Hussein Abdallah, MD

Hussein Abdallah, MD, MEng, joined the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery residency program in July 2023 after earning his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Prior to medical school, Dr. Abdallah received bachelor of science and master of engineering degrees in electrical science and engineering with a concentration in control theory from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a graduate student at MIT, Dr. Abdallah applied the engineering principles of control theory to the mathematical design of induced pluripotent stem cell reprogramming circuits. Following his studies at MIT, Dr. Abdallah was a senior research scientist in the Quantitative Sciences division at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, where he developed models for oncological immunotherapy metabolism.

Dr. Abdallah grew up in Dearborn, Mich. Outside of neurosurgery, he enjoys the great outdoors, and his hobbies include biking, running, weight-lifting and swimming.