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Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Palliative Care, Primary Care
Martha Stewart Center for Living
212-659-8552
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About Me
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. 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.
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Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
About Me
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. 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.
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
About Me
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. 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.
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Blood Pressure Testing And Measurement
- Cognitive or Memory Impairment / Dementia
- Delirium
- Depression
- Falls
- Frailty
- General Consultation
- Impaired Gait
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- Alzheimer's Disease
- Blood Pressure Testing And Measurement
- Cognitive or Memory Impairment / Dementia
- Delirium
- Depression
- Falls
- Frailty
- General Consultation
- Impaired Gait
- Osteoporosis
- Palliative Care
- Polypharmacy
- Vascular Dementia
Education
MBBS, B J Medical College-Ahmedabad
MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Internship, Family Medicine
Wheeling Hospital
Residency, Family Medicine
Underwood Memorial Hospital
Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
Certifications
American Board of Family Medicine
Awards
2023
Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Service
Education Committee, American Geriatrics Society
2023
Tideswell AGS Emerging Leaders in Aging Scholar
Tideswell at UCSF and American Geriatrics Society
2022
Outstanding Mid-Career Clinician Educator of the Year Award
American Geriatrics Society
2018
Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Service
Quality and Performance Measurement Committee, American Geriatrics Society
2018
Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Service
Ethnogeriatrics Committee, American Geriatrics Society
2017
Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society (AGSF)
American Geriatrics Society
2017
Master Educator
Institute for Medical Education (IME), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2015
Excellence in Medical Student Teaching in Geriatrics
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2014
Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (FAAFP)
American Academy of Family Physicians
2014
Geriatrics Clinician of the Year
Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2010
H. Winter Griffith Scholarship for Excellence in Practice Improvement and Patient-centered Care
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Locations
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- Martha Stewart Center for Living17 East 102nd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY, 10029
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- AgeWell New York
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Cigna - Medicare
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Hotel Trades
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oxford - Freedom & Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Community Care Medicaid
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
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Publications
Selected Publications
- In frail older adults with sarcopenia, a multicomponent intervention vs. education reduced mobility disability at 26 mo. Ravishankar Ramaswamy. Annals of Internal Medicine
- Online geriatric education for health professions students. Lauren J. Gleason, Amit Shah, Rosanne M. Leipzig, Ravishankar Ramaswamy. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Implementation of an evidence-based medicine curriculum in a fellowship program: Can it influence clinical practice?. Ravishankar Ramaswamy, Rosanne M. Leipzig, William W. Hung. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education
Patient Experience Rating
The Patient Experience Star Rating reflects our patients’ perception of how well their Mount Sinai provider communicated with them during an office visit. The Star Rating is based on patient responses to three questions on a patient experience survey, a standardized questionnaire sent to verified patients and distributed by a third party vendor, Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score.
Care Provider’s Explanation
4.9 out of 5
Care Provider’s Concern
4.9 out of 5
Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider
4.9 out of 5
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Ramaswamy during 2022 and/or 2023. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.