PROMINENT CARDIOLOGIST DR. VIVIAN RAMBIHAR RECOGNIZED BY PEERS

PROMINENT CARDIOLOGIST DR. VIVIAN RAMBIHAR RECOGNIZED BY PEERS

Prominent cardiologist Dr. Vivian Rambihar was honored on May 19, 2012 by the Queen's College Alumni Association of New York for his exemplary global contribution. He attended Queens College in the 1960's and is a Guyana Scholar, who has made global contributions in medicine and in complexity science. He taught mathematics at Queens College before immigrating to Canada to pursue studies in medicine at McMaster University where he specialized in cardiology. Dr. Rambihar has been in practice in Toronto since 1980. His family has had exemplary contributions and he credits his parents, friends, mentors and family for helping him achieve success.

Dr. Rambihar is currently Co-Chairman of GOPIO's Health Council and is recognized for this award for his visionary and pioneering work in the field of ethnicity and health and also the field of complexity science. He is also an author, an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a community activist. He has been an advocate for improving the health of Canadians for two decades and did some of the early research on Immigrant health. He was the first in Canada to raise awareness of the need for addressing heart disease and diabetes in South Asians. He is currently developing the concept of "Global Heart Hour" with his daughter Vanessa Rambihar, a recent graduate in medicine from the University of Toronto, advocating creating a culture of health across the Diaspora.