Although it may appear as stating the obvious I do aspire in my daily practice to be the physician whom I would like to go to, or take my family to, in times of sickness. The constant flow of scientific information and cutting-edge technology in the current era of “modern medicine” have the potential to transform medical care to a protocol driven detached endeavor. From my perspective, it is more important than ever to deliver professionally competent care using individualized judgment that sees the patient as a unique individual and not one of many with the same problem. Moreover, I always strive to communicate with my patients in a simple and clear manner, with care and empathy because that is how every one of us would like to be treated when we find ourselves in need for medical care. I am fortunate to be at Weill Cornell Medical Center because I find it to be a place where such care is possible.
Dr. Issam D. Moussa is Director of Endovascular Services at the Greenberg Division of Cardiology and the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Moussa clinical expertise extends from the performance of complex cardiac coronary and valve interventions to endovascular treatment of peripheral and carotid artery disease. Dr. Moussa is a graduate of Damascus University School of Medicine. He received his internship training in internal medicine at Georgetown University Hospitals in Washington, DC, and completed his residency at the hospitals of the University of California-Irvine Medical Center, where he also completed a fellowship in general cardiology. Subsequently, Dr. Moussa recieved his Interventional Cardiology training under the totulage of Dr. Antonio Colombo, a world renonwed pioneer in intracoronary stenting, in Milano, Italy and subsequently in Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute in New York City.
Dr. Moussa began his career in Interventional Cardiology in 1997 at Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute in New York where he was also the Director of Interventional Cardiology Research. In 2004, Dr Moussa was recruited, along with the Lenox Hill Interventional Cardiology Group, to New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center where he established a peripheral angioplasty Program and served as Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Co-director of Endovascular Services until his recruitment to Weill Cornell Medical Center in December 2007.
Dr Moussa has participated in over 80 clinical trials covering the spectrum of cardiac, peripheral and carotid arterial disease. Dr. Moussa has published extensively in Circulation, Journal of The American College of Cardiology, American Journal of Cardiology and others. He also serves as a peer reviewer for major medical Journals such as the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), the LANCET, Circulation and others. Dr. Moussa serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Intervention and is a Section Editor in that Journal. He is also a member of the American Heart Association PAD Leadership Committee.
A summary of Dr. Moussa's Education, Training and/or Faculty Appointments is listed as following:
1981 - 1987 M.D. - Damascus University Medical School - Damascus, Syria
1989 - 1990 Internship, Internal Medicine - Georgetown University Medical Center - Washington, D.C.
1990 - 1992 Residency, Internal Medicine - University of California - Irvine Medical Center
1997 - 2004 Instructor of Medicine - New York University School of Medicine - New York, NY
2004 - 2007 Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine - NYPH/Columbia University Medical Center - New York, NY
2007 Assistant Professor of Medicine - WMC of Cornell University - New York, NY (Interim Appointment)
