Sufia Husain

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

• General Histopathology (anatomical pathology)
• Renal Pathology (native and transplant)
• Research in general and renal pathology.
• Cytopathology
• Teaching/Academics

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

 At College of Medicine, King Saud University and Hospital I am involved in conducting lectures, small group discussions (problem-based learning) and practical classes for Medical College ungraduated students and lectures for undergraduate dental students. I also conduct teaching sessions (lectures and multi-head microscopic slide teaching) for anatomic pathology residents, for first year oral pathology and maxillofacial surgery dental residents, for nephrology fellows, urology fellows. In addition, I teach the undergraduate medical students and interns who attach in histopathology as observers. I have also been a mentor for a group of undergraduate students, as part of the mentorship program, in which the mentor guides and facilitate the growth of their respective student groups, both professionally and personally.

• AWARDS
• Academic teaching award for year 2021-2022, by College of Medicine by College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Winning Abstract" for best case report of in the poster presentation of an article titled: "Unsuspected gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis, a rare and lethal cause of acute abdomen: a clinicopathological case report.

ORCID ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3486-9356

PUBLICATIONS

1)    Albakr RB, Sandokji IA, Asfina KN, Bakhit A, Alnaeim N, Albacker AB, Husain S. Clinical Characteristics and Renal Outcomes in Patients with IgM Nephropathy: A Retrospective Single-Center Study. Int J Gen Med. 2025 Aug 29;18:4923-4939. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S541794. PMID: 40909909; PMCID: PMC12405712.
2)    Husain S, Bayoumy NMK, Noor F and Hagar H. Nephroprotective Effects of Curcumin in Murine Models of Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. Pharmacology. 8th January 2025. https://doi.org/10.1159/000543293
3)    Husain S, Bokhari R, AlJohani T, Alherbish A, Ahmad SA. Prolonged Clinical Course and Unexpected Outcome of Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis in an 11-Year-Old Boy. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl Dec 2024;35(1-6):121-126. © 2024 Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation.
4)    Husain S. Role of Podocyte in kidney disease. Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark in 11th July 2024, 29(7), 250. https://doi.org/10.31083/j.fbl2907250.
5)    Husain S, Azizalrahman L, Althnayan R. Unsuspected gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis, a rare and lethal cause of acute abdomen: a clinicopathological case report. Kuwait Medical Journal 2024; 56 (2): 167 – 171.
6)    Tamimi JHA, Alhazza IM, Ebaid H, Hassan I, Husain S, Alwasel S, Mashaly A. Macrophage Plasticity Enhanced by Camel Milk Peptide Attributes in Wound Healing in Diabetic Rats. Journal of King Saud University - Science, January 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksus.2023.103088.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364723005505).
7)    Husain S.  Renal Glomerular Expression of WT-1, TGF-B, VEGF and ET-1 in Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2023 Sep 1;31(8):574-582. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000001146. Epub 2023 Aug 3. PMID: 37615656.
8)    Saud Al Arfaj A, Khalil N, Alzahrani M & Husain S. Granuloma faciale in a patient with remitting seronegative symmetric synovitis with pitting edema: a case report. Dermatology Reports. 23rd April 2023. https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2023.9725.
9)    Al-Saleh K, Aldiab A, Salah T, Arafa M, Husain S, Al-Rikabi A, Abd El-Aziz N. Prognostic Significance of HER-2 Expression Changes following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Saudi Patients with Locally Advanced Breast Cancer. Clinical Breast Cancer (Aug 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clbc.2020.11.015.
10)    Alshammari S, Almajed A, Alkhawaja R, Alshammari T, Hakami R, Husain S, Bin Traiki T. Colorectal Schistosomiasis Infection After Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Recurrent Metastatic Colon Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report. Am J Case Rep. 2021 May 11;22:e930439. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.930439. PMID: 33974618; PMCID: PMC8126586.
11)    Al-Saleh K, Salah T, Arafah M, Husain S, Al-Rikabi A, Abd El-Aziz N. Prognostic significance of estrogen, progesterone and HER2 receptors' status conversion following neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced breast cancer: Results from a tertiary Cancer Center in Saudi Arabia. PLoS One. 2021 Mar 5;16(3):e0247802. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247802. PMID: 33667252.
12)    Husain S, Al Hammad RS, Alduhaysh AK, AlBatly MM, Alrikabi A. Pathological spectrum of endometrial biopsies in Saudi women with abnormal uterine bleeding: A retrospective study of 13-years. Saudi Med J. 2021 Mar;42(3):270-279. doi: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.3.20200814. PMID: 33632905.
13)    Alyahya AM, Al-Masri A, Hersi A, Eman El Eter, Husain S, Rahmatunnesa L , Ola H Mawlana. The Effects of Progranulin in a Rat Model of Acute Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion are Mediated by Activation of the P13K/Akt Signaling Pathway. Med Sci Monit Basic Res. 2019;25:229-237. Published 2019 Nov 7. doi:10.12659/MSMBR.916258
14)    Hagar H, Husain S, Fadda LM, Attia NM, Attia MMA, Ali HM. Inhibition of NF-KB and the oxidative stress -dependent caspase-3 apoptotic pathway by betaine supplementation attenuates hepatic injury mediated by cisplatin in rats.Pharmacological Reports (June 2019). doi: 10.1016/j.pharep.2019.06.003
15)    Husain S, Arafah MA, Baties SS, Banah AA, AlRikabi A. Cervical Cancer Screening: A 10year Retrospective Review in Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia and Future National Perspectives. Kuwait Medical Journal 2019 June; 51 (2): 193 – 198.
16)    AlFaadhel T, Alsuwaida A, Alsaad K, Almezaini L, Ahmed N, AlHamad MY, Bakheet A, Wadera J, Mokhtar G, Alsuwaida F, Siddiqui R, Kechrid M, Abdelrehman A, Husain S, Kfoury H, Alabdulsalam A, Alanazi M, Oudah NA, AlHozali H. Prevalence and 20-year epidemiological trends of glomerular diseases in the adult Saudi population: a multicenter study. Ann Saudi Med. 2019 May-Jun;39(3):155-161. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2019.155.
17)    Al-Saleh K, Abd El-Aziz N, Ali A, Abo Zeed W, Salah T, Elsamany S, Rasmy A, El Farargy O, Husain S, Al-Rikabi A, Alsaeed E, Aldiab A, Abd El-Warith A. A Multicenter Study of the Impact of Body Mass Index (BMI) on the incidence of Pathologic Complete Response (pCR) Among Saudi Patients with locally advanced Breast cancer (LABC) post Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy (NAC). Gulf J Oncolog. 2019 May;1(30):33-42.
18)    Albarrak AM, Mohammad y, Hussain S, Husain S and Muayqil T. Simultaneous bilateral posterior ischemic optic neuropathy secondary to giant cell arteritis: a case presentation and review of the literature. BMC Ophthalmology December 2018; 18:317. doi.org/10.1186/s12886-018-0994-9.
19)    Alsuwaida AO, Bakhit AA, Alsuwaida FA, Wadera JJ, Kfoury HM, Husain S. The long-term outcomes and histological transformation in class II lupus nephritis. Saudi Med J. 2018 Oct;39(10):990-993. doi: 10.15537/smj.2018.10.22435.
20)    Husain S, Ginawi I, Bashir AI, Kfoury H, Johani T, Hagar H, Raddaoui L,Al Ghonaim M, Alsuwaida A. Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis in murine models: a histological and ultrastructural characterization with immunohistochemistry correlation of glomerular CD44 and WT1 expression. Ultrastructural Pathology, October 2018. doi: 10.1080/01913123.2018.1501125
21)    Althwainy AF, Altamimi AM, Tarakji AR, Husain S and Kfoury H. Coexistence of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and Immunoglobulin-A Nephropathy: What a Diagnostic Challenge. Merit Res. J. Med. Med. Sci. Vol. 6(9) pp. 341-344, September, 2018. Available online http://www.meritresearchjournals.org/mms/index.htm
22)    Alqahtani F, Alkatan HM, Husain S and Alkhiary H. Neglected left periocular neuroendocrine tumor with a debatable origin: histopathological case report and brief review of the literature. Adv Ophthalmol Vis Syst. July 2018;8(4):227‒229. doi: 10.15406/aovs.2018.08.00308
23)    Husain S, Ghaida S, Khalid AlSaleh. Primary Epitheloid Angiosarcoma of the Small Intestine mimicking multiple myeloma: a rare diagnostic entity with a unique clinical presentation. Kuwait Medical Journal March 2018; 50 (1): 114 - 117.
24)    Kfoury H, Alsuwaida A, Alghonaim M, Husain S, Aljuhani T, et al. The Impact of Diabetes on Acute Post-Infectious Glomerulonephritis in Rats: An Experimental Study with Literature Review. J Clin Exp Nephrol Vol.2:50. 2017 doi: 10.21767/2472-5056.100050.
25)    Zaidi S, Husain S, Barakah D. Primary leiomyosarcoma of the atrium with heterologous differentiation. Annals of Saudi Medicine. 37(5):403-405 · September 2017. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2017.403.
26)    Alhoshani AR, Hafez MM, Husain S, Al-Sheikh AM, Alotaibi MR, Al Rejaie SS, Alshammari MA, Almutairi MM, Al-Shabanah OA. Protective effect of rutin supplementation against cisplatin-induced Nephrotoxicity in rats. BMC Nephrol. 18(1):194. June 2017.
27)    Al-Saleh K, Abd El-Aziz N, Ali A, Abozeed W, Abd El-Warith A, Ibraheem A, Ansari J, Al-Rikabi A, Husain S, Nabholtz JM. Predictive and prognostic significance of CD8+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in patients with luminal B /HER 2 negative breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Oncol Lett. 14(1):337-344. May 2017.
28)    Husain S. Collapsing Glomerulopathy, the Saudi Arabian Scenario. A Study of 31 Cases and a Review of Literature.Saudi Med J 38 (5), 509-516. 5 May 2017. 
29)    D. M. Al Nouri, S. Arzoo and S. Husain. The effect of long- term supplementation with dietary lipids on growth, fatty acid composition and histopathology of growing rabbits liver. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 26(5), 1191-1201. October 2016.
30)    Kfoury H, Husain S, Alkhalidi H, AlGhamdi D, El Asmar JM, Samra PB, Alsuwaida M, Alkhowaiter M and Alghonaim M. The Prognostic Significance of IgG4 Deposition in Membranous Nephropathy and Its Impact on the Therapeutic Regimen. Journal of Clinical & Experimental Nephrology. Vol.1 No2:9. May 2016.
31)    Alnegheimish N, Alshatwi R, Alhefdhi R, Arafah M,  AlRikabi A and  Husain S. Molecular subtypes of breast carcinoma in Saudi Arabia. A retrospective study. Saudi medical journal 37(5):506-512 · May 2016.
32)    Alsuwaida M, Husain S,  Al Ghonaim M, Aloudah N, Anhar Ullah and Kfoury H.  Prognostic significance of C1q deposition in serial biopsies for predicating the long-term outcome in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis  Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation. Mar 2016.
33)    Al-Mogairen S.M, Al-Sheikh A, Husain S, Al-Arfaj A.S, Al-Swat A, Hamdani M, Hefnawy M, Al-Mohimed B, Al-Hammad A.W, Adam M, Gad el Rab M.O, Sheikh S.A, Meo S.A. Effect of exposure to silica in inducing autoimmune hepatitis: an experimental animal-controlled study. In European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences. 2015; 19: 3881-3885.
34)    Alsuwaida M, Husain S, Al Ghonaim M, Alobaili S, Alwakeel J, Al Sehli R,  Askar A, Tarakji A, Kfoury H. Glomerular necrotic lesions and long-term outcomes among patients with proliferative lupus nephritis. International journal of clinical and experimental pathology 07/2015; 8(5):5787-92.
35)    Saadi M, Barakeh D, Husain S, Hajjar W. Large Multiycstic Pulmonary Chondroid Hamartoma in a child presenting as pneumothorax, a case report. Saudi Medical Journal.  2015; 36(4):487-9.
36)    Kfoury H, Alsuwaida M, Husain S, AlOudah N, Alhejaili F, Alsaad K, Alghonaim M. External validation of the Oxford Classification of IgA Nephropathy: A retrospective study in Arabs. Hong Kong Journal of Nephrology (October 2014) 16, 29-33.
37)    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
38)    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. 
39)    Husain S and Sis B. Advances in understanding of transplant glomerulopathy. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2013 Aug;62(2):352-63. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.10.026. Epub 2013 Jan 11. Review.
40)    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. 
41)    Mengel M, Husain S, Sis B. Phenotypes of antibody-mediated rejection in organ transplants. Transplant International. 2012 Jun;25(6):611-22. 2012 Apr 25. Review.
42)    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):239-43
43)    Husain S, Alkhalidi HMS, Raddaoui E. A rare dura based frontoparietal lesion, Case of the Month. Brain Pathology 2012. May;22(3):433-7. 
44)    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. 
45)    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. 
46)    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)
47)    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.
48)    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. 
49)    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.