Dr. Fazila Lalani has one over-riding ambition. As she herself admits, she loves humanity and wishes to contribute as much as she can to enable our species to evolve into decent, caring individuals. To this end, Fazila Lalani, MD, devotes a large proportion of her time to assisting humanitarian and charitable organizations – both in the United States and abroad. Indeed, she has recently traveled three times to India to teach emergency medicine to local residents, and has also worked on a rural medical clinic in Haiti. She will also go to Tanzania in the near future to work as a voluntary consultant in Dar-Es-Salaam to improve their ER and hospital systems. Fazila Lalani has also participated in local voluntary work in New York, and is a key member of a national team that helps mentoring for pre-health high school and college students. In addition, she has also set up local health fairs, and is hosting a health professionals networking and career development meeting in Manhattan.
Dr. Fazila Lalani graduated magna cum laude from Siena College with a Bachelor Of Arts In Biology awarded on a combined BA/MD Honors Program. The next step on her very rapid rise on the professional ladder was to gain a Doctor of Medicine qualification from Albany Medical College, Albany, New York. She then undertook her Internal Medicine Internship from the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, before joining the Jacobi Medical Center on an Emergency Medicine Residency. She followed her year at Jacobi by working at the York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania – again on an Emergency Medicine Residency.
Following this impressive list of residencies, Fazila Lalani then worked as a Physician in the Emergency Department of the Northwell-Plainview Hospital, before securing her current position as Assistant Professor (Emergency Medicine) at the Northwell-Long Island Jewish Medical Center. She has won several honors and awards throughout her relatively short career, including a Distinction in the Albany Medical College Health Care and Society Award (where she was also the National Dean's List Inductee). She was the Keynote Speaker at the Wheatley School, New York, National Honor Society Induction Ceremony, and was awarded the Researcher of the Year prize by the York Hospital, Pennsylvania.
But it is perhaps her voluntary and humanitarian aid work which is Fazila Lalani's passion. She is currently the President of the Ismaili Health Professional Association (Northeast Chapter, USA), as well as being the Founder of the Residency Conference Committee (York EM Residency Program). She is a member of the Stroke Clinical Effectiveness Team, again at the York Hospital, and a Resident Member of the Forensic Medicine Department. Dr. Fazila Lalani was also the Co-Founder of the Medical Interpretation Program, at Albany Medical College, New York.
Dr. Fazila Lalani graduated magna cum laude from Siena College with a Bachelor Of Arts In Biology awarded on a combined BA/MD Honors Program. The next step on her very rapid rise on the professional ladder was to gain a Doctor of Medicine qualification from Albany Medical College, Albany, New York. She then undertook her Internal Medicine Internship from the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, before joining the Jacobi Medical Center on an Emergency Medicine Residency. She followed her year at Jacobi by working at the York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania – again on an Emergency Medicine Residency.
Following this impressive list of residencies, Fazila Lalani then worked as a Physician in the Emergency Department of the Northwell-Plainview Hospital, before securing her current position as Assistant Professor (Emergency Medicine) at the Northwell-Long Island Jewish Medical Center. She has won several honors and awards throughout her relatively short career, including a Distinction in the Albany Medical College Health Care and Society Award (where she was also the National Dean's List Inductee). She was the Keynote Speaker at the Wheatley School, New York, National Honor Society Induction Ceremony, and was awarded the Researcher of the Year prize by the York Hospital, Pennsylvania.
But it is perhaps her voluntary and humanitarian aid work which is Fazila Lalani's passion. She is currently the President of the Ismaili Health Professional Association (Northeast Chapter, USA), as well as being the Founder of the Residency Conference Committee (York EM Residency Program). She is a member of the Stroke Clinical Effectiveness Team, again at the York Hospital, and a Resident Member of the Forensic Medicine Department. Dr. Fazila Lalani was also the Co-Founder of the Medical Interpretation Program, at Albany Medical College, New York.
