Wielding a particular exercise in internal medicine, Dr. Antony Jackson Arumairaj has excelled as a physician at NYC Health + Hospitals since 2018, as well as an attending physician and a clinical assistant professor of medicine at New York Medical College since 2021. In these roles, he compassionately provides diagnoses, evaluations, and treatment plans for patients and utilizes this experience to teach and mentor students.

Originally from India, Dr. Arumairaj gravitated toward medicine as he loved that doctors had the ability to save lives; he wanted to make a difference for patients, especially those who were critically ill. He prepared for his professional path by earning a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in India and completing his anesthetic training there. As a student, he read an article about a research opportunity provided by the Indian Council of Medical Research—a position he applied for and ultimately earned. The first research project he conducted with the organization was one of the most challenging he’d ever worked on.

Dr. Arumairaj subsequently relocated to Australia, where he underwent emergency medicine training and completed a residency at Queensland Health, after which he served as a registrar in internal medicine and emergency medicine at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and then in emergency medicine. After nine years in Australia, during which time he also fell into academia as an assistant professor, he immigrated to the United States to work in a well-established critical care field, accruing experience in three different systems. He served as a Doctor of Medicine at New York Medical College for four years before beginning in his current position at NYC Health + Hospitals.

Outside of his primary endeavors, Dr. Arumairaj has been involved in several research projects across India, Australia, and the United States, as well as with a blood-donating group in India. In 2004, he volunteered for a relief group after a tsunami hit India. He has remained incredibly active in the medical community, with memberships with the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the American Thoracic Society, and the American College of Chest Physicians. He was previously active with the Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Australian Red Cross, the Australian Medical Association Limited, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, and the Indian Society of Anesthesiologists. 

Looking toward the future, Dr. Arumairaj strives to complete a pulmonary critical care fellowship and then work as an attending physician in a university hospital; he plans to continue participating in research activities and publishing at major conferences in the United States and Australia. Regarding the future generation of medical professionals, he advises them to “constantly gain knowledge and develop your skills. Be empathetic to patients to see how best to serve them … Don’t focus on the money but on how you can serve.”