Bhaswati Bhattacharya MD MPH PhD
Preventive Medicine, Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Clinical Asst Professor, Dept of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York
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Summary
- Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya is a holistic Family Medicine specialist based in New York, NY, and Los Angeles, CA, with subspecialties in Preventive Medicine and Complementary/Integrative Medicine. She serves as Clin Asst Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and as Medical Director of LYBL Healthcare, a startup healthtech venture codifying evidence-based holistic medicine.
She completed an MD at Rush Medical College and pursued internship and residency training at the prestigious New York Presbyterian Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Bhattacharya is also educated in international public health (MPH, Harvard), pharmacology/neuroscience (Penn/Columbia), integrative nutrition (Columbia), and Ayurveda (PhD, Banaras Hindu University). and several fellowships related to these fields.
Her research interests include diabetes, integrative approaches to cancer, social medicine, health access, and violence intervention. Her work includes over 30 publications, with foci on good medicine respecting patient values, including indigenous medical systems such as Ayurveda. Her PhD specialized in metals used as medicine in ancient chemistry and pharmaceutics.
She has been recognized with multiple honors such as Fulbright Scholar in Medical Sciences, Fulbright Specialist in Global Public Health, the Prof. M.L. Khorana Prize in Pharmacology, the AMA Leadership Award. She is the author of Everyday Ayurveda, featured in a documentary on Discovery Channel called Healers Journey and is a WHO consultant for the Global Traditional Medicine Centre.
Education & Training
Fulbright SpecialistFellowship, 2018 - 2022- Dhanvantari Ayurveda Hospital, Udupi, IndiaPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2020 - 2021
- Banaras Hindu UniversityPhD, Ayurveda - Ancient Indian Chemistry-Rasa Shastra, 2014 - 2018
- Fulbright senior US ScholarFellowship, 2013 - 2014
- IIN/Teachers College Columbia Universitycertification in Integrative Nutrition, Integrative Nutrition, 2005 - 2006
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2025 - 2027
NY State Medical License 2001 - 2026
American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
Am Board of Holistic MedicineDiplomate of American Board of Integrative & Holistic Medicine- Banaras Hindu UniversityYoga Training Course
- CEDH- Clinical Education in HomeopathyClinical Homeopathy
- Institute of Integrative Nutrition-IIN/Columbia Univ Teachers CollegeHHC-Holistic Health Counselor
- National Ayurvedic Medical AssociationAyurveda Doctor
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fulbright Specialist in Global Public Health US Department of State, 2018-2023
- Prof. M.L. Khorana Prize for Best Paper Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2018
- AMA Leadership Award American Medical Association, 2004
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsA single-cell atlas of spatial and temporal gene expression in the mouse cranial neural plate.Eric R Brooks, Andrew R Moorman, Bhaswati Bhattacharya, Ian S Prudhomme, Max Land
Elife. 2025-04-07 - 5 citationsElucidating the nanomaterialistic basis for ayurvedic bhasmas using physicochemical experimentation.Bhaswati Bhattacharya
Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. 2011-01-01 - 4 citationsSemen separation technique monitored with greater accuracy by B-body test.B C Bhattacharya, B M Evans, P Shome
International Journal of Fertility. 1979-01-01
Journal Articles
- Focus on Ayurvedic Diet Resolves Persistent Severe Covid-19 Symptoms: Case ReportAdluri USP and B Bhattacharya, Integrative Medicine-IMCJ, 21(1):36-45, 2/1/2022
- Polyherbal Ayurvedic Powder Effectively Reduces Blood Sugar in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic RatsB Bhattacharya and KRC Reddy., Indian J of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1/1/2018
- Synchronizing Breath, Body, Drishti, and MudraB Bhattacharya, Yoga & Ayurveda for Wellness, 1/1/2017
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- A Practice-Based Evidence Approach to Diabetes using a Polyherbal Ayurvedic Formulation and Rasa-aushadhisB Bhattacharya, KRC Reddy, Second European World Ayurveda Congress, Koblenz, Germany, 1/1/2016
- Needs Assessment for Rasa Shastra GloballyB Bhattacharya, CB Jha, Second European World Ayurveda Congress, Koblenz, Germany, 1/1/2016
- EveryDay Ayurveda: Bringing Dinacharya to the ModernB Bhattacharya., Western World, Second European World Ayurveda Congress, Koblenz, Germany, 1/1/2016
Press Mentions
Ayurevedic Medicine and Covid-19, with Dr. Bhaswati BhattacharyaNovember 29th, 2020- Ayurveda: The Science of Self-CareDecember 22nd, 2012
Other Languages
- Spanish, Hindi, Bengali
External Links
- Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/drbhaswati
- LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/drbhaswati/
- ResearchGatehttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bhaswati_Bhattacharya
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