Associate Dean for Global and Public Health; and
Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs
Consultant, HMC
Phone: (+974) 4492 8368
Ravinder Mamtani, M.D., is a specialist in public health, occupational and preventive medicine. As a professor of public health and clerkship director, Dr. Mamtani teaches and directs public health and preventive medicine courses at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q). His research interests include developing and implementing innovative collaborative programs and interventions to address problems of public health importance such as injuries, diabetes and obesity.
Dr. Mamtani is Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs, as well as Associate Dean for Global and Public Health. Prior to joining WCMC-Q in 2007, Dr. Mamtani was a professor of community and preventive medicine and associate professor of clinical medicine at New York Medical College, and an attending physician at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, New York.
At New York Medical College, Dr. Mamtani developed and directed the Master of Public Health (MPH) in International Health and the Diploma in Tropical Medicine programs. Additionally, as a principal investigator on an NIH (National Cancer Institute) grant, he developed a new curriculum on nutrition and cancer for medical students at the College (1991-1995).
Dr. Mamtani is a keen teacher and educator, and he takes pride in his clinical and research accomplishments. His interests include developing innovative medical and public health education programs, student wellness and career counseling, evidence-based approaches to patient care and chronic disease management, occupational medicine, global health, and emerging health care trends such as integrative medicine.
Dr. Mamtani is a diplomate of the American Board of Preventive Medicine in the specialties of general preventive medicine and public health, and occupational medicine. He has written numerous articles on subjects related to public health, preventive and integrative medicine, and has delivered many lectures and seminars on various topics in the US and abroad. As a monthly columnist (2001-2007) for a local newspaper in New York, he wrote on contemporary health issues, such as vegetarian diets, health care costs, lifestyle medicine, and mind/body medicine.
Dr. Mamtani serves or has served on many government, hospital, and medical school committees. As a consultant member of the New York State Department of Education site-visit teams, he has had the opportunity to evaluate foreign medical schools. He is a member of the New York State Board of Professional Medical Conduct and its advisory committee. He has served or serves on several local government and health care system sponsored committees in the State of Qatar.
- Mamtani R, Al Thani, MH, Al Thani Al-Anoud, Sheikh J and Lowenfels A. Motor Vehicle Injuries in Qatar: Time Trends in a Rapidly Developing Middle eastern nation. Injury Prev. 2012 Apr:18(2):130-2. Epub. 2011 Oct 12. BMJ Pub.
- ChouchaneL, Mamtani R, Dallol and Sheikh J. Personalized medicine: a patient--centered paradigm.J Transl Med. 2011 Dec 1 ; 9:206.
- Mamtani R, Stern P, Dawood I and Cheema S. Metals and disease: a global primary health care perspective.J Toxicol. 2011 ; 2011: 319136.Epub 2011 Oct 5.
- Mamtani R, Al-Thani M, Al-Thani A, Strosberg D, Abdelkarim M, Suhre K, LowenfelsA, Sheikh J, Chouchane L . Obesity in Qatar Population: Public Health and Genomic Perspectives, XVII DALM Symposium, Qatar, March 14-16, 2011.
- Chouchane L, Mamtani R, Al-Thani M, Al-Thani A, Strosberg D, Abdelkarim M, Suhre K, Lowenfels A, Sheikh J. Identification of Adipocyte Antigens That Elicit a Humoral Iummne Response in Obese Qatari patients Sera by Serological Proteoeme Analysis. XVII DALM Symposium, Qatar, March 14-16, 2011
- Chouchane L, Mamtani R, Al-Thani MH, Al-Thani A, Sheikh J. Medical education and research environment in Qatar: a new epoch for translational research in the Middle East. Journal of Translational Medicine, 2011, 9: 16 January 27, 2011
- Mamtani R and Frishman W. Asian Medical Therapies. Acupuncture. (Eds) Weintraub M. Mamtani R, Micozzi MS. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company; May 2008
- Mamtani R and Frishman W. Asian Medical Therapies. Ayureveda and Yoga. (Eds) Weintraub M, Mamtani R, Micozzi MS. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company; May 2008.
