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Ravishankar Ramaswamy, MD
Geriatrics, Palliative Care, Primary Care
About Me
Dr. Ravi Ramaswamy is Professor in the departments of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine; Medical Education; and Family Medicine and Community Health, and the Director of the Integration and Transitions Phase at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He served as associate director of the Geriatrics fellowship program from 2012-2016 and co-director of the Ambulatory Care - Geriatrics clerkship for third year medical students from 2016-2024. His expertise is in competency-based medical education, curricular innovation and learner assessment. He earned the distinction of Master Educator at the ISMMS Institute for Medical Education in 2017. Dr. Ramaswamy was tutor at the McMaster University's Evidence-based Clinical Practice workshop from 2014-2017 and served as Assessment Lead for Aquifer Geriatrics online curriculum from 2017-2023. He is the recipient of the American Geriatrics Society's 2022 Oustanding Mid-Career Clinician Educator, and the Alliance of Academic Internal Medicine's 2024 Louis N. Pangaro Educational Program Development awards. 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
English, Tamil (India), Indian (Hindi)
Position
PROFESSOR | Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, PROFESSOR | Family Medicine & Community Health, PROFESSOR | Medical Education
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
- Osteoporosis
- Palliative Care
- Polypharmacy
- Vascular Dementia
Education
MD, Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College
MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Internship, Family Medicine
WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital
Residency, Family Medicine
Underwood Memorial Hospital
Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
Certifications
American Board of Family Medicine
Awards
2024
2024 AAIM Louis N. Pangaro, MD, Educational Program Development Award
Alliance of Academic Internal Medicine
2024
2024 Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Provider Communication
Mount Sinai Health System
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
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.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- 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
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- 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
- Development and implementation of an anti-ageism curriculum for medical students. Ravishankar Ramaswamy, Stephanie W. Chow, Noelle Marie Javier. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education
- Caring for Patients in an Evidence-Limited World: Evidence-Based Medicine and Geriatrics. Ravishankar Ramaswamy, Rosanne M. Leipzig.
- Goals, Values, and Priorities of Hospitalized Patients: Using a Structured Communication Tool to Engage Medical Students in Serious Illness Communication. Julia L. Frydman, Laura P. Gelfman, Diane Farquhar, Ravishankar Ramaswamy, Lindsay A. Dow. Journal of Palliative Medicine
Patient Experience Star Ratings and Comments
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, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities 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 outside financial relationships.
Dr. Ramaswamy has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
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.