Ramin Asgary, MD, MPH, MSc

Professor Asgary is a health services researcher and clinical medicine educator. His research is on cancer control, health disparities solutions, global health, and humanitarian assistance. His clinical expertise is in internal medicine, preventive medicine, and cancer control. Professor Asgary has extensive experience in humanitarian, disasters, and international health settings working with major humanitarian organizations including Doctors Without Borders and served two terms on the Board of Directors. Dr. Asgary was Founding Director of Health and Human Rights program at ISMMS and a senior memebr of Center for Global Health at ISMMS. He served as Director of Community Medicine at Weill Cornell College of Medicine. Professor Asgary is a recipient of multiple teaching and service awards. He currently serves as Director of Humanitarian Health and Disaster Response program at GWU. He conducts clinical trials using mobile health strategies on cancer screening and chronic disease management, domestically and internationally.  He completed a fellowship in Health Services Research at NYUSoM, Internal Medicine and Social Medicine Residency at Montefiore Medical Center (AECOM), Preventive Medicine Residency at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), and Tropical Medicine at John’s Hopkins University. He completed Master in Public Health at Columbia University and Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Research and training in Comparative Effectiveness Research at NYU SoM. He completed his Master in Community Medicine at Moutn Sinai (ISMMS).