Nelly Y. Kazzaz, MD, FACC

June 1995 - Amman, Jordan - Jordan University Faculty of Medicine - B.S. Medicine & Surgery

Honors: Graduated in top 20th Percentile, United Nations Relief and Works Agency Academic Scholarship

June 1989 - Amman, Jordan -  Rosary College - Secondary Education Certificate

Honors: Ranked 14th out of 56,000 students (Top 1 percent of class)

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• Unrestricted License to practice medicine in New York, Arkansas, Michigan, Illinois
• Unrestricted License to practice medicine in the Country of Jordan 
• Nuclear Medicine License in the State of New York
• Completed the required course for CT angiography in Las Vegas April 2006
• USLME Step 1, June 1996
• USMLE Step 2, March 1996
• USMLE Step 3, December 1998
• ECFMG Certificate No 0-549-103-3, Dated September 1996
• American Board of Internal Medicine, October 2000
• American Board of Cardiovascular Diseases, January 2004
• American Board of Nuclear Cardiology, January 2007
• Cardiology Boards – Recertification 2014 – Expires 2024

2019 - Exceptional Woman's Award, Medicine

2001 - American Heart Asosciation Cardiology Fellow's Forum of Excellence Award

November 2020 - Board of American Heart Association of Syracuse - Syracuse, NY

July 2017 - Present - Quality Medical Counsel Committee @ St. Joseph's Health Center

Sept. 2013 - Present - SJH Cardiology Associates, Attending Clinical Cardiologist - Liverpool, NY

Sept. 2009 - Aug. 2013 - Auburn Memorial Hospital & Auburn Cardiology Associates - Attending Clinical Cardiologist - Auburn, NY

Jan. 2009 - July 2009 - Riverside Medical Center & St. Mary's Hospital - Attending Interventional Cardiologist - Kankaee, IL

Nov. 2004 - Dec. 2008 - Auburn Memorial Hospital & Auburn Cardiology Associates,   Attending Clinical & Interventional Cardiologist - Auburn, NY 

July 2003 - June 2004 - Providence Hospital, Fellow of Peripheral & Coronary Interventional Cardiology - Southfield, MI

July 2000 - June 2003 - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fellow of Cardiovascular Disease - Little Rock, AR

July 1997 - June 2000 - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Resident Physician of Internal Medicine - Little Rock, AR

Oct. 1996 - May 1997 - AL-Khalidi Hospital, House Staff Physician - Amman, Jordan

June 1996 - May 1997 - Heartbeat Center, General Practitioner  - Amman, Jordan

Aug. 1995 - May 1996 - Al-Bashir Hospital, Ministry of Health, Rotating Intern - Amman, Jordan

June 1995 - Aug. 1995 - Palestine Hospital, Rotating Intern - Amman, Jordan

• American Medical Associates
• American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine
• American College of Cardiology
• Arkansas Medical Society
• Jordan Medical Association

Abstracts:

• LOX-1 Mediates Oxidized LDL-Induced Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) in Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells (HCAECs).  Accepted abstract to American College of Cardiology, March 2002.
• Oxidized LDL through LOX-1 Increases the Expression of Angiotensin Converting Enzymes (ACE) in Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells (HCAECs).  Accepted abstract to American College of Cardiology, March 2002. 
• Does Current Therapy Improves Survival in Patients with Chest pain?  Accepted abstract to American Federation for Medical Research. 

Publications

• Oxidized-LDL through LOX-1 increases the expression of angiotensin converting enzyme in human coronary artery endothelial cells. Cardiovascular Research 2003, 57: 238-243, with D. Li, R.M. Singh, L. Liu, B.K. Singh, H. Chen and J.L. Mehta. 
• General review “Left Ventricular Assist Devices” The Cardiology Report  Section, The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society, December 2001; Vol. 98, No. 6: 178-179.
• Case report and literature review “Iron overload and the Heart” The Cardiology Report Section, The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society, June 2000, Vol. 97, No. 1: 4-25. 
• Case report and literature review “Myocardial Infarction in Normal Coronaries”. The Cardiology Commentary and Update Section, The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society, March 1999, Vol. 95, No. 1: 464-466. 
• Prevention: The Heartbeat of Women’s Health

Guest lecturer at annual Women's Health Conference - Auburn, NY

May 2001: “If It Were My Heart" - American Heart Association’s Conference Prevention of Stroke and Heart Disease in Women 

Oct. 2000 - “Right Ventricular Infarction” - The Cardiology/Cardiothoracic Grand Round at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Sept. 1999 - “Haemochromatosis and the Heart” - The American College of Physicians - Little Rock, Arkansas 

Sept. 1996 - “Telemedicine for the General Practitioner” - The First Conference of the Jordanian General Practitioner Society – Reality and Ambition.