Sayed Amjad Hussain

Hussain is a multifaceted man, and his contributions as a surgeon, researcher, explorer and photographer have been exemplary. He has authored 50 scientific papers in national and international medical journals. He is an author who has written fourteen books on as diverse a subjects as religion, culture, history and international relations. He has described a number of new surgical techniques and has invented two medical devices: the pleura-peritoneal shunt and a special endotracheal tube to supply oxygen during fiberoptic broncchoscopy in awake patients. He has written over four hundred newspaper and magazine articles about history, politics, religion and culture in American and international publications like The Blade, Toledo Magazine, Explorers Journal, Weekly Pakistan Link, The Herald Magazine and various Pakistani News Papers. He is also an op-ed columnist for The Toledo Blade. At the community level, Hussain has helped build the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, one of the largest Islamic Centers in North America. While on humanitarian mission, he donated tons of supplies and equipment to the Dominican Republic, China and Pakistan. He endowed a visiting professorship for Khyber Medical College at The University of Toledo College of Medicine. In 2020 he was invited to address the commencement ceremony of the University of Toledo, College of Medicine and Life Sciences.

Sayed Amjad Hussain (Urdu:سيد امجد حسين) is a 85 year old Pakistani-American cardiothoracic surgeon, and writer. He has invented two surgical devices – the pleuroperitoneal shunt and a special endotracheal tube, Dr. S. Amjad Hussain has to his credit 50 research papers on medical literature, 20 scholarly presentations to academic institutions, over 60 lectures and presentations to civic, service and other subjects and over four hundred articles on a variety of subjects published in various newspapers and magazines. He was a member of Team Indus which covered the entire 2,000 miles of the river Indus in Pakistan from its source in Western Tibet. This trip was claimed to have been the third expedition in history to reach that site. The achievements of the Team Indus were entered into Congressional Records of the U.S. Congress in June 1997. While on a humanitarian mission, he donated tons of supplies and equipment to the Dominican Republic, China and Pakistan. Also, his photographs have appeared on 35 magazine covers and in 8 calendars. The Herald Magazine August 2003, introduced Dr. Amjad Hussain as the jack-of-all-trades and master of many.

As an internationally recognized explorer, he founded the Team Indus exploration group which traversed and photographed the entire 2,000 miles of the river Indus in Pakistan during the first three expeditions (in 1987, 1992 and 1994) and the source of the river in western Tibet during the 1996 expedition. This expedition was chronicled as cover story in the fall 1997 issue of the Explorers Journal. He took part in a number of photography exhibitions and won 26 prizes. His photographs have appeared on 35 magazine covers and in 8 calendars. 16 of his medical photographs has been published in the Photo Clinic section of "Consultant Magazine". His photographs have also been published in text books.

In 1982, Dr. Hussain was appointed by the Government of Pakistan to serve on its Health Policy Panel to formulate the country's Five-Year Health Plan. After his retirement in 2004, he was elevated to the rank of Professor Emeritus by the University of Toledo. In recognition of his many achievements, The University of Toledo established the S. Amjad Hussain Endowed Professorship in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in 2009.

Hussain returned to Pakistan in 1970 and taught at his alma mater (Khyber Medical College Peshawar) for four years. He came back to the United States in 1975 and began a private practice of cardiothoracic vascular surgery in Toledo. He worked as chief of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Lock Haven Hospital, Lock Haven; as chief of the Section of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mercy St. Charles Hospital in Oregon, and now works as the professor emeritus of the Medical University of Ohio, Toledo (now the University of Toledo). He has been visiting professor to Khyber Medical College, Peshawar; University of Garyounus, Benghazi, Libya; Government Medical College, Amritsar, India; University of Alberta, Canada, and University of Beijing, China. in 2020 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (SciD) Degree by the University of Toledo.

Hussain was born on January 1, 1937, in Peshawar to Agha Sayed Gulbacha. He received his early education from Government High School No. 1, Peshawar, and Islamia College Peshawar. He graduated with distinction from Khyber Medical College Peshawar in 1962. He received general surgery training at the Medical University of Ohio and thoracic and cardiovascular surgery training at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He was given a fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada in 1973 and made a diplomate of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery in 1970. Dr. Hussain was married to the late Dottie Brown Hussain and has three children: Natasha Raabia Hussain, S. Waqaar (Qarie Marshall) Hussain and S. Osman (Monie) Hussain.