Email

mahussei@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Department of Ophthalmology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Texas Children’s Hospital - Clinical Care Center (Clinic)

6701 Fannin Street, Suite 510
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3230

Texas Children’s Hospital – West Campus/Katy (Clinic)

I–10 and Barker Cypress
18200 Katy Freeway, Suite 450W
Houston, TX 77094
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3230

Education

MD from Cairo University Faculty of Medicine

12/1991 - Cairo, Egypt

MSc from Cairo University Faculty of Medicine

11/1995 - Cairo, Egypt

Ophthalmology

PhD from Cairo University Faculty of Medicine

07/2000 - Cairo, Egypt

Ophthalmology

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine

12/2003 - Houston, Texas United States

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Clinical Fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine

06/2004 - Houston, Texas United States

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Internship at John Peter Smith Hospital

06/2007 - Fort Worth, Texas United States

Residency at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

06/2010 - Dallas, Texas United States

Ophthalmology

Fellowship at Children's Medical Center of Dallas

Dallas, TX

Pediatric Ophthalmology

Certifications

American Board of Ophthalmology

Professional Interests

• Amblyopia
• Retinopathy of prematurity
• Strabismus
• Double vision
• Misaligned eyes

Professional Statement

Dr. Hussein currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. He has presented papers at many ophthalmology meetings and published numerous journal articles. A native of Radford, Va., he obtained his medical degree and MSc degree in ophthalmology from the Faculty of Medicine Cairo University in Egypt.

Dr. Hussein completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Research Institute of Ophthalmology in Cairo. He became a member of the ophthalmology board at the Faculty of Medicine Cairo University in 2000 and held a clinical faculty position there until 2001. He has also served as a consultant in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus at Maghrabi Eye Hospital in Cairo.

After returning to the United States, Dr. Hussein completed a post-doctoral research fellowship and clinical fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital. His training also includes a clinical fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology at Children’s Medical Center/UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, a transitional internship at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, and an ophthalmology residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Websites

Languages

Arabic