Dr. Sajid Hussain graduated from medical school at the University of Oradea in Romania. He completed his Internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physician’s and Surgeons at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. He furthered his training as a Nutrition fellow at Tufts University Medical Center and a postdoctoral fellow in the Obesity and Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging in Boston in 2008. He went on to specialize in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Columbia University College of Physician’s and Surgeons at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, now Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West in New York City.

He moved to the Albany area in 2013 as GI faculty at the Stratton VA Medical Center and was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Albany Medical College.  He pursued advanced therapeutic endoscopy training at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany before joining Albany Gastroenterology Consultants in 2017.

Dr. Hussain is a board-certified Gastroenterologist. His clinical interests include pancreatic malignancies and biliary disease.  He specializes in therapeutic endoscopy including Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR), Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM), Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS), and treatment of Barrett’s esophagus.

In addition to practicing medicine, he enjoys spending time with his family and watching soccer.