Dr. Hussain is a CA-licensed clinical neuropsychologist (PSY 35561) at The Neurology Center of Southern California. She has specialty training in the assessment of patients with a range of medical, neurological, and psychiatric conditions such as dementia, brain injury, epilepsy, stroke, and movement disorders.
She earned her B.S. in Psychology & Neuroscience, with honors, from The Ohio State University. She then earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis in neuropsychology, from one of the top neuropsychology programs in the nation, the APA-accredited San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. She completed her APA-accredited clinical neuropsychology internship, with specialization in geropsychology, at the West LA VA Medical Center. She subsequently completed an APA-accredited 2-year post-doctoral fellowship in neuropsychology through the Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at the San Diego VA Health Care System/University of California San Diego consortium.
Dr. Hussain has worked in a variety of interdisciplinary settings such as academic medical centers, VA healthcare systems, outpatient psychology and rehab clinics, inpatient hospital units, and skilled nursing facilities. She has experience conducting dementia evaluations, pre-surgical evaluations, capacity evaluations, and ADHD assessments, among others. Her previous roles have included working as a clinical research psychometrist at The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center in Camp Pendleton, CA and as a licensed clinical neuropsychologist at Pacific Neurobehavioral Clinic, PC and Empower NeuroRehab in San Diego, CA.
She has published 17 peer-reviewed research papers spanning the areas of stress and aging, inflammation, mindfulness, HIV, substance use disorders, everyday functioning, cultural neuropsychology, loneliness, and social determinants of health. Her current interests include geriatric, rehabilitation, and cultural neuropsychology, with an emphasis in providing tailored assessments and recommendations. She believes that a collaborative, person-centered approach, coupled with strong knowledge and training in the latest scientific research, are the cornerstones to providing valuable answers and feedback to patients and their families. She looks forward to working with patients and their providers in helping to clarify diagnoses and guide treatment planning.
Dr. Hussain is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), International Neuropsychological Society (INS), National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN), Asian Neuropsychological Association (ANA), and the California Psychological Association (CPA) Division VIII (Neuropsychology).