Ravinder Mamtani, MBBS, MD, FACPM, FACOEM, FACLM

Ravinder Mamtani, MD is a specialist in preventive medicine, occupational medicine, public health, lifestyle medicine and integrative medicine.    Dr. Mamtani is a Professor of Population Health Sciences and Professor of Medicine (Centre for Global Health), Weill Cornell Medicine, New York (WCM). At Cornell University’s international campus Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar (WCM-Q), where he is a full-time faculty member, he serves as Vice-Dean for Population Health and Lifestyle Medicine, at the Institute for Population Health.   He is also a Professor of Community and Family Medicine (adjunct) at New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York.  A medical graduate from the University of Delhi (1975) ,  Dr. Mamtani received his post-graduate training in India, UK and USA.  

Dr. Mamtani worked as a faculty member in Nutrition Unit at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences , New Delhi (1981- 1983) and migrated to the US in 1984 where he combined his educational, clinical and research interests in the broad fields of preventive medicine, occupational health  and integrative medicine.  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, obesity, metabolic conditions, mental health conditions and gastrointestinal problems. 

A renowned educator, Dr. Mamtani has developed and taught in various innovative population health, lifestyle medicine and other education programs.  He has taught/ presented seminars to medical students, residents, and health professionals - at New York Medical College (NYMC) and WCM-Q - on topics such as preventive medicine, lifestyle medicine, health systems, public health, infectious diseases, global health, complementary medicine, and emerging healthcare trends. At NYMC, he developed and directed the Master of Public Health (MPH) in International Health and Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Health; and served as the Associate Director of the Residency Program in Preventive Medicine.  As a Principal Investigator of an NIH (US 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). Dr. Mamtani has published extensively on various public health, lifestyle medicine, complementary medicine, and infectious disease topics, and written several book chapters. 

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 newspaper in the Hudson Valley, NY he wrote on contemporary health issues such as vegetarian diets, lifestyle medicine, mind-body medicine, emerging face of health care and public health challenges. He has also contributed health columns in Gulf Times, Qatar. 

Dr. Mamtani serves or has served on many government, hospital, and medical school committees in USA and Qatar. He is a member of the prestigious New York State 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), US. Recently, he was appointed as the Vice Chair, Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance, USA. In the State of Qatar, Dr. Mamtani serves on several government and healthcare/ government 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.  He is  also  honored with the esteemed designation of Fellow by both the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the American College of Occupational Medicine.