Portrait of Issam Moussa, MD, MBA

Issam Moussa, MD, MBA

Physician, Cardiology

Research Interests

  • Healthcare Quality Management
  • Interventional Cardiology - Vascular
  • Interventional Cardiology - Structural Heart Disease
  • Interventional Cardiology - Coronary

Education and Training

  • Fellowship, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, 1997
  • Fellowship, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, 1996
  • Fellowship, UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, 1995
  • Residency, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, 1992
  • Residency, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, 1990
  • MBA, University of Colorado Denver, 2017
  • MD, Damascus University Medical School, Syrian Arab Republic, 1987

Publications

  • Moussa, ID, Frangieh AH. What Is Atrial Secondary Tricuspid Regurgitation? Virtues and Flaws of Definitions. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 Dec 9;17(23):2792-2795. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.10.046.
  • Price AL, Amin AP, Rogers S, Messenger JC, Moussa ID, Miller JM, Jennings J, Masoudi FA, Abbott JD, Young R, Wojdyla DM, Rao SV. Implementation of Multidimensional Strategy to Reduce Post-PCI Bleeding Risk. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 Mar;17(3):e013003. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.123.013003. Epub 2024 Feb 27.
  • Moussa ID, Stone GW. Myocardial Infarction After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Time for a Unifying Common Definition. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Aug 14;10(15):1508-1510.
  • Jovin IS, Shah RM, Patel DB, Rao SV, Baklanov DV, Moussa I, Kennedy KF, Secemsky EA, Yeh RW, Kontos MC, Vetrovec GW. Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Via Radial Access Anticoagulated With Bivalirudin Versus Heparin: A Report From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Jun 12;10(11):1102-1111.
  • Masoudi FA, Ponirakis A, de Lemos JA, Jollis JG, Kremers M, Messenger JC, Moore JW, Moussa I, Oetgen WJ, Varosy PD, Vincent RN, Wei J, Curtis JP, Roe MT, Spertus JA. Executive Summary: Trends in U.S. Cardiovascular Care: 2016 Report From 4 ACC National Cardiovascular Data Registries. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Mar 21;69(11):1424-1426.

Academic (or Faculty) Appointments

  • Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Professor