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Dr. Syed Hussaini, MD

Dr. Syed Hussaini, MD

Psychiatry*
30+ years of experience

Dr. Syed Hussaini, MD is a psychiatrist in Port Jefferson, NY and has over 30 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY / SCHOOL OF MEDICINE in 1994. He is affiliated with Mather Hospital. He is accepting telehealth appointments.

2.1 Star Rating
Based on 22 reviews 2.1 Star Rating (22 reviews)

Practice

125 Oakland Ave Ste 303 Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Telehealth available

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Dr. Hussaini's Reviews

Likelihood to recommend Dr. Hussaini

2.1
22 ratings, 15 with a written review
5 star
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4 star
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3 star
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2 star
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1 star
68%
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Horrible person and doctor
Horrible doctor who doesn’t care about you. Reception staff is even more nasty, hostile and rude. They’ll worsen your mental health problems
What went well
No results
What could be improved
  • I didn't feel respected
  • Difficult to schedule appointment
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Staff wasn't friendly
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
  • Long wait times
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cherry – Feb 11, 2025
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Efficient, knowledgable, good-humored psychiatrist
I have been a patient of Dr. Hussaini's for nearly 10 years and he has been a real strength to rely on for my bipolar disorder and ADHD. After a thorough and even-keeled initial assessment he recommended a medication course and has dutifully adjusted based on my needs and concerns. For almost 5 years I have been employed as a journalist by the same publication where I have reliably and competently written 7 to 10, 300 to 800 word articles a week. I could not have this level of stability, productivity, and peace without Dr. Hussaini. In addition, Deirdre and Annette and just about everyone on staff has been amazingly kind and understanding with quick turnaround for questions and requests about medications or appointments.
What went well
  • I felt respected
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Listened & answered questions
  • Explained conditions well
  • Staff friendliness
  • Appointment wasn't rushed
  • Trusted the provider's decisions
  • Wait times
What could be improved
No results
1 other person found this helpful
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Sam Desmond – Jun 05, 2024
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Terrible
Didn’t listen, didn’t write anything down, and then got up and left and i didn’t get the referral letter i needed until my therapist contacted them twice and they faxed it to her a month later. Seemed very judgmental and had bad manners for someone who is supposed to be a supportive mental health doctor, he shouldn’t be a psychiatrist
What went well
  • Staff friendliness
What could be improved
  • Office environment
  • Difficult to schedule appointment
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
  • Long wait times
2 others found this helpful
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Kris Landy – Mar 01, 2023
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Incompetent
Can't reach his office other than bankers hours. Never refills RX timely. Doesn't "accept RX refill requests from pharmacy" but is also sh!t at making sure your RX is refilled. Complete sh!t show. He has 1 fu$@#&g job....can't do it right.
What went well
No results
What could be improved
No results
1 other person found this helpful
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Angry parent – May 28, 2022
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Dr Hussain is the greatest doctor He's helped me with addiction, and as psychiatry goes he is not a therapist, he's their to treat and diagnose with medicine as you give your feedback on what your feeling. If you say nothing that means it's working and he will just give you a refill....duh..5 stars
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Listened & answered questions
  • Explained conditions well
  • Staff friendliness
  • Appointment wasn't rushed
  • Trusted the provider's decisions
  • Wait times
What could be improved
No results
1 other person found this helpful
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Ashley cavallaro – Apr 10, 2021
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This guy is the worst doctor out there. He did not listen to OR help my daughter's issues at all. When I tried to explain to him what I was seeing at home, he brushed me off, got nasty and told me I was trying to diagnose my daughter. His idea of "helping" is putting her back in the psych. ward, where ALL patients come out of there worse than the come it. My daughter just recently passed away. There is absolutely NO help for the mentally ill out there, PERiOD.
What went well
No results
What could be improved
No results
4 others found this helpful
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SUSAN in Medford – Feb 24, 2018
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Dr Hussani is just another dud in the mental health field, who is playing around with whatever he feels like that day because he’d prefer a bigger check over keeping someone’s health in tact. My first appointment which was supposed to be a psych evaluation took him literally 5 minutes give or take. He had no records of mine, and told me to cold turkey my antipsychotics. I’ve been experiencing serious withdrawal and he told me to wait 2 more weeks. Unprofessional, and should be locked up.
What went well
No results
What could be improved
  • Office environment
  • Difficult to schedule appointment
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Staff wasn't friendly
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
5 others found this helpful
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Feb 22, 2018
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I want to begin this by saying a psychiatrist is for meds, not counseling, if you need counseling you want a psychologist. I see a lot of people here smearing a man's good name because they expect him to do work that is not in his job description. As a psychiatrist he's quite good. I can get appointments next day, he does a basic evaluation where you need to tell him exactly what you're experiencing, after he prescribes something and is willing to up dosages and try new meds as needed.
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Listened & answered questions
  • Staff friendliness
  • Appointment wasn't rushed
  • Trusted the provider's decisions
  • Wait times
What could be improved
No results
7 others found this helpful
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Smithtown, NY – Oct 19, 2017
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Dr Hussaini never did a psychiatric assessment on my son. The initial evaluation was less than 15 min. He prescribed 10 mg Prozac. Follow up appointment was 5 minutes. He increased his Prozac to 20 mg and added .25 mg klonopin. Third session he saw him for 5 minutes and renewed his meds. The next day he committed suicide.
What went well
No results
What could be improved
  • Office environment
  • Difficult to schedule appointment
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Staff wasn't friendly
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
14 others found this helpful
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Port Jefferson, NY – Mar 08, 2017
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Please beware this doctor is the attending physician at Mather youth inpatient psychiatric along with a social worker named Danielle. PLEASE BEWARE the social worker has no regards for the parent and the doctor meets with the kids for 5 minutes a day . Nobody calls the parent nor speaks to them. It took me reaching out to Danielle day 7 to hear from hear ... pretty scary. They let kids discuss their meds freely and get annoyed if a parent calls . This doctor needs to revaluate himself.
What went well
No results
What could be improved
  • Difficult to schedule appointment
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Staff wasn't friendly
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
4 others found this helpful
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Mastic, NY – Feb 17, 2017
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My daughter has been Dr. Hussaini's patient since 12/2015. He's always knowledgeable , polite, asks questions n listens to my daughters needs. Everyone in his office is friendly and helpful. When I needed him to visit my daughter in Mather Hospital he made the time to do so. When I call him if I need to speak with him, the office has him call back immediately. He knows which meds are worth the try. Makes sure her blood levels are always ok. I would recommend him.
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Listened & answered questions
  • Explained conditions well
  • Staff friendliness
  • Appointment wasn't rushed
  • Trusted the provider's decisions
  • Wait times
What could be improved
No results
3 others found this helpful
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Jessica in Ridge, NY – Feb 04, 2017
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I had previously been prescribed Adderall, but I moved. Following a long wait to see the dr, he told me no way he would prescribe me Adderall. He said it would be different if I'd been prescribed it before. 2nd visit I brought proof, an old bottle with my name, again he said no. Once you see him, no other dr in the office will see you. It's essentially being blacklisted. I now have to travel over 50 miles to receive care due to my insurance, because his group will not see me, only him.
What went well
No results
What could be improved
  • Office environment
  • Difficult to schedule appointment
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Staff wasn't friendly
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
  • Long wait times
1 other person found this helpful
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Jay in Port Jefferson Station, NY – Jul 23, 2016
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Beware! My son has emotional disability. He was under dr syed hussaini care. My son has home tutoring and early leaves the house . This dr dropped him for the same reason he was supposed to be treating him for. If I was unable to get my huge 14 year old son to his appointment I always called the office . They always said ok and rescheduled or delayed the time that day. I just spoke with DR SYED HUSSAINI and he will no longer see my son! How unprofessional. My son is penalized for his disabili
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Staff friendliness
  • Wait times
What could be improved
  • Difficult to schedule appointment
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
3 others found this helpful
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Lori in New York – Apr 12, 2016
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The most unprofessional Doctor. He has no knowledge at all. I was the doctor giving him information at every visit for my daughter. He just kept pushing meds. I finally left him but have not been able to find anyone else. They are just all the same. After I left him I spoke with a couple of medical people and they all claimed he was horrible. to bad I didn't know that when I first started.
What went well
  • Wait times
What could be improved
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
6 others found this helpful
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Port Jeff Sta, NY – Mar 05, 2016
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Very unprofessional and insulting. Im in the process now of looking for a different psychiatrist. They basically want to rush you in and out and collect the insurance money.
What went well
  • Office environment
  • Appointment scheduling
What could be improved
  • Didn't listen or answer questions
  • Didn't explain conditions well
  • Appointment was rushed
  • Didn't trust the provider's decisions
12 others found this helpful
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Concerned Mom in Rocky Point, NY – Dec 18, 2015
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Dr. Syed Hussaini, MD is a psychiatrist in Port Jefferson, NY and has over 30 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY / SCHOOL OF MEDICINE in 1994. He is affiliated with Mather Hospital. He is accepting telehealth appointments.
  • Psychiatry

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  • East Texas Baptist University / School Of Medicine

    Medical School, 1994
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Locations

Practice

Office125 Oakland Ave Ste 303 Port Jefferson, NY 11777
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Office70 N Country Rd Ste 205 Port Jefferson, NY 11777
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Practice

Office170 N Country Rd Ste 3 Port Jefferson, NY 11777
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Affiliated Hospitals

  • Mather Hospital

    75 N Country Rd
    Port Jefferson, NY 11777
    Recipient of 22
    hospital awards

    America's 250 Best Hospitals Award™ (2025, 2024, 2023)

    Top in the nation for overall patient experience based on nine measures related to doctor and nurse communication, hospital cleanliness and noise levels, and medication and post-discharge care instructions

    Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ (2024, 2023, 2022)

    Top in the nation for overall patient experience based on nine measures related to doctor and nurse communication, hospital cleanliness and noise levels, and medication and post-discharge care instructions

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    How patients felt about the care they received at this hospital.

    90%
    Patients said they were given information about recovering at home

    6% higher than the national average

    85%
    Patients said that nurses always listened to them and explained things well

    10% higher than the national average

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