Ameena N. Husain
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Ameena N. Husain, DO

Languages spoken: Spanish, English, Urdu

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

University of Utah Hospital

50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132
801-581-2121
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Dr. Ameena Husain is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Neonatology. She received her medical degree from Touro University Nevada, completed her Pediatric Residency at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, IL, and her Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Husain is board certified in Pediatrics and board eligible for Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Dr. Husain provides Neonatology services at the University of Utah Hospital, Primary Children’s Hospital, and Intermountain Medical Center. She cares for both premature and critically ill infants as well as infants with a variety of birth defects. Her clinical interest is in biomedical informatics, specifically related to the use of the electronic medical record.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
American Board of Preventive Medicine (Clinical Informatics)

Dr. Ameena Husain is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Neonatology. She received her medical degree from Touro University Nevada, completed her Pediatric Residency at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, IL, and her Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Husain is board certified in Pediatrics and board eligible for Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Dr. Husain provides Neonatology services at the University of Utah Hospital, Primary Children’s Hospital, and Intermountain Medical Center. She cares for both premature and critically ill infants as well as infants with a variety of birth defects. Her clinical interest is in biomedical informatics, specifically related to the use of the electronic medical record.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Biomedical Informatics -Adjunct Assistant Professor
Pediatrics -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Neonatology
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
American Board of Preventive Medicine (Clinical Informatics)

Education history

Undergraduate Major: Materials Science and Engineering ¿ Biomaterials Concentration; Minor: Biomedical Engineering - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.S.
Professional Medical Osteopathic Medicine - Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine D.O.
Residency Pediatrics - Advocate Christ Medical Center Resident
Fellowship Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - Washington University School of Medicine Clinical Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Fleiss N, Coggins SA, Lewis AN, Zeigler A, Cooksey KE, Walker LA, Husain AN, de Jong BS, Wallman-Stokes A, Alrifai MW, Visser DH, Good M, Sullivan B, Polin RA, Martin CR, Wynn JL (2021). Evaluation of the Neonatal Sequential Organ Failure Assessment and Mortality Risk in Preterm Infants With Late-Onset Infection. JAMA Netw Open, 4(2), e2036518.
  2. Husain AN, Eiden E, Vesoulis Z (2023). Use of an electronic medical record to optimize a neonatal sepsis score for mortality prediction. Journal of perinatology, 43(6), 746-751.
  3. Sullivan BA, Moreira AG, McAdams RM, Knake LA, Husain A, Qiu J, Mudireddy A, Majeedi A, Shalish W, Lake DE, Vesoulis Z (2024). Comparing machine learning techniques for neonatal mortality prediction: insights from a modeling competition. Pediatric research,
  4. Husain A, Knake L, Sullivan B, Barry J, Beam K, Holmes E, Hooven T, McAdams R, Moreira A, Shalish W, Vesoulis (2024). AI models in clinical neonatology: a review of modeling approaches and a consensus proposal for standardized reporting of model performance. Pediatric research,
  5. Owen AH, Husain A, ElHalta D, Chen SA, Spackman J, Murphy J, Chan (2025). Transforming the electronic health record from a documentation application to an automated diet program for personalizing neonatal nutrition and improving feeding administration safety through process improvement. Nutrition in clinical practice, 40(1), 252-265.
  6. Sullivan BA, Doshi A, Chernyavskiy P, Husain A, Binai A, Sahni R, Fairchild KD, Moorman JR, Travers CP, Vesoulis Z (2023). Neighborhood Deprivation and Association With Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Mortality and Morbidity for Extremely Premature Infants. JAMA network open, 6(5), e2311761.
  7. Lewis AN, de la Cruz D, Wynn JL, Frazer LC, Yakah W, Martin CR, Yang H, Itriago E, Unger J, Hair AB, Miele J, Sullivan BA, Husain A, Good (2022). Evaluation of the Neonatal Sequential Organ Failure Assessment and Mortality Risk in Preterm Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Neonatology, 119(3), 334-344.
  8. Simek KA, Carr NR, Hernandez AJ, Husain AN, Knake LA, Patel S (2026). Surveying NICU progress note practices to inform standardization. Journal of perinatology,

Review

  1. Vesoulis ZA, Husain AN, Cole F (2023). Improving child health through Big Data and data science. Pediatric research, 93(2), 342-349.
  2. Moreira AG, Husain A, Knake LA, Aziz K, Simek K, Valadie CT, Pandillapalli NR, Trivino V, Barry J (2024). A clinical informatics approach to bronchopulmonary dysplasia: current barriers and future possibilities. Frontiers in pediatrics, 12, 1221863.
  3. Brynne A Sullivan, Kristyn Beam, Zachary A Vesoulis, Khyzer B Aziz, Ameena N Husain, Lindsey A Knake , Alvaro G Moreira, Thomas A Hooven, Elliott M Weiss, Nicholas R Carr, George T El-Ferzli, Ravi M Patel, Kelsey A Simek, Antonio J Hernandez, James S Barry, Ryan M McAdam (2023). Transforming neonatal care with artificial intelligence: challenges, ethical consideration, and opportunities. Journal of perinatology,