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Mahima Gulati, MD, MSc

Visiting Associate Professor of Medicine
NPI Number:
1134445083
Academic Office Location:
Endocrinology
UConn Health
263 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, CT 06030-8705
Phone: 8606793258
Website(s):

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Education
DegreeInstitutionMajor
MBBSMaulana Azad Medical College, Delhi UniversityBachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MScUniversity of UtahClinical Investigation

Post-Graduate Training
TrainingInstitutionSpecialty
InternshipJacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva UniversityInternal Medicine; Women's Health Track
ResidencyJacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva UniversityInternal Medicine; Women's Health Track
FellowshipUniversity of UtahEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
FellowshipUniversity of UtahAdvanced Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Academic Track
FellowshipUniversity of UtahEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Chief)

Awards
Name of Award/HonorAwarding Organization
Castle Connolly "Top Doctors" 2024Connecticut Magazine
Awarded the Prestigious "F.A.C.L.M." Honor ("Fellowship of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine") at the Annual Conference of American College of Lifestyle Medicine Held Online in 2021
Awarded the Prestigious "F.A.C.E." Honor ("Fellowship of the American College of Endocrinology") at the 26th Annual AACE Scientific and Clinical Congress, Austin, TXAACE Scientific and Clinical Congress
Poster Abstract Selected for the "Presidential Poster" Competition at ENDO 2012; Poster Awarded Clinical Fellows' Travel Grant at ENDO 2013 (2012, 2013)Endocrine Society
Fellow-in-Training Travel Award, AACE/ADA 10th Annual Symposium on Advanced Diabetes Management for Endocrine Fellows, Los Angeles, CA
Fellow-in-Training Travel Award, Early Investigators' Workshop, San Francisco, CAEndocrine Society
Adjudged the Best Speaker at "Management of Endocrinological Emergencies" Symposium, Department of Pharmacology. Spoke on "Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Review of Latest Guidelines for Emergent Management"M.A.M.C., University of Delhi
Best Oral Presentation on "Reproductive Child Health Statistics from RCH Program"Urban Health Care Center at Gokulpuri, Delhi
Awarded the Highly Prestigious "Hinduja Scholarship", Given to Three Most Meritorious Students in the City of New Delhi, India for Outstanding Board Scores in India's CBSE Exam. (Scholarship Award Duration 1999-2005)Central Board of Secondary Education
Ranked Among the Top 0.1% of Students all Over the Country in All India Secondary School Examination (10th Grade): Awarded the Prestigious Certificate of MeritGovernment of India

•  Type 2 Diabetes
•  Prediabetes
•  Nutrition and Lifestyle
•  Metabolic Syndrome
•  PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome)
•  Obesity
•  Lifestyle Medicine
•  Wellness and Wellbeing
•  Thyroid Disorders and Thyroid Nodules

Name & DescriptionCategoryRoleTypeScopeStart YearEnd Year
American College of Lifestyle Medicine's Pillar Definition task force, responsible for updating the definition of six pillars of lifestyle medicine.Professional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalNational20252025
American College of Lifestyle Medicine's nutrition messaging task force, responsible for updating dietary position statement.Professional/Scientific OrganizationMemberNational20252025
American Association of Clinical Endocrinology's (AACE) clinical practice guidelines oversight committeeProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalNational2025
Elected Vice Chair of American College of lifestyle medicine's Endocrinology member interest groupProfessional/Scientific OrganizationVice ChairExternalNational20252027
American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s Marketing and Communications “MarComm” CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeMemberExternalNational2023
American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s Clinical Practice and Quality CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeMemberExternalNational2023
American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s Awards CommitteeAdvisory CommitteeMemberExternalNational2023
American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Executive CommitteeProfessional/Scientific OrganizationMemberExternalNational20232024
Middlesex Health's Lifestyle Medicine CommitteeProfessional/Scientific OrganizationChairExternalLocal20222023
Served on American College of Lifestyle Medicine's Board of Directors, an elected positionProfessional/Scientific OrganizationDirector at largeExternalNational20222025
Employees’ Wellness Oversight Committee at Middlesex HealthAdvisory CommitteeMemberExternalLocal20212023
Middlesex Health’s Department of Mindfulness and Compassion CenterProfessional/Scientific OrganizationParticipantExternalLocal20182023
Middlesex Health Family Medicine Residency CME and GME CommitteeEducation CommitteeMemberExternalLocal20182023

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

  • Plant-Based Diets and Diabetes
    Babich, John, Gulati Mahima. The Vegan and Plant-Based Handbook: Psychological and Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Case Reports

Letters

  • Reply to GM Tinsley et al.; DB Ibsen et al.; and EJ Dhurandhar et al.
    Stanford, Fatima Cody; Sannidhi, Deepa; Butsch, Winfield Scott; Apovian, Caroline M; Agarwal, Monica; Aggarwal, Monica; Alexander, Lydia; Bindlish, Shagun; Bonnet, Jonathan; Christensen, Sandra; Gianos, Eugenia; Gulati, Mahima; Gupta, Alka; Horn, Debbie; Kane, Ryan M; Saluja, Jasdeep; Callahan, Emily A; Mozaffarian, Dariush The American journal of clinical nutrition 2025 Nov;122(5):1531-1533

Reviews

Title or AbstractTypeSponsor/EventDate/YearLocation
Presented on "Setting up Lifestyle Medicine Group Visits" at Food as Medicine Convening on Diabetes, January 30, 2025, Aspen Institute; University of Oklahoma, Tulsa: https://aspenfood.org/fim/food-is-medicine-and-diabetes-convening/TalkAspen Institute2025Virtual (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Presented virtual webinar on "Lifestyle Medicine for T2D, with focus on remission" at American Academy of Family Physicians on 4/3/2025 at 11 am ETTalkAmerican Academy of Family Physicians2025Women's Health Virtual Livestream
Presented virtual webinar on "Diabetes self-management education and support and diabetes remission in lifestyle medicine shared medical appointments: best practices for implementation" on Oct 6, 2025TalkAmerican Diabetes Association, American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and CBDCE2025VIRTUAL
Presented virtual talk on "Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Appointments for Diabetes Management: Paving The Path to Wellness for People Living with Diabetes" on 3/5/2025 at Sonshine Centre for Stroke Prevention & Brain Health, University of TorontoTalkSonshine Centre for Stroke Prevention & Brain Health, University of Toronto2025Virtual
Presented as faculty for the motion of Lifestyle Medicine at Indian Society of Lifestyle Medicine's debate against GLP-1RAs for sustainable weight loss at Nov 2025 annual conferenceOtherIndian Society of Lifestyle Medicine2025Virtual (Ahmedabad, Gujarat)
Presented invited virtual grand rounds on "Lifestyle Interventions for Treatment and Remission of Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes in Adults" at Preventive Medicine residency program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 7/18/2025TalkPreventive Medicine residency program at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health2025Virtual (Baltimore, MD)
Panelist on "Plant-based Nutrition Guidance through the Lifetime for Reducing Risk of a Wide Range of Chronic Disease" at Plant Based Prevention of Disease 2025 Conference in Philadelphia, Oct 5, 2025Panel DiscussionPlant Based Prevention of Disease2025Philadelphia
Presented opening plenary session on "Addressing Obesity through Lifestyle Medicine and Nutrition" at Plant Based Prevention of Disease Conference 2025, at Philadelphia, Oct 5, 2025Plenary LecturePlant Based Prevention of Disease2025Philadelphia
Lead Panelist, "Lifestyle Medicine for Diabetes & Weight Loss", 12th Annual Safety-Net Diabetes Day Conference, November 10, 2025, organized by LA County Department of Health Services, in conjunction with the National Kidney Foundation and NYC Health+HospitalsLectureLA County DHS, National Kidney Foundation, NYCH+H, Charles Drew University2025Virtual (The California Endowment Center, 1000 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA)
Presented on Patient Selection and Medical Management of Obesity with GLP-1RA at Nutrition Clinical Practice, a course held Saturday, May 31, on the opening day of NUTRITION 2025 (annual conference of American Society of Nutrition), at the Hilton Orlando in Orlando, FLLectureAmerican Society of Nutrition2025Orlando, FL
Workshop on "GLP-1s: The "Great Little Peptides"—Clinical Use and Lifestyle Medicine Integration" at the LM2025 (annual conference of American College of Lifestyle Medicine) at Grapevine, TX, Nov 2025OtherAmerican College of Lifestyle Medicine2025Grapevine, TX