North Division Internal Medicine Residency: Meet the Vice Chairman
T. S. Dharmarajan, MD, FACP, AGSF, is the Vice Chairman of the Department of Medicine of Montefiore Medical Center. In addition, Dr. Dharmarajan serves as the Vice Chief of the Division of Geriatrics of Montefiore and the Director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program sponsored by the New York Medical College. He is board certified in internal medicine, nephrology and geriatric medicine and in quality assurance and utilization review.
A fellow of the American College of Physicians and of the American Geriatrics Society, Dr. Dharmarajan is currently a Professor of Medicine of the New York Medical College and the author of more than 250 publications (in peer-reviewed journals or chapters in textbooks) and abstracts (scientific presentations) at state, national or international meetings. He co-edited with Dr. Robert Norman the textbook Clinical Geriatrics (CRC Press/Parthenon Publishing, 2003) and wrote more than a third of its chapters. More recently, as editor, he has initiated another textbook, Handbook of Geriatrics (Cambridge University Press).
Dr. Dharmarajan has been a principal or co-investigator for several research projects, with an interest in nutrition and anemia pertinent to geriatrics. Additionally, he has served on numerous committees, including the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the hospital, and has won numerous awards for his commitment to programs, patient care, education and research.







