Winner of United States Congressional Achievement Award for Dedicated community service, renowned surgeon and entrepreneur with a passion for hospitality and real estate investments.
Recipient of Most Influential Leader in Indian Community in the United States recognition award.
Dr. Raj Bhayani is the first ENT surgeon in India who also completed training in Neurosurgery from Bombay.
He completed his ENT residency from prestigious Ivy League Columbia University in New York. He completed Facial Plastic & Microvascular Surgery fellowship from Oregon Health Science University.
Extensive research in the medical field and published and presented more than 50 research papers all over the world.
Healthcare Leadership and other positions held:
- Director of ENT services at Flushing Hospital
- Chief of ENT Division Interfaith Hospital
- Director of Facial Plastic Surgery at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center
- Director of New York Institute of Otolaryngology and Aesthetic Surgery
- Previously held director positions at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Staten Island University Hospital, Coney Island Hospital and St. John Catholic Medical Center.
Business and Hospitality & Real Estate Related Profile.
- President and CEO Unity Capital Holdings LLC – A Real Estate Investment Start-Up in Commercial Real Estate.
- Early Investor in Navika Capital, Hospitality Real Estate Investment.
- Past investor in Comfort Inn Fairfield NJ.
- Owner and Concept Designer of MIXX Restaurant and Lounge, MIXX is a full-service Banquet and Events facility and Hauppauge, NY.
- Member of AAHOA – Asian American Hotel Owners Association.
- Partner Spartan Medical College
Community Activities
- Convention Chair for Chaalo Gujarat July 2015
- Finance Chair India Day Parade Long Island August 2015.
- Chair and Organized AAPI Queens Long Island Convection 2014, Huntington Hilton
- Chair of Convention 2016 to be held at Marriott Marquis in New York.
- Convener Community celebration Friends of NAMO New York on June 14 2014.
- Chair Public Relation Vishwa Dharma Chetana Manch and World Spiritual Awareness Forum Guru Poornima celebration at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on July 12-13 2014.
- Free Community Health Check Camps at Swaminarayan Temple June , Flushing Hindu Temple and Gujarati Samaj.
- Convention Chair American Association of Physicians Of Indian Origin December 13 2014
- President of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin New York City Metro January 2015.
- Program chair for Symposium for Young Physicians “Life beyond Residency and Fellowship”. Harvard Club New York May 3rd
- Coordinator Global Vishwa Dharma Confrence 2015
- United States Coordinator for Vishwa Dharma Chetana Munch.
- Member at Large: American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Long Island New York 2014
- Board of Trustee: American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Long Island New York 2015
- Board of Trustee: Shanichara Temple New York
- Nomination for Director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
- Sponsor Health Walkathon by Swami Narayan Temple each year
- Sponsor for Navaratri Mahotsav Edison New Jersey
- Guest of Honor New York Queens County Diwali Function 2015
- Distinguished Service Award by Sankat Vimochan Hanuman Mandir New York
Awards and Scholarships:
Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman Award at House Of Lords London UK
Bharat Gaurav Puraskar
Hind Ratan Award
International Excellence Award
Goodwill Ambassador for Football for Humanicy
Delhi Ratan Award
New York State Proclamation Award
Suffolk County Executive Office Award
Suffolk County Legislature Citation Award
Glorious Gujarat Award
Chaalo Gujarat Award
Gold Medal Certificate of Excellence Award by Institute of Economic Studies at Dubai
Indo American Bilateral Award for strengthening Indo-American Relations
Atal Mithila Samman
Honoree for Asian American Heritage Month Celebration May 2016
United States Congressional Achievement Award
United States Congressman Certificate of Special Recognition Award
New York City Proclamation Award
New York City Council Award
Nassau County Office of the Executive Award
Nassau County Legislature Citation Award
Town Of Hempstead Community Service Award
India Association of Long Island: Honoree of Year, The Most Influential People in Indian American Community
The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin GOPIO International Award
The World Spiritual Awareness Forum. Distinguished Service Award
American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Honor Award as Convention Chair
- He received National Merit scholarship, Godrej Scholarship, Dhirubhai Ambani Scholarship, Sethana Scholarship to study abroad.
- To acknowledge his achievement his name is listed in ‘Who’s Who in America in Medicine and Healthcare’.
Apart from these academic accomplishments Dr. Bhayani has shown strong leadership qualities.
Served as co-chair on Finance committee for Prime Minister Narendra Modi historic visit to Madison Square Garden New York United States.
Coordinator for Narendra Modi Victory Party in New York after Narendra Modi Historic Victory in National Election.
Distinguished Guest Speaker as a representative of Bharatiya Janata Party and defender of Prime Minister Narendra Modi policy on ITV channel on weekly show with Ashok Vyas.
He was American Medical Association AMA delegate during residency.
He was joint secretary and treasurer of Resident organization and has successfully organized various health check and blood donation camps.
He is on Steering Committee of Rajasthan Association of North America.
Dr. Bhayani is also involved in various philanthropic activities at various Jaina Centers, Book donations to high school and medical student, Creating activities for AIDS awareness and and worked with charitable Hospitals in India.