK in July 2005.
 ‘Urologic Pathology Workshop’, May 2005, King Faisal Specialist
Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA. ( 3 CME hours)
 ‘Liver Pathology Workshop’, May 2005, King Faisal Specialist
Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA.) (2.5 CME hours)
 ‘Recent Advances in Surgical Pathology’, May 2005, King Faisal
Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA. ( 2 days)
 ‘Fine Needle Aspiration Workshop’, September 2002, King Faisal
Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA. ( 2 CME
hours)
 ‘Lymphoma Workshop’, September 2002, King Faisal Specialist
Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA. (2 CME hours).
 ‘14th Congress of International Academy of Pathology- Arab
Division’, September 2002, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and
Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA. (2 days)
 ‘Bone Tumors Workshop’, September 2002, King Faisal Specialist
Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA. (2 CME hours).
 ‘Gross Pathology Workshop’ December 2000, K.E.M. Hospital,
Mumbai, India. (2 days).

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 Fifth International CME and Update in Surgical Pathology at Nizam’s
Institute of Medical Sciences, February 2000, Hyderabad, India. (3
days)
 ‘29th Annual Conference of Indian Academy of Cytologists’
November 1999, KMC, Mangalore, India. (4 days).
 IAPM (Indian Association of Pathologists & Microbiologists) Golden
Jubilee CME on ‘Biopsy Interpretation’, September 1999, Goa
Medical College, Goa, India. (1 day).
 Workshop and CME on Paediatric & Perinatal Pathology’ August
1999, Medical College, Trivandrum, India. (3 days).

CAREER PLAN

I would like to continue pursuins Histopathology and Cytopathology

with a special interest in renal pathology. In addition I am interested in
research. I also enjoy teaching and am interested in academics.
Professionally I aim to be a competent pathologist with patients well
being as my priority. Ten years from now I see myself involved in
research and teaching postgraduates the skills I have and will learn
over the years.

LANGUAGES

Proficiency in English, Hindi and Urdu.

PERSONAL LIFESTYLE

I am a hard working, peace loving and straightforward person.

Pathology to me is a beautiful and colourful world under the
microscope. My strength lies in my ability to seek my aims with
determination and sincerity.

REFERENCES: available on request.

Dr. Sufia Husain, MBBS (India), MD (India), FRCPath (UK), Fellowship Renal
Pathology (Canada).

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