Namath Hussain

Dr. Namath S. Hussain, MD, MBA is a board certified neurosurgeon who treats all surgical diseases of the brain and spine. However, he has a specific interest in both minimally invasive spinal techniques for adult degenerative spinal disease, spinal tumors, trauma, spinal column deformity, and disorders affecting the craniovertebral junction. Dr. Hussain obtained his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering graduating with distinction from the University of Southern California. He also obtained his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine graduating with merit and ranking first in his class. He then completed his training in Neurological surgery at Penn State University Health. Subsequently, he completed an adult deformity fellowship at the department of neurosurgery and orthopedics at Swedish Medical Center and minimally invasive spine fellowships at Penn State University Health and William Beaumont Hospital. He has over 200 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and has published in high profile journals including: Journal of Neurooncology, Neurosurgery, Journal of Alzheimers Disease, Pathophysiology, British Medical Journal, Journal of Neurosurgery, and Spine. He has special interests in minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal trauma, disorders affecting the craniovertebral junction, spine biomechanics, and gait analysis.