Steven J Hussein, MD

"Between 3 doctors' offices in Monroeville; Dr. El-Khatib, Dr. Omar Awais, and Dr. Hussein, my mom's immediately needed cancer surgery has been already delayed 4 months. The three offices pass the buck back and forth, and nothing has been done. Dr. Hussein is a nice man, and I like him as a person, but nice isn't doing us any favors here anymore. On 11/28/2023 my mom (Deb Mears, it's in your system) was scheduled for lung cancer surgery at UPMC East Monroeville. We went to that said surgery on 12/20/2023, sat in pre-op for 4 hours, and had the surgery cancel. The reason? Because there was no communication between the oncologist Dr. Awais, and the 2 heart specialists involved in the procedure, Dr. El-Khatib, and Dr. Hussein. We saw Dr. Hussein at 11:00 a.m. on 12/26/2023, and brought up the issue to him, and his office, and they said that the mistake must have come from Awais' office. That's all well and good, someone is at fault, yeah...but here we are, and it turns out that Hussein and El-Khatib believe my mom needs a mitro clip, before the cancer surgery should even be attempted. This cancer was diagnosed at Hillman Monroeville at the end of August. Over 4 months have been wasted, and we were booked for the completely wrong surgery on 12/20/2023. We should have not been in for the lung surgery yet, and should have been getting the heart surgery done. The lack of culpability, and action afterwards from these 3 offices are all extremely distressing. It's like nothing. My mother feels like her cancer surgery isn't important. Every person's cancer surgery should be important. We are still waiting for a date on the mitro clip. I can no longer do nothing, and say nothing in my mother's stead. What kind of human being would I be? Someone has made a mistake, and 3 offices won't accept full responsibility for it, and this office is part of it. The bad thing is that nothing is being done after the mistakes has been made. I would like something to be done."

"I credit Dr Hussein with helping me maintain good quality of life while living with critical cardiovascular disease. He's worked with my other health providers to make sure everyone is on the same page when new medications and tests are necessary, and he's just about the most likable person around. I couldn't ask for a better person to entrust my wellbeing to."

"Dr. Hussain is a great doctor. He is more than medically qualified, and he seems to care about his patients. I really like the way he explains things so I can understand. He spends time with his patients and understands their need. I would have given him 5 stars but I'm not liking the office staff as much as other offices."

"Dr. Hussain is more than qualified medically. He truly does care about his patients. He listens to and answers questions in depth and conveys his concern with sincerity and respect. He's easy to speak with and easily accessible. I've never had problems with him or his staff members. I would and have recommended him to family and friends and everyone was delighted and relieved to finally have a doctor who listened to them and relieved their concerns and issues."

"Dr. Steven Hussein is an arrogant jerk!! If he ever has 10 min to talk with me face to face .. I would love to tell him why. But that will never happen because he is just way more important and busier than everyone else .. If I could rate Zero star i would . If he is your Dr. , switch ASAP!! If your looking for a Dr. , Don't select Dr. Hussein .. Good news for Steve is , he is the type of guy who really won't care what you think anyway .. Not the guy you should trust with your heart!!! Dr. Johnston was my Dr. Untill he left the practice . Dr. Johnston is a great Dr. He cared about his patients and took time with them . I was randomly assigned to Steve when Dr. Johnston left .. I assume becuSe he needs patients .. I doubt anyone would actually select him , if they had a choice !!"