Interventional Cardiology, and Adult Cardiology
After receiving his bachelor's degree from Yale in 1978, Dr. Deutsch earned his M.D. from Harvard in 1982. Both his internship and residency were completed at Mount Sinai Medical Center followed by a fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Deutsch then served as Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Temple University Hospital from 1991 to 1997. During that time, he attained Associate Professor of Medicine. His work as researcher has earned him four prestigious awards. After moving to New York in 1997, he accepted a position as Director of Interventional Cardiology Research at Cornell University, where he also served as an Associate Professor. Board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases, and interventional cardiology, he continues to add to the number of articles, book chapters, and abstracts that he has already published over the past two decades.
Dr. Deutsch currently practices as a member of Suffolk Heart Group with privileges at St. Francis, Good Samaritan Hospital of West Islip, and St. Catherine of Siena of Smithtown, New York, Winthrop University Hospital of Mineola, New York and North Shore University Hospital/Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Manhasset, New York and Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, New York. Dr. Deutsch was instrumental in Southside becoming the first hospital in New York State to initiate a coronary angioplasty program without on-site surgery.
Dr. Deutsch was instrumental in establishing the programs for emergent percutaneous coronary revascularization for acute myocardial infarction at Good Samaritan Hospital, St Catherine of Siena Medical Center and Southside Hospital. He has been recognized by New York State on multiple occasions as having exceptional outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary revascularization procedures. He has an extensive experience with catheter-based treatment of peripheral arterial disease and carotid artery disease.
Dr. Deutsch is the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, which was recently recognized as one of the top 100 hospitals in the US for outstanding outcomes in coronary interventions. He serves as the Co-director of the St Francis Heart Valve Center at Good Samaritan Hospital and is actively involved in multiple research protocols at St Francis Heart Center. He is the Associate Director of Cardiac Services for Catholic Heart Systems in Long Island.
Dr. Deutsch is one of only five NY State Interventionalists with below average risk adjusted mortality as published by the NY State Health Department. See "Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI) in New York State 2001-2003." May, 2005.
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