Abisaab

Biography

osyann Abisaab Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine PublicationsBackgroundContactOther Abisaab, Josyann Phone Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine , Weill Cornell Medical College 2015 - Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine , Weill Cornell Medical College 2002 - 2015 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine , Weill Cornell Medical College 1996 - 2002 Dr. Josyann Abisaab is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and a Senior Associate Attending Physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Abisaab graduated from the University of Rochester School of Medicine where she was elected to the national Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and awarded the Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Award from the American Medical Women's Association. She completed a residency in Internal Medicine at New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center and became board certified in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Dr. Abisaab has been practicing Emergency Medicine for over 20 years. She received a service recognition award from Dean Antonio M. Gotto Jr., Provost of Weill Cornell Medical College as well as an award from the Emergency Department at Weill Cornell for helping establish and nurture Emergency Medicine as a clinical and academic specialty. Dr. Abisaab is a faculty member of the Global Emergency Medicine Program at the Weill Cornell Medical College. She has a special interest in International Emergency Medicine, particularly in the development of Emergency Medicine as a specialty in the Middle East. She organized a regional conference on Emergency Medicine in Beirut, Lebanon and was appointed the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Lead Ambassasor to Lebanon.

Research Interest

She has a special interest in International Emergency Medicine, particularly in the development of Emergency Medicine as a specialty in the Middle East. She organized a regional conference on Emergency Medicine in Beirut, Lebanon and was appointed the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Lead Ambassasor to Lebanon. Her other interests include: Cardiac Resuscitation, Therapeutic Hypothermia, EMS, Disaster Preparedness and Humanitarian Relief.