Biographical Sketch
Sohail Z. Husain, MD
Professor, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Dr. Sohail Husain serves as Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Stanford. In 2019, he joined Stanford as Chief, with the vision for Stanford to serve as the preeminent provider of pediatric GI care in the region and to emerge as a global leader in pediatric GI research and education and a destination site for highly recognized programs of excellence.
Sohail likes to be a matchmaker. At Stanford, he intends to marry science and medicine. Early on in his career, he became entrenched in a quest to decipher the mechanisms underlying disorders of the exocrine pancreas. Sohail’s research investigates three broad areas relating to the exocrine pancreas: (1) The crucial signaling pathways that initiate and transduce pancreatitis; (2) the factors that turn on pancreatic regeneration and recovery after pancreatic injury; and (3) the mechanisms underlying drug-induced pancreatitis. The overarching goal is to move the needle on science and medicine and to elevate work in the exocrine field to the highest levels of impact, by leveraging multio-mics, big data, and the rich, cutting edge environment across Stanford.
Sohail takes pride in the institutions that trained him. This includes Tufts University, where he earned an MD, New York University, where he did his Pediatric residency, and Yale University, where he trained as a Pediatric GI fellow. Before moving to Stanford, Sohail served as Director of the Pediatric Exocrine Pancreatic Disorders Program at the University of Pittsburgh.
Sohail enjoys hiking, swimming, and jogging. He is actively involved in humanitarian projects, with Humanity First USA, including taking disaster relief trips after the 2005 tsunami to Banda Aceh (Indonesia), the 2006 hurricane Katrina to New Orleans, and the 2010 earthquake to Port-au-Prince (Haiti). He was born in India, raised in Brooklyn, and now resides in the beautiful Bay Area.
Professor, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Dr. Sohail Husain serves as Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Stanford. In 2019, he joined Stanford as Chief, with the vision for Stanford to serve as the preeminent provider of pediatric GI care in the region and to emerge as a global leader in pediatric GI research and education and a destination site for highly recognized programs of excellence.
Sohail likes to be a matchmaker. At Stanford, he intends to marry science and medicine. Early on in his career, he became entrenched in a quest to decipher the mechanisms underlying disorders of the exocrine pancreas. Sohail’s research investigates three broad areas relating to the exocrine pancreas: (1) The crucial signaling pathways that initiate and transduce pancreatitis; (2) the factors that turn on pancreatic regeneration and recovery after pancreatic injury; and (3) the mechanisms underlying drug-induced pancreatitis. The overarching goal is to move the needle on science and medicine and to elevate work in the exocrine field to the highest levels of impact, by leveraging multio-mics, big data, and the rich, cutting edge environment across Stanford.
Sohail takes pride in the institutions that trained him. This includes Tufts University, where he earned an MD, New York University, where he did his Pediatric residency, and Yale University, where he trained as a Pediatric GI fellow. Before moving to Stanford, Sohail served as Director of the Pediatric Exocrine Pancreatic Disorders Program at the University of Pittsburgh.
Sohail enjoys hiking, swimming, and jogging. He is actively involved in humanitarian projects, with Humanity First USA, including taking disaster relief trips after the 2005 tsunami to Banda Aceh (Indonesia), the 2006 hurricane Katrina to New Orleans, and the 2010 earthquake to Port-au-Prince (Haiti). He was born in India, raised in Brooklyn, and now resides in the beautiful Bay Area.
