Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya

Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya

New York, New York, United States
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Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya is a practicing physician-scientist with decades’ experience in…

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    Stoking the Fire of the Gut is one of the BIG principles of healing using Ayurveda! Much attention is given to healing…

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    Lessons of The Early Bird, My Mother The orange‐red rays of the sun are the most healing rays, closest to infrared and…

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    column 20. The first step in understanding Ayurveda is understanding Vata.

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Contributions

Activity

Experience

  • Weill Cornell Medical College Graphic
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    New York, NY

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    New York, NY & Calcutta, India

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    India

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    New York, NY

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    New York, New York, United States

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    New Haven/Bethany, CT

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    www.cayurvedac.com

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    Kolkata, India

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    Brooklyn, NY

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    New York, NY

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    Bethesda, Maryland

Education

  • Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Graphic

    Harvard School of Public Health

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    Activities and Societies: selected as University Graduate Orator, Harvard Commencement Exercises, 1993

    Coursework included -
    - Research Methodology in Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Harvard Medical School, with
    professors Ted Kaptchuk and David Eisenberg
    - international rotation to El Salvador to rebuild public health facilities in post-war Central America
    - Exercising Leadership course at Harvard Kennedy School with Prof. Dr. Ronald Heifetz, selected
    through competitive application
    - four courses in Health Care Management at Harvard Kennedy School
    - Health &…

    Coursework included -
    - Research Methodology in Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Harvard Medical School, with
    professors Ted Kaptchuk and David Eisenberg
    - international rotation to El Salvador to rebuild public health facilities in post-war Central America
    - Exercising Leadership course at Harvard Kennedy School with Prof. Dr. Ronald Heifetz, selected
    through competitive application
    - four courses in Health Care Management at Harvard Kennedy School
    - Health & Human Rights course with advisor and late Professor Jonathan Mann, founder of
    UNAIDS program

    Work/Study at Harvard Institute for International Development, project on diarrheal diseases research with ORS creator, Professor Richard Cash

    Full Tuition Scholarships 1993

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    Activities and Societies: developing the science and communication about the ancient practice of turning metals (Rasa Shastra) into bioavailable medicinals, called rasa-aushadhi.

    - thesis in proper clinical research of Ayurveda
    - focus on preparation (Bhaisajya Kalpana) of a polyherbal formulation (Dravya Guna) and Herbomineral (Rasa Shastra) in the Management of Diabetes Mellitus (Kayachikitsa)
    - Thesis Advisor, Dr. KRC Reddy, [email protected]

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    Research throughout India on the topic Ojas
    Develop pedagogy on propagation of authentic Ayurveda

    Speaker/Participant at conferences:
    ❧ new Caraka Samhita project, September 2013, November 2013, March 2014, Benaras
    ❧ Tatwaprakashini/ AVP, Nidanasthana, September 2013, Coimbatore
    ❧ INK2013, October 2013, Kochi
    ❧ Indian Institute of Metallurgy annual conference, November 2013, Varanasi
    ❧ TIE-Con Kerala, December 2013, Kochi
    ❧ Music Conference, Tata Institute, January…

    Research throughout India on the topic Ojas
    Develop pedagogy on propagation of authentic Ayurveda

    Speaker/Participant at conferences:
    ❧ new Caraka Samhita project, September 2013, November 2013, March 2014, Benaras
    ❧ Tatwaprakashini/ AVP, Nidanasthana, September 2013, Coimbatore
    ❧ INK2013, October 2013, Kochi
    ❧ Indian Institute of Metallurgy annual conference, November 2013, Varanasi
    ❧ TIE-Con Kerala, December 2013, Kochi
    ❧ Music Conference, Tata Institute, January 2014, Bombay
    ❧ invited speaker on Ayurveda, launch of Mukhwas, a text on food, Jan 2014, French Embassy, Delhi
    ❧ AAPNA conference on Lifestyle Disorders, February 2014, Lucknow
    ❧ Global Ayurveda Festival, February 2014, Kochi
    ❧ annual Fulbright Conference, March 2014, Chennai

    Hosted by Dept of Rasa Shastra, Dr. Anand Chaudhary and Dean/Professor CB Jha

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    Activities and Societies: Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner

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    - one year course in diverse approaches to nutrition, emphasizing
    holistic perspectives on food, diet, health, and well-being
    - skills for holistic health counseling

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    Completed competency-based training in preventive medicine
    Thesis focused on diabetes mellitus type 2 in East Harlem population
    Detailed survey on complementary and alternative approaches taken by DM2 patients

    New York State-certified as mental health counselor for sexual assault & violence intervention
    Successfully completed board certification by American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM)

    Activities:
    - completed 100-hour professional training in Sexual Assault &…

    Completed competency-based training in preventive medicine
    Thesis focused on diabetes mellitus type 2 in East Harlem population
    Detailed survey on complementary and alternative approaches taken by DM2 patients

    New York State-certified as mental health counselor for sexual assault & violence intervention
    Successfully completed board certification by American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM)

    Activities:
    - completed 100-hour professional training in Sexual Assault & Violence Intervention (SA/VI)
    - trained as teaching assistant of clinical research module to Dr. Clyde Schachter
    - completed international clinical rotation in India as ambassador for medical efforts on
    SuperCyclone of Orissa, December 1999
    - elected officer to CAM Interest Group of Am Public Health Assoc
    - selected to speak at United Nations at 2000 conference of amfAR (Am Fdtn for AIDS Research)
    - selected as speechwriter to Millenium World Leaders Summit for Religious Leaders, featured
    in conference video

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    Honors:
    Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, Cardiology, Pediatrics, Tropical Medicine, Toxicology/Clinical Poison Control, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Urban Family Medicine, Urban Primary Care/General Medicine, Internal Medicine Sub-internship, Surgical Ophthalmology, Reconstructive & Plastic Surgery

    Other Activities:
    Appointed to CAM committee to implement holistic medical education institution-wide
    Assisted in grantwriting efforts to NIH for clinical research projects in CAM
    Worked…

    Honors:
    Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, Cardiology, Pediatrics, Tropical Medicine, Toxicology/Clinical Poison Control, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Urban Family Medicine, Urban Primary Care/General Medicine, Internal Medicine Sub-internship, Surgical Ophthalmology, Reconstructive & Plastic Surgery

    Other Activities:
    Appointed to CAM committee to implement holistic medical education institution-wide
    Assisted in grantwriting efforts to NIH for clinical research projects in CAM
    Worked part-time as Associate Director for Research & Development at Institute for
    Global Medical Systems, under Prof. John Llewellyn and Prof. Phillip S. Epstein

    Competitively selected and trained as junior faculty-substitute facilitator to problem-based learning curriculum

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    - laboratory rotations with Profs Daniel Goldberg, Michael Rosen, Michael Shelanski
    - thesis work on microtubule production and degradation during advancement of growth cones during neuronal development
    - advanced microscopy work
    - advanced tissue culture laboratory benchwork
    - participated in International Health Forum, created by late CSPH Dean Allan Rosenberg

    masters and PhD work in GSAS Biomedical at Columbia P&S in Pharmacology and Neuroscience

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    - matriculated into PhD program in 1986, in Pharmacology
    - thesis advisor and mentor, Prof Dr. Perry B. Molinoff
    - awarded my first own research grant for work on atypical beta-adrenergic partial agonist, pindolol

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Publications

  • Mosby's Drug Consult for Health Professions, 1e

    Mosby

    Contributor to reference publication
    Editor for 750 generic drugs plus all associated trade-name drugs
    Author of several new drug monographs, derived from most current FDA-approved drug information

  • Dorland's Medical Dictionary, 30th edition

    Saunders/Elsevier

    consultant, contributor/author for 500+ CAM terms added in 2003 to premier medical dictionary

  • Biodiversity and Human Health, Fogarty International Center, NIH

    1996

Languages

  • Bengali

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Full professional proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Hindi

    Professional working proficiency

  • Sanskrit

    Elementary proficiency

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