Ravinder Mamtani, MBBS, MD, M Sc, FACPM, FACOEM, FACLM is a specialist in preventive medicine, occupational medicine, lifestyle medicine, integrative medicine and public health. Dr. Mamtani is a Professor of Population Health Sciences and Professor of Medicine (Centre for Global Health), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (WCM). At WCM’s international campus in Qatar (WCM-Q), where he is a full-time faculty member, Dr. Mamtani serves as Vice Dean for Population Health and Lifestyle Medicine. He is also a Professor of Community and Family Medicine (adjunct) at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
Prior to joining WCM-Q in 2007, Dr. Mamtani was a Professor of Clinical Community and Preventive Medicine and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York Medical College; and an occupational medicine physician at Westchester Medical Centre in Valhalla, New York. He has several years of clinical experience in utilizing lifestyle and integrative medicine in the treatment of chronic diseases such as chronic pain, arthritis, mental health conditions and gastrointestinal problems. Also, he used lifestyle medicine approaches in managing patients with obesity, dyslipidaemia and diabetes.
A renowned educator, Dr. Mamtani taught medical students at New York Medical College on topics such as nutrition, clinical preventive and lifestyle medicine, health systems, public health, infectious diseases, global health, complementary medicine, professional conduct and other legal aspects of medicine. Additionally, he developed and directed the Master of Public Health (MPH) in International Health. Furthermore, as a Principal Investigator of an NIH (National Cancer Institute) R-25 education research grant, he developed new curriculum on nutrition and cancer for medical students at New York Medical College (1991-95). At WCM-Q, Dr. Mamtani has developed various innovative population health, lifestyle medicine and other education programs/activities.
Dr. Mamtani has been an invited speaker on various topics in the US and abroad and has published in prestigious peer reviewed journals. As a monthly columnist (2001- 07) of a local Gannett newspaper in the Hudson Valley, he wrote on contemporary health issues such as vegetarian diets, lifestyle medicine, mind-body medicine, emerging face of health care and public health challenges.
Dr. Mamtani serves or has served on many government, hospital, and medical school committees. He is a member of the prestigious New York State (Department of Health) Board for Professional Medical Conduct and past chair of the Global Educational Exchange in Medicine (GEMx) Advisory Committee of Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), Philadelphia, US. In the State of Qatar, Dr. Mamtani serves on several government and healthcare system sponsored committees.
Dr. Mamtani is a diplomate of the American Board of Preventive Medicine in the specialties of Preventive Medicine, Public Health and Occupational Medicine. He is also US Board Certified in Lifestyle Medicine and Integrative Medicine. Recently he was awarded the prestigious status of Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.