D. George Wyse, MD - FIHS Board Member
G. Weisz, MD
Giora Weisz, M.D., is assistant professor in clinical medicine at the Columbia University , and Director
of Clinical Research of the Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy at NewYork-Presbyterian
Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center.  

Dr. Weisz graduated the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, Israel. He received
his residency training in internal medicine and cardiology fellowship training at the Carmel Medical
Center in Haifa, Israel. Dr. Weisz completed his training in interventional cardiology at Lenox Hill
Hospital in New York.
As a practicing interventional cardiologist, Dr. Weisz has particular interest in current and innovative technologies in
interventional cardiology, such as percutaneous coronary interventions, drug-eluting stents, novel strategies for prevention
of contrast-induced nephropathy, embolic protection, and endovascular interventional treatment of carotid stenosis and
peripheral vascular disease. Dr. Weisz also has been involved in the treatment of patients with no option for
revascularization, and clinical research in angiogenesis treatment.

A key faculty member of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, he is especially interested in educational activities that
include interventional vascular simulation technology used to teach and train endovascular intervention techniques, and
expanding the horizons of simulation-based technology for patient-based applications.
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