Ravishankar Ramaswamy, MD Email Ravishankar Ramaswamy
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- Positions
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Family Medicine & Community Health
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medical Education
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- Specialties
- Family Medicine
- Primary Care
- Geriatric Medicine
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- Languages
- English
- Indian (Hindi)
- Tamil (India)
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- Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai Queens
- Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
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- Phone
- Martha Stewart Center for Living 212-659-8552 212-659-8552
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Dr. Ravi Ramaswamy is the Director of Medical Student Education for the department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and the Co-director of the Ambulatory Care - Geriatrics clerkship for third year medical students at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. His expertise is in competency-based medical education, curricular innovation and learner assessment. Dr. Ramaswamy serves as Assessment Lead for Aquifer Geriatrics online curriculum and as faculty for the Evidence-based Clinical Workshop at McMaster University, Canada. His clinical work is as an outpatient provider at the Martha Stewart Center for Living and as attending on the Geriatrics inpatient services. His academic interests include evidence-based medicine, medication management and falls prevention in older adults.
Clinical Focus
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Cognitive or Memory Impairment / Dementia
- Delirium
- Depression
- Falls
- Frailty
- Osteoporosis
- Palliative Care
- Polypharmacy
Education
MBBS, B. J. Medical College
MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Residency, Family Medicine
Wheeling Hospital
Residency, Family Medicine
Underwood-Memorial Hosptial
Fellowship, Geriatrics
The Mount Sinai Hospital
Languages
English, Indian (Hindi), Tamil (India)
2022
Outstanding Mid-Career Clinician Educator of the Year Award
American Geriatrics Society
Orlando, FL
2018
Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Service
Quality and Performance Measurement Committee, American Geriatrics Society
Orlando, FL
2018
Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Service
Ethnogeriatrics Committee, American Geriatrics Society
Orlando, FL
2017
Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society (AGSF)
American Geriatrics Society
San Antonio, TX
2017
Master Educator
Institute for Medical Education (IME), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
2015
Excellence in Medical Student Teaching in Geriatrics
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
2014
Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP)
American Academy of Family Physicians
Washington DC
2014
Geriatrics Clinician of the Year
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY
2010
H. Winter Griffith Scholarship for Excellence in Practice Improvement and Patient-centered Care
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
San Antonio, TX
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