Dr. Farzana Rashid Hossain, MD

Farzana Rashid Hossain, MD, Associate professor of clinical medicine and a gastroenterology doctor at Penn Medicine at the Pennsylvania Hospital, Dr. Rashid (maiden name, Rashid,) holds additional leaders roles with Penn Medicine, such as Director of Women's Digestive Health Program, etc. Subspecialty: * Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) * Women’s Health Gastroenterology * Transitional Care for adolescents entering adulthood Dr. Farzana Rashid Hossain’s honors and awards include the Health Care Heroes Award from Penn Medicine, the Radhika Srinivasan Award for Humanism and Professionalism at the division of Gastroenterology at Penn Medicine and 2016 Philadelphia Women Of Distinction Awards, Top Doc, Exceptional Women In Medicine, Rising Stars in Healthcare, etc. She was appointed to the First Philadelphia Commission for Women to help on issues of importance to Philadelphia’s women and girls. She is a member of the medical advisory committee for the local chapter of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America and is on the board of trustees of the Self-Freedom Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization that funds high impact projects in the areas of education, critical healthcare, and special situations that directly benefit underprivileged women and children in developing countries. Rashid Hossain earned her medical degree at the University of Sheffield in England. She completed her internal medicine and pediatrics residency at MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and her gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. She also completed a rotation in inflammatory bowel disease at Harvard University. https://www.pennmedicine.org/providers/profile/farzana-rashid Penn Medicine: 1-800-789-7366