Sadia Hussain
Sarzynski, MD, MHS
Staff Clinician
Head, Clinical Ultrasound
Chair, ICU Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
301-496-9320
Dr. Sadia Hussain Sarzynski is a Staff Clinician in the Critical Care Medicine Department at the NIH Clinical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
MD, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York
MHSc, Clinical Research Training Program, Duke University School of Medicine
Dr. Sarzynski received her Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacology from Stony Brook University, her Doctor of Medicine degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, and Master of Health Sciences degree from Duke University School of Medicine. She completed residency training at SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital in combined emergency medicine and internal medicine, and then completed a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the NIH and an Infectious Diseases fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is actively board certified in all four specialties.
Her primary research interest is using observational methodology and epidemiological principles to leverage large electronic health record-based databases to answer clinically relevant questions. Topics of her research include emergency response, acute care, critical illness, and severe infections.
She serves as Chair of the ICU Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Committee and Medical Director of the Procedures and Vascular Consult Service. Dr. Sarzynski is also a dedicated medical educator. Her educational roles include Course Director of Critical Care Ultrasound for the NIH critical care fellowship and Simulation Instructor for the weekly Critical Care Interprofessional Simulation Exercises.
Dr. Sarzynski believes all physicians have a responsibility to alleviate healthcare gaps globally, thus she has a keen interest in global health and has worked throughout her career as a volunteer physician and educator in resource-limited settings.
- NIH Clinical Center Director’s Award, COVID-19 Critical Care Transport Team, 2021
- NIH Clinical Center CEO Award, ICU/IMC COVID Response Team, 2020
- Competitive research-based NIH Loan Repayment Program Award, 2015, 2019, 2020
- Appreciation for Outstanding Contributions to the International EM Division, International Emergency Medicine Division, Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital, 2015
- Appreciation for Outstanding Service to the Disaster Preparedness Division, Disaster Preparedness Division, Department of Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital, 2012-2015
Sarzynski SH, Warner S, Sun J, et al. Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole versus Levofloxacin for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Infections: A Retrospective Comparative Effectiveness Study of Electronic Health Records from 154 U.S. Hospitals. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, ofab644, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab644 Published: 17 Jan 2022
Sarzynski SH, Mancera A, Mann C, Dai M, Sun J, Warner S, Kadri SS. Frequency and Risk of Emergency Medical Service Interhospital Transportation of Patients with Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Illness during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S. JAMA, in press.
Babiker A, Li X, Lai, YL, Stritch JR, Warner S, Sarzynski S, Dekker J, Danner RL, Kadri SS. Effectiveness of adjunctive clindamycin in β-lactam antibiotic-treated patients with invasive β-haemolytic streptococcal infections in US hospitals: a retrospective multicentre cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis, 2021 May;21(5): 697-710.
Hussain S, Nissen S, Holland SM, Sandroni P, Lionakis M. Treatment of Posaconazole-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy with Methylprednisolone and Magnesium Infusions: A Case Report. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2019 Feb; 6(2): ofz31.
Visit PubMed.gov for a full list of Dr. Sarzynski's publications.