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Vani P Gandhi, MD
Infectious Disease
Institute for Advanced Medicine- Jack Martin Fund Center332-243-0100
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Dr. Vani Gandhi is an Attending Physician since 2000 practicing Infectious Diseases, HIV, Integrative Medicine and Primary Care. She is the Director of Integrative Medicine at the Institute for Advanced Medicine (IAM) at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital and West since 2007. She is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She has a busy clinical practice and she also teaches medical students, residents and Infectious Diseases fellows.
She has been directing the Integrative Medicine program at IAM for over 18 years and supervises several staff including one registered dietician, 2 acupuncturists, one massage therapist. She offers consultation in integrative medicine for patients to discuss lifestyle medicine, nutrition, stress reduction, and she directs the appropriate referral of patients to integrative medicine staff within IAM. She has been teaching workshops in lifestyle medicine and integrative medicine since 2007. She had been conducting Group Medical Visits with patients until early 2020.
Her honors include the President’s Award of Excellence in May 2006, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, and the Care and Compassion Award, 2012, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center. In October 2019, in October 2020 and again in November 2022 she received The Cullman Family Award for Excellence in Physician communication at Mount Sinai Health System.
Dr. Vani Gandhi has been an invited speaker at grand rounds at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital and West and also at outside venues including national conferences and International AIDS Conference. She was invited by Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Deputy Commissioner, DOH, to the New York City “HIV Council” Meeting to give talk on “Mindfulness in Medicine and Healthcare”.
She has published many articles and has written book chapters, including book chapter on Lifestyle Medicine and published a letter in Clinical Infectious Diseases regarding pain management guidelines by the IDSA.
Her personal interests including running, yoga, meditation and cooking delicious and healthy foods.
Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, Infectious Diseases, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Artificial Intelligence and Human Health
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Clostridium Difficile Colitis
- Dengue Fever
- Genital Herpes
- Giardiasis
- HIV
- HIV Testing And Treatment Program
- HIV and AIDS
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis A Vaccine
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B Vaccine
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Testing
- MRSA
- Malaria
- Measles / Rubeola
- Meningococcal Vaccine
- Non-bacterial Lung Infection
- Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
- Opportunistic Infections
- Osteomyelitis
- Pneumonia
- PrEP/nPEP
- Pyelonephritis
- Shingles
- Syphilis
- Tetanus Vaccine
- Traveler's Diarrhea
- Tropical Disease / Parasite / Malaria
- Tuberculosis
- Typhoid Fever
- Urinary Tract Infection
Education
MD, University of Bombay (aka University of Mumbai )
Residency, Internal Medicine
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Residency, Internal Medicine
Mount Sinai Morningside
Fellowship, Infectious Disease
Mount Sinai Morningside
Fellowship, Infectious Disease
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Fellowship, Integrative Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Awards
2012
Care and Compassion Award
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
2006
President’s Award of Excellence
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Research
Dr. Gandhi’s research interests include Vitamin D, metabolic syndrome, obesity, and chronic stress. Patients with HIV/AIDS are living longer due to highly active antiretroviral treatment and are developing chronic illnesses similar to the general population. Many of these chronic illnesses are due to poor lifestyle including diet, lack of exercise and chronic stress. Dr. Gandhi conducts studies addressing the impact of nutrition and exercise on chronic illnesses.
Insurance Information
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- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- 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
- Severe Mpox Among People With Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Receiving Prolonged Tecovirimat in New York City. Elizabeth A. Garcia, Mary M.K. Foote, Tristan D. McPherson, Maura K. Lash, Amma N. Bosompem, Alyssa Bouscaren, Justin Chan, Madeline A. Dilorenzo, Dennis Feihel, Randal C. Fowler, Vani Gandhi, Elizabeth R. Jenny-Avital, Erik J. Kopping, Dana Mazo, Jacob McLean, Ofole Mgbako, Mark N. Sayegh, Raphael N. Shaw, Michelle Su, Jeanne Sullivan Meissner, Jade C. Wang, Wendy Wen, John C. Winters, Cosmina B. Zeana, Jason Zucker, Marcia Wong. Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Severe Monkeypox in Hospitalized Patients - United States, August 10-October 10, 2022. Maureen J. Miller, Shama Cash-Goldwasser, Grace E. Marx, Caroline A. Schrodt, Anne Kimball, Kia Padgett, Rebecca S. Noe, David W. McCormick, Joshua M. Wong, Sarah M. Labuda, Brian F. Borah, Isaac Zulu, Amimah Asif, Gurpreet Kaur, Janet M. McNicholl, Athena Kourtis, Andrew Tadros, Sarah Reagan-Steiner, Jana M. Ritter, Yon Yu, Patricia Yu, Rachel Clinton, Corrine Parker, Eleanor S. Click, Johanna S. Salzer, Andrea M. McCollum, Brett Petersen, Faisal S. Minhaj, Ericka Brown, Michael P. Fischer, Robert L. Atmar, Andrew R. Di Nardo, Ya Xu, Cameron Brown, Jerry Clay Goodman, Ashley Holloman, Julia Gallardo, Hanna Siatecka, Georgia Huffman, John Powell, Philip Alapat, Pralay Sarkar, Nicola A. Hanania, Or Bruck, Steven D. Brass, Aneesh Mehta, Gopi Patel, Vani Gandhi, Alexandra Abrams-Downey, Emma Kaplan-Lewis. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus Medicine Association Pain Management Guidelines Needed to Curb Opioid Epidemic. Vani Gandhi, Diana Nurutdinova, E. Milunka Kojic, Judith A. Aberg. Clinical Infectious Diseases
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
4.8 out of 5
Dr. Ghandi went above and beyond accommodating my unforseen lateness by making sure I still got the care I was seeking.
Dr V Gandhi is a rare medical professional who shows compassion towards and personal interest in her patients. She is an expert in her field and applies a wide body of knowledge to her patients care. I am lucky to be her patient and could not recommend her more highly
Good experience
Industry Relationships
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Dr. Gandhi has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
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