My Journey

I was only four when the Liberian civil crisis claimed my parents' lives, forcing my siblings and me into exile. After 13 years in refugee camps, we immigrated to the U.S. at age 17, with just a third-grade equivalent of formal education.

Despite immense obstacles, I persevered as the first and only of my siblings to earn a college degree. My dedication opened doors to medical school, internal medicine residency, general cardiology fellowship, interventional cardiology fellowship, and advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology fellowship. Medicine provides me the opportunity to bring together my desire to serve others, my love to teach, and fortifies my innate curiosity about disease processes and their impact on individuals and society.

Great mentors shaped me—their compassionate patient interactions, exceptional care, and emphasis on human connection form the foundation of my private practice cardiology career.

What excites me most is performing life-saving procedures—like percutaneous coronary interventions for heart attacks, peripheral and endovascular interventions to save limbs, and transcatheter valve implants for critical valve disease—and collaborating on multidisciplinary teams to provide patients with end-stage heart disease with LVAD "heart pumps" and transplants. These interventions deliver immediate, profound impacts on health and well-being. After 16 years honing my skills, I'm driven to advocate for patients and communities, guiding those with end-stage heart disease toward a "second chance at life"—just as I received upon arriving in the U.S. Nothing gratifies me more. I want to partner with this diverse community to deliver transformative, world-class cardiovascular care.

Ambulatory Cardiovascular Center Conception

I’m Christoph Sossou, founder of Ambulatory Cardiovascular Center in Essex County, New Jersey—my home since resettling in the U.S. I started this practice because I was frustrated watching patients navigate a broken healthcare system: waiting weeks for appointments, seeing different providers each visit, leaving confused, and arriving at hospitals with advanced, preventable heart diseases due to inaccessible, quality outpatient cardiovascular care.

Trained at top national programs, I’ve published original research in leading peer-reviewed journals and cared for thousands of patients—from routine heart disease to advanced heart failure and transplants—while performing hundreds of catheterizations and minimally invasive procedures.

One night changed everything: my grandmother developed chest pain on a Friday evening and called her cardiologist, but never received a callback. That moment crystallized my vision for medicine. I vowed that in my practice, no patient would ever feel abandoned.

That vow became this practice.

My Mission

• To treat every patient as I would my own family—with expertise, urgency, and unwavering availability. To provide world-class, evidence-based cardiovascular care that is personal, accessible, and truly human.

My Vision

• A cardiology practice where patients never wait weeks for answers, never see a stranger at appointments, and never feel alone in their worries. Direct access to your cardiologist isn’t a luxury—it’s the standard. Seamless, thoughtful care means fewer visits, clearer understanding, and the best possible heart health outcomes.