Education

• 1991-1997 M.B.Ch.B- College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq
  With Distinction

Training

• 1997-2000 Post-Doctoral Fellow
  Department of Surgery
  The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  Faculty: John W Harmon, MD, FACS
• 2000-2001 Intern
  Department of Surgery
  The Johns Hopkins Hospital
• 2001-2002 Junior Assistant Resident
  Department of Surgery
  The Johns Hopkins Hospital
• 2002-2003 Senior Assistant Resident
  Department of Surgery
  Johns Hopkins Hospital
• 2003-2005 Senior and Chief Resident
  Department of Surgery
  University of Southern California
  Los Angeles, CA
• 2005-2007 Fellow in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
  Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery
  Baylor College of Medicine
  Houston, TX

Awards and Honors

• 1989- 1995 Deans honor list for six terms (Faculty of Medicine).
• 1998 Chesapeake Research & Education Committee mini grant.
  The Johns Hopkins Research Fellow Award. Cutaneous Wound Healing and Growth Factors
• 1998 Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Basic Science Research Award.
  Growth Factor Transfection in Healing of Diabetic Wounds
• 2002 The Upjohn Award for Outstanding Clinical Research.
  Causes of Immediate Death after Coronary Artery Bypass in Single Institution (Johns Hopkins Hospital)
• 2003 The George D. Zuidema Award.
  Resident Basic Science Research Award.
  The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
  Fibroblast Growth Factor use in healing impaired diabetic knockout mice
• 2004 Students Teaching Award.
  Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
• 2005 Molecular Surgeon Young Investigator Award
  Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery
  Baylor College of Medicine.
  Chlamydia Heat Shock Protein
  60 Decreases Expression of Endothelial Nitric Oxide
  Synthase in Human and Porcine Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells
• 2006 Molecular Surgeon Young Investigator Award
  Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery
  Baylor College of Medicine.
  Eotaxin Inhibits Cholesterol Efflux From Human Macrophage-Derived Foam Cells.

Licensure

• 2003 Medical License, State of California
• 2005 Medical License, State of Texas
• 2007 Medical License, State of New York

Boards and Certification

• 1998 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
• 2006 American Board of Surgery (General Surgery)
• 2008 American Board of Surgery (Vascular Surgery)

Memberships in Professional Organizations

• 2000 Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association
• 2001 American College of Surgeons- Candidate group
• 2005 Society of Graduate Surgeons, USC
• 2006 International Society of Endovascular Specialists
• 2006 Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society
• 2006 International Society of Vascular Surgery
• 2007 Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery
• 2008 New York Vascular Society
• 2009 New York Surgical Society

Major Committee/Hospital Assignments

• 2001 The Halsted Residents Basic Sciences
  Research Committee. Johns Hopkins Hospital
• 2004 Residents Representative, Ethics Committee, University Hospital, University of Southern California
• 2004 Internal Accreditation Committee, Pain Management
  Program, University of Southern California
• 2005 Instructor, Surgical Clerkship, Baylor College of Medicine
• 2009 Program Committee, PVSS Spring Meeting, Denver, CO
• 2010 Fund Raising Committee, PVSS
• 2010 Expert Committee on venous disease. SCVS, Scottsdale, AZ

Current Federal Support

• 2010-2013 Principal Investigator (75%). K12 Award. Comparative Effectiveness of Endovascular Intervention in Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers. Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Award. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and National Institute of Health
• 2010-2015 Co-Investigator (5%). CHOICE R01. Comparative Effectiveness of Online Wound Electronic Medical Record (OWEMR) in prevention of amputations in diabetics with foot ulcers. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• 2010-2015 Co-Investigator (5%). NIDDK059154. RC1 Identify objective and quantitative bio-molecular parameters that correlate with healing outcomes for diabetic foot ulcers (DFU).

Completed Research Funding

• 2001-2002 Principal Investigator. The role of bFGF transfection in esophageal carcinogenesis. Chesapeake research & education committee mini-grant. The Johns Hopkins Research Award
• 2001-2002 Principal Investigator. The Role of bFGF Transfection in a murine wound healing model. Plastic surgery educational foundation basic science research award

Clinical Studies

• 1999 Sub-Investigator The effect of Recombinant EFG (Regranexon wound healing in patients with decubitus pressure ulcers. Funded by Johnson & Johnson. Princeton, NJ
• 2008 Principle Investigator. The ArterX vascular sealant clinical evaluation. Multicenter RCT funded by Tenaxis Medical. Mountain View, CA
• 2010 Sub-Investigator. Low Profile Zenith Endograft in the use of Endovascular Repair of Aortic Aneurysm (EVAR). Cook Medical. Bloomington, IN
• 2010 Sub-Investigator: ENDURANT endograft in the use of Endovascular Repair of Aortic Aneurysm (EVAR). Medtronic Endovascular. Santa Rosa, CA
• 2010 Principal Investigator: INTENSE iliac stent registry. InvaTec, Bethlehem, PA (now Medtronic)

Book Chapters

• 2007 Firas F Mussa, Steven R DeMeester
  Esophageal Perforation In Yuh DD, Baumgartner WA, and Varicella L DD. The Johns Hopkins Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery McGraw-Hill Professional. New York, NY
• In press Jason Maggi, Rajesh Malik and Firas F Mussa.
  Endovascular treatment of infraingiunal arterial disease. In High Risk Diabetic Foot: Treatment and Prevention. Editors: Lavery, Peters and Bush. Informa Healthcare, New York, NY

Abstracts/Poster and Oral Presentations

• 1. Mussa FF, Younes Z, Nass P, Tihan T, Duncan MD, and Harmon JW Endoscopic transfection of the rabbit esophagus mucosa with a pmexneo vector for human acidic fibroblast growth factor. American Gastroenterology Association, New York, NY 1998
• 2. Bahadhursing A, Mussa FF, Duncan MD, and Harmon JW. Transfection of esophageal tissue in vivo using the reporter gene for Beta- Galctosidase. Society of University Surgeons, New Orleans, LA 1999
• 3. Mussa FF, Heitmiller E, Christopherson R, and Talamini MA. Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is associated with more pulmonary impairment than laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Society for University Surgeons, Chicago, IL 2001
• 4. Mussa FF, Towfigh S, Rowe VL, Major KA, Hood DB, and Weaver FA. Current trends in the management of iatrogenic cervical carotid artery injuries. Western Vascular Society, Park City, UT 2005
• 5. Hedayati N, Mussa F, Naoum J, Bush RL, Zhou W, Lumsden AB, and Lin PH. A porcine model of hypertension with descending thoracic aortic coarctation using an endovascular approach: analysis of serum catecholamine response. Association for Academic Surgery, San Diego, CA 2006
• 6. Naoum JJ, Silberfein EJ, Hedayati N, Mussa F, Bush RL, Peden EK, Zhou W, Lumsden AB, Sweeney JF, and Lin PH. Concomitant intraoperative splenic artery embolization and laparoscopic splenectomy. Association for Academic Surgery, San Diego, CA 2006
• 7. Mussa FF, Chai H, Lin PH, Lumsden AB, Yao Q, and Chen C. Chlamydia pneumoniae heat shock protein-60 causes endothelial dysfunction through oxidative stress in porcine coronary arteries. Association for Academic Surgery, San Diego, CA 2006.
• 8. Mussa FF, Hedayati N, Naoum J, Chen C, Bush RL, Zhou W, Lumsden AB, and Lin PH. Histological analysis of AngioJet rheolytic pharmacomechanical thrombectomy versus AngioJet rheolytic thrombectomy in a porcine peripheral arterial model. Association for Academic Surgery, San Diego, CA 2006.
• 9. Mussa FF, Lumsden AB, and Reardon MJ. Hybrid approach to replace the entire aorta: a case for debranching International Society for Endovascular Specialists (ISET) Miami Beach, FL 2006
• 10. Mussa FF, Wang X, Chai H, Lin PH, Lumsden AB, Yao Q, and Chen C. Eotaxin inhibits cholesterol efflux in macrophage derived foam cells. Society of Vascular Surgery, Philadelphia, PA 2006
• 11. Mussa FF, Mohiuddin I, Kougias P, Lumsden AB, and Reardon MJ. Combined open and endovascular approach for the repair of type II thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm. Southwestern Surgical Congress, Kauai, HI 2006
• 12. Peden EK, Ochoa L, Chang DW, Gale S, Mussa FF, and Lumsden AB. Early experience with ultrasound guided percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for treatment of perforating vein incompetence: Results from multicenter trial Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery, Las Vegas, NV 2006
• 13. Mussa FF, MD, Peden EK, MD, Bush RL MD, and Lumsden AB, MD Early Experience with percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for treatment of perforating vein incompetence: A single center experience. Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society. Steamboat Springs, CO 2007
• 14. Mussa FF, MD, Anaya J, Rawat A, Lumsden AB, and Peden EK, MD. Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for treatment of perforating vein incompetence. What's after the preliminary data American Venous Forum, San Diego, CA 2007
• 15. Mussa FF, Huynh T, Reardon MJ, and Lumsden AB. The fellows spoke: Results of the national survey on spinal cord protection in the era of thoracic aortic stent grafting American College of Surgeons, South Texas Chapter, Houston, TX 2007
• 16. Mussa FF, Lumsden AB, Dougherty K, Stricknam N, and Krajcer Z. Percutaneous femoral artery access: The new gold standard for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (PEVAR) and its impact on arterial patency. Plenary session, Society of Vascular Surgery, Baltimore, MD 2007
• 17. Mussa FF. The ideal fellowship. Does it exist? How to get there? Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS) Washington, DC 2007
• 18. Mussa FF, Cheever D, Lee V, Rockman CB, and Riles TS. A simplified approach to velocity criteria in the duplex evaluation of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery, Fort Lauderdale, FL. 2009
• 19. Riles TS, Rockman CB, Maldonado TS, Lee V, Cheever D, Mussa FF, Jacobowitz GR. Clinical Course Of Asymptomatic Patients With Carotid Duplex Scan End-Diastolic Velocities Of 100 - 124 Cm/Second. Society for Vascular Surgery, Denver, CO 2009
• 20. Baxter AR, Berland TL, Garg K, Lamparello PJ, Mussa FF, Cayne NS. Cystic Adventitial Disease of the Popliteal Artery. Eastern Vascular Society, Philadelphia, PA. 2009
• 21. Loh SA, Rockman CB, Chung C, Maldonaldo TS, Adelman MA, Pachter HL, and Mussa FF. Existing Trauma and Critical Care Scoring Systems Underestimate Mortality among Vascular Trauma Patients. Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery, Scottsdale, AZ 2010

Abstracts/Poster and Oral Presentations

• 1- Emergency Carotid Intervention: CAS or CEA Veith Symposium. New York, NY 2008
• 2- Smaller incisions, better outcome!!! Update on limb salvage. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 2009
• 3- Aortic Dissections and Complex Aortic Reconstruction. Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. Uniondale, NY December 2009
• 4- Infrapopliteal vascular disease and limb salvage. Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. Uniondale, NY December 2009
• 5- Endograft infections after EVAR. Houston Aortic Symposium. Houston, TX, April 2010
• 7- Limb Salvage in Diabetics: an update for a century! The Middle East Medical Assembly. Beirut, Lebanon, June 2010

Journal Publications

• 1. Mussa FF, Younes Z, Tihan T, and Lacy B. Endometriosis of the small intestine presenting as hypoalbuminemia, anasarca and small bowel obstruction. Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. 2001 Feb; 32(2): 167-71
• 2. Mussa FF, Towfigh S, Rowe VL, Major K, Hood DB, and Weaver FA. Current trends in the management of iatrogenic cervical carotid artery injuries. Vascular Endovascular Surgery 2006 Sep-Oct; 40(5): 354-61.
• 3. Mussa FF, Chai H, Lin PH, Lumsden AB, Yao Q, and Chen C. Chlamydia pneumonia and vascular disease: an update. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2006; 43:1301-7.
• 4. Mussa FF, Lemaire SA, Bozinovscki J, and Coselli JS. An entirely endovascular approach to the repair of an ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2007 Feb; 133(2): 562-3
• 5. Mussa FF, Peden EK, Zhou W, Lin PH, Lumsden AB, and Bush RL. Balloon angioplasty and stenting for venous outflow obstruction of the lower extremity. Texas Heart Institute Journal 2007;34:60-6
• 6. Lin PH, Zhou W, Dardik A, Mussa F, Kougias P, Hedayati N, Naoum JJ, El Sayed H, Peden EK, Huynh TT.Catheter-direct thrombolysis versus pharmacomechanical thrombectomy for treatment of symptomatic lower extremity deep venous thrombosis. Am J Surg. 2006 Dec; 192 (6): 782-8.
• 7. Lin PH, Mussa FF, Hedayati N, Naoum JJ, Zhou W, Yao Q, Kougias P, El Sayed HF, Chen C. Comparison of AngioJet rheolytic pharmacomechanical thrombectomy versus AngioJet rheolytic thrombectomy in a porcine peripheral arterial model. The World Journal of Surgery 2007 Apr; 31(4): 715-22
• 8. Mussa FF, Hedayati N, Zhou W, El-Sayed HF, Kougias P, Darouiche RO, and Lin PH. Treatment and prevention of arterial grafts infections. Expert Review in Anti-infective Therapy 2007 Apr; 5(2): 305-15.
• 9. Mussa FF, Walkes JC, Lumsden AB, and Reardon MJ. Novel technique for arch and visceral debranching using ascending aortic inflow. Vascular, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 275-278, 2008.
• 10. Mussa FF. Das ideale gefabchirrurgische Ausbildungsumfeld. Gefasschirurgie 2008; 13:42-44. The ideal vascular fellowship. Does it exist? How to get there? (Journal of the German Vascular Society). Article is in German
• 11. Maldonado TS, Loh S, Fonseco R, Poblete H, Adelman MA, Cayne NS, Mussa F, Rockman CB, Sadik M, Ellozy S, Faries P. Incidence and outcome of filter occlusion during carotid artery stent procedure. Ann Vasc Surg. 2008 Nov;22(6):756-61.
• 12. Mussa FF, Aaronson NL, Lamparello PJ, Maldonado TS, Cayne NS, Adelman MA, Riles TS, and Rockman CB. Outcome of carotid endarterectomy for acute neurological deficit. Vascular Endovascular Surgery. 2009 Aug-Sep; 43(4):364-9.
• 13. Cayne NS, Berland TL, Rockman CB, Maldonado TS, Adelman MA, Jacobowitz GR, Lamparello PJ, Mussa F, Bauer S, Saltzberg SS, Veith FJ. Experience and Technique for the Endovascular Management of Iatrogenic Subclavian Artery Injury. Ann Vasc Surg. 2009 Sep 4.
• 14. Shah TR, Maldonado T, Bauer S, Cayne NS, Schwartz CF, Mussa F, Adelman MA, Rockman C. Female Patients Undergoing TEVAR May Have an Increased Risk of Postoperative Spinal Cord Ischemia. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2010 Jun 2.

Non Peer-Reviewed Publications

• 1. Mussa FF, Mitchell J, Naoum JJ, Krajcer Z, and Lumsden AB. Access for EVAR: femoral artery cut down vs. percutaneous femoral artery access Endovascular Today. November 2006
• 2. Stableford JA, Maldonado TS, Berland T, Kim B, Adelman MA, Pachter HL, and Mussa FF. Endograft Infection After EVAR. Endovascular Today. October 2009

Mentoring Medical Students

• NYU-School of Medicine (Christine Chung class of 2010, Nicole Aaronson class of 2011, and Victoria Lee, class of 2011)