Ali Husain, DO

Ali Husain, DO, is a board-certified family medicine doctor who cares for adult patients with a strong emphasis on preventive care. He provides treatment for chronic and acute conditions, including chronic disease management and optimization. Dr. Husain coordinates care with other specialists for his patients to obtain the best care and outcomes for them. He is deeply passionate about what he does, and it gives him great satisfaction in knowing he helped someone improve their health quality of life. Good health, both physical and mental, is at the core and affects every aspect of a person's life.

Dr. Husain practices team-based care which starts by working with patients and going through a journey to achieve and maintain good health. He believes in partnering with family members, social support systems, and other medical specialists to achieve the best outcomes for patients. Dr. Husain finds the simple things rewarding such as seeing someone's blood sugars controlled, reduction in cholesterol, or blood pressure controlled and his patients, subjectively and objectively being healthy.

Dr. Husain has a background and experience in surgery and urology. He pursued a urology program track, before realizing his true passion was in primary care and family medicine. He still enjoys the skills he learned during his training in urology and has experience in men's health.

He completed residency training in family medicine at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, N.Y. and completed internship training in urology/surgery at Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia. Dr. Husain earned his medical degree from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, N.J.

Dr. Husain is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Osteopathic Physicians, and the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.

In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, family and friends, hiking, racquet sports, tennis, racquetball, pickleball, billiards, traveling, art, museums, history, and philosophy.

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