Ayman Iskander, MD, FSCAI, FACC

August 2000 - Diplomate of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

August 1995 - March 1996 - Master Degree in Internal Medicine (First Part), Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

October 1987 - Dec 1993 - Doctor of Medicine (MBBCh), Ain-Shams University, School of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt. - Summa Cum Laude

Sept 1984 - July 1987 - General Certificate of Examination, St. George's College, Cairo, Egypt - Summa Cum Laude

• July 2003 - July 2004 - Interventional Cardiovascular Fellowship (Including Peripheral and Structural), Lahey Clinic Medical Center
• July 2002 - June 2003 - Chief Cardiovascular Fellow, Lahey Clinic Medical Center
• July 2000 - June 2003 - Cardiovascular Fellowship, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805
• July 1997 - June 2000 - Internal Medicine Resident, SUNY Health Science Center, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NY 13210
• May 1995 - June 1997 -  Internal Medicine Resident, Ain-Shams University Hospitals, Abbasseya St, Cairo, Egypt
• May 1995 - June 1997 - Emergency Department, El-Hayat Specialized Hospital, Cairo, Egypt
• March 1994 - May 1995 - Internship (General & Subspecialty Medicine, Cardiology, Pediatrics, OB/GYN, Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, ICU, Anesthesia, ED), Ain-Shams University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

September 2004 - Present: Attending Physician, St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, NY 13203

• 2004 - Present: Citi Course for Research
• Aug. 2004: New State License
• Sept. 2001: Massachusetts License
• Dec. 1998: USMLE Step 3
• July 1997 - Present: ACLS/BLS Certified; ACLS Instructor
• May 1997: TOEFL (Score 620)
• December 1996: ECFMG Permanent Certification (#0-530-813-5)
• June 1996: USMLE Step 1
• March 1995: USMLE Step 2 and ECFMG English Test
• March 1995: Unrestricted License of Practice in Egypt

Principal Investigator

• Hybrid Study – Randomized Trial Of Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention – Sponsor; NIH
• TAVR Evolut R Low Risk – Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with the Medtronic TAVR System in Patients at Low Risk for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
• Motion – A Phase IV, Prospective, Single-Arm, Open-Label Study to Measure Outcomes in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension not on Active Treatment
• EVITA Trial - Evaluation of Varenicline (Chantix) in Smoking Cessation for Patients Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome
• SAPPHIRE WW trial - Stenting and Angioplasty with Protection in Patients at High Risk for Endarterectomy
• SUPERB - SUPERA PERipheral System to a Performance Goal Derived from Balloon Angioplasty Clinical Trials in the Superficial Femoral Artery
• Amplify - Apixaban after the initial Management of PuLmonary embolIsm and deep vein thrombosis with Firstline therapY
• SuperNOVA - Stenting of the Superficial Femoral and Proximal Popliteal Arteries With the Boston Scientific INNOVA Self-Expanding Bare Metal Stent System
• CABANA - A Carotid Stenting Boston Scientific Surveillance Program (leading center in enrollment)
• CARS – Closure after Recurrent Stroke, A prospective multicenter single arm clinical registry to evaluate the effectiveness of PFO closure after recurrent stroke.

Co-Investigator

Apposition, Absorb, Safe PCI, River PCI, Aristole, Cypher Elite, Xience Regitry, Vest Predict, Protect Registry, Resolute, Educate, DAPT, HCRI DAPT, Factor, Endeavor, Spirit IV, Eclipse, Patriot, Perseus, Cypress, Event, Regulate, ION, Protect CA, Precision Registry, Resolute Integrity, Cobra PzF Shield, Resolute Onyx, EVOLVE Short DAPT, TWILIGHT, VEST, AEGIS, CONNECT HF

October 2009: Renal Artery Stenosis, The Silent Killer, VIA, 3rd Annual Symposium, Buffalo, NY

October 2009:  Innovation In Endovascular Therapy, VIA, 3rd Annual Symposium, Buffalo, NY

September 2008: Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Updates in Cardiovascular Disease Symposium, Syracuse, NY

January 2006: Medical grand round, CPC case. SUNY upstate medical university, Syracuse, NY

October 2005: Endovascular approach to peripheral arterial disease, the silent killer. AHA Cardiology 2005, Syracuse, NY

January 2004: Percutaneous Rheolytic Thrombectomy; An Emerging Modality For Treatment Of Massive Pulmonary Embolism. SCAI meeting, May 2004, San Diego, CA

November 2003: Results Using A Risk-Weighted Algorithm For Cardiac Screening In Renal Transplant Candidates. American Transplant Congress meeting, May 2004, Boston, MA

June 2003: Relation of BNP to age and exercise capacity in asymptomatic patients with severe Aortic Stenosi. Oral presentation, AHA Asia-Pacific meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.

November 2002: Concurrent spontaneous carotid, vertebral, and coronary dissections in young female with fibromuscular dysplasia. Oral presentation, AHA meeting, Chicago, IL.

May 1999: Lemiere’s Syndrome, a rare old disease yet still seen. Poster presentation, ACP Meeting.

1991 - 1992: "Smoking prevalence among high school students & its influential factors". Research project sponsored by the Community & Preventive Medicine Department, Ain-Shams University, School of Medicine.

August 2018: Mina Iskander, Ashraf Abugroun, Kerolous Shehata, Ayman Iskander:

“Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy-Induced Cardiac Free Wall Rupture: A Case Report and Review of

Literature” Cardiol Res. 2018 Aug; 9(4): 244–249.

March 2018: Sarah B. Windle, Payam Dehghani, Ayman Iskander, et al.: “Smoking abstinence 1 year after acute coronary syndrome: follow-up from a randomized controlled trial of varenicline in patients admitted to hospital” CMAJ. 2018 Mar 26190(12): E347–E354

April 2017: Payam Dehghani, Bettina Habib, Ayman Iskander, et al: “Smokers and Postcessation Weight Gain After Acute Coronary Syndrome” J Amer Heart Assoc. April 2017

October 2016:  S. Windle, A. Iskander et al:

“Smoking Abstinence 12 months after Acute Coronary Syndrome: Follow-up from a RCT of Varenicline in Hospitalized Patient”. Canadian Cardiovascular Congress October 19th 2016, Poster Presentation, Montreal, Canada

November 2015: The Efficacy and Safety of Varenicline, a Selective Alpha4beta2 Nicotinic Receptor Partial Agonist, for Smoking Cessation in Patients Hospitalized with Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Abstract; AHA, Session: LBCT.02. Orlando, FL. November 2015

May 2015: Lawrence Garcia, Michael R. Jaff, Ayman Iskander, et al : “Wire-Interwoven Nitinol Stent Outcome in the Superficial Femoral and Proximal Popliteal Arteries: Twelve-Month Results of the SUPERB Trial” Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 May;8(5)

January 2012:  Christopher J. White , Surendra B. Avula, Randy T. Mintz , Ayman Iskander, et al

“Carotid artery revascularization with distal protection in high-surgical-risk patients in routine clinical practice: Rationale and design of the CABANA safety surveillance program” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2012; 79:167-173

June 2007: A. Simons, A. Iskander, R. Caputo

“The use of both peripheral and coronary techniques to treat a diseased vein graft” J Invasive Cardiol 2007 Jun; 19(6): E172-3

March 2005: A. Iskander, A. Nayak, M. Chauhan

“Submassive Pulmonary Embolism and Paradoxical Embolic Stroke Treated With Percutaneous Rheolytic Thrombectomy and Closure of the Patent Foramen Ovale” Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2005;64:356-360

March 2004: A. Iskander, B. Bouthot, E. Walshe et al “Results using a risk-weighted algorithm for cardiac screening in renal transplant candidated” Am J Transpl 2004;4(S):481

October 2003: A. Iskander, A.Levin, E. Schick

“Spontaneous Pneumopericardium” HEART 89(10):1250, 2003

June 2003: A. Iskander, P.Kinnunen, W. Gaasch

“Relation of BNP to age and exercise capacity in asymptomatic patients with severe Aortic Stenosis” Circulation online, May 20, 2003, Abstract No. 51.

November 2002: A. Iskander, K.Hreib, D. Gossman, B.Mirbach “Concurrent spontaneous carotid, vertebral, and coronary dissections in young female with fibromuscular dysplasia” Circulation 2002;106(19);II-V.

Textbook Chapter

May 2004: “Intracranial intervention” Chapter 22 in Peripheral Vascular Disease: Basic Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches by George Abela

• Feb. 2009 - Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)
• Sept. 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy Of Cardiology (AAC)
• May 2007 - Fellow of the Society Of Cardiac Angiography and Intervention (SCAI)
• May 2006 - Co-founder, Central NY Pulmonary Hypertension Group (CNY-PAH)
• May 2006 - Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, SUNY, Upstate Medical University
• March 2006 - Member of the Medical Society Of The State Of New York (MSSNY)
• Feb. 2005 - Member, Onondaga County Medical Society (OCMS)
• Nov. 2000 - Affiliate in Training, American College Of Cardiology.
• Oct. 2000 - Member, Massachusetts Medical Society. (MMS)
• July 2000 - Clinical Associate in Medicine, Tufts School of Medicine.
• June 1998 - Present - Member, American College of Physicians.(ACP)
• May 1998 - Present - Member, American Medical Association. (AMA)
• July 1997 – 2000 - Member, University Union Profession. (UUP)

Sept. 2004 - Present: Assistant Professor of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University 

Sept. 2004 - Present: Interventional Cardiologist, Endovascular specialist And Structural Heart Disease specialist 

Sept. 2016 - Present: President, SJH Cardiology Associates, PC

May 2017 - Present: Director of Research, SJH Cardiology Associated, PC

April 2019 - Present: Chair, Structural Heart Committee, St. Joseph's Hospital

• June 2004: Outstanding Academic Achievement in Specialty of Interventional Cardiology Award, Lahey Clinic Alumni, postgraduate recognition day
• June 2003:  Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, Lahey Clinic Alumni, postgraduate recognition day
• November 2002: Laennec Society Young Clinician Award, AHA council on clinical cardiology
• July 2002 - June 2003: Chief Cardiovascular Fellow, Lahey Clinic Medical Center
• June 2002: Fellow Teaching Award, Lahey Clinic Medical Center
• June 2000: Resident Teaching Award of the Year, SUNY Upstate Medical University
• June 2000: Outpatient Teaching Award, SUNY Upstate Medical University
• April 1995: Certificate of Honor from the 18th International Ain-Shams Annual Medical Congress for being among the top 10% of Graduate students.
• Sept. 1994: Certificate of Award from the 9th Annual Conference of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate for best academic performance.
• Dec. 1993: Graduated Cum Laude from Ain-Shams Univ., School of Medicine (granted to only 8% of class).
• Aug. 1987: Distinctive Scholar Award of Egyptian Ministry of Undergraduate Education for scoring among top 10% nation-wide.

• November 2010: Mission to Egypt: Cairo, Alexandria, Samaloot
• November 2011: Mission to Ethiopia: Addis Ababa
• May 2012: Mission to Ethiopia: Addis Ababa
• November 2012: Mission to Ethiopia: Addis Ababa
• July 2013: Mission to Bolivia: Santa Cruz
• November 2015: Mission to Egypt: Cairo, Alexandria and Akhmeem