About Dr. Abisaab

Doctor Josyann Abisaab Dr. Josyann Abisaab is an Assistant Attending Physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. In addition, she is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.  She has held both of these positions since 1992.

Educated at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon where she received a Bachelor’s of Science Degree, Dr. Abisaab went on to complete her medical degree at the University of Rochester School of Medicine.  Her numerous academic honors included receiving the Janet H. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation and being part of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.

She is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Emergency Medicine and by the State of New York. She is affiliated with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM).

Dr. Abisaab, along with N. Nevadunsky and N. Flomenbaum, published an article which appeared in the November, 2004 issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine: “Emergency department presentation of bilateral carotid artery dissections in a postpartum patient”.