Dr. Zulfiqar Hussain

Dr. Zulfiqar Hussain

, MD

Staff Physician, Neurology, Neurological Institute

Languages
  • Punjabi
  • Hindi
  • English
  • Urdu

Years of Experience

21
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Biography

Dr. Zulfiqar Hussain, MD, is a Staff Physician in the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, who specializes in the treatment of neuromuscular diseases, electrodiagnostic testing and intraoperative neurophysiology.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Hussain was a Staff Neurologist at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, where he helped expand and create a collaborative neuroscience department with other hospitals and healthcare systems in Northeast Ohio.

Dr. Hussain received his medical degree from the Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan. He completed his residency in Neurology at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, US, where he also completed a fellowship in Neuromuscular Medicine. He completed another fellowship in Intraoperative Monitoring and Neuromuscular Diseases at the Weill Cornell Medical College Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, US.

Dr. Hussain has taken part in several charitable initiatives and was recently involved in a program providing kidney dialysis machines to impoverished areas in his home country, Pakistan.

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Treatments & Services

  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Autonomic Neuropathy
  • Ulnar Radial and Peroneal Mononeuropathies
  • Lumbar and Cervical Radiculopathy
  • Myopathy
  • Brachial Neuritis
  • Demyelinating Diseases
  • Headaches
  • Acute Ischemic Strokes
  • Diabetic and Autoimmune Peripheral Polyneuropathy
  • Acute and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (AIDP/CIDP)
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Headache-Migraine
  • Neuromuscular Medicine
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Education

  • 2007 Fellowship
    2007 - 2008

    Weill Cornell Medical College, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, US (Fellow, Intraoperative Monitoring and Neuromuscular Diseases)

  • 2006 Fellowship
    2006 - 2007

    University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, US (Fellow, Neuromuscular Medicine)

  • 2003 Residency
    2003 - 2006

    University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, US (Resident, Neurology)

  • 1989 Medical School
    1989 - 1995

    Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan (Doctor of Medicine (MD))

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Career Experience

  • 2010
    2010 - 2014

    Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, US (Staff Neurologist, Regional Neurosciences, Neuromuscular Center)

  • 2008
    2008 - 2010

    Robert Wood Johnson Medical School University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, US (Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology)

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