One of Amish Nishawala’s first encounters with a doctor happened shortly after he came to the U.S. from India at age 3. He had dislocated his elbow, and when his parents took him to a physician in Queens, the doctor distracted the young boy by telling him to look across the room before quickly putting the elbow back in place. “I’ve always remembered that kindness,” Dr. Nishawala says. Since then, Dr. Nishawala has carried that ethos of gentleness and humor into his own practice.
As a high school student, Dr. Nishawala was accepted into Northwestern University’s Honors Program in Medical Education, which allowed him to earn both an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering and a medical degree in seven years. He then completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of Minnesota.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Nishawala has practiced in a wide variety of clinical settings in Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, and has cared for patients of all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. When he worked at Children’s Aid, he treated children who lived in New York City’s homeless shelters and foster care system, which showed him the importance of working with families to develop health plans that they can appreciate and carry out regardless of their situations. “The key is taking the time to explain the plan and make it easy for someone to understand it based on their own worldview,” he says.
Dr. Nishawala loves teaching and seeks to equip all of his patients and their caregivers with the knowledge to take control of their own health—whether that means answering questions about sleep schedules and breastfeeding or helping them navigate the health care system to find treatment for complex medical needs. “My practice is about empowering parents to do well and then making them feel proud of what they're doing—because it’s not easy,” he says. As kids grow older, Dr. Nishwala helps parents find ways to partner with their adolescents so that young people can build confidence in caring for their own bodies.
“Every day in a typical doctor’s office, we run into limits on what we can do based on time, money, and resources. We’re prioritizing, and many things just don't fit in,” he says. “At Atria, the focus will be to not have anything off the list of possibilities, and to prioritize everything.”
Outside of work, Dr. Nishawala enjoys playing disc golf, practicing photography, and traveling. He lives in New York with his wife Melissa, who is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at New York University, and their cat, Catu Mitu, whose name means Sour Sweet in Gujarati.
Credentials
- Voluntary FacultyMount Sinai Hospital
- Voluntary FacultyNew York-Presbyterian /Weill Cornell
- Former Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicineIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Former Clinical Instructor in PediatricsWeill Cornell Medical College
- Former PediatricianApple Pediatrics
- Former PediatricianLutheran Medical Center
- Former PediatricianChildren’s Aid
- Former PediatricianBroadway Pediatrics
- Former PediatricianABC Family Pediatrics
- Former PediatricianCinnaminson Pediatrics
Affiliations
- MemberMedical Advisory Board at Cariloop
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Dr. David W. Dodick
Chief Science & Medical Officer, Atria; Co-Chair, Atria Academy of Science & Medicine
Dr. Paul G. Lee
Chief Clinical Consultant
Dr. Richard S. Isaacson
Director of Brain Health
Dr. Lawrence C. Newman
Director of Brain Health
Dr. Ken Shubin Stein
Co-Founder, Atria; Co-Founder and CEO, Atria Academy of Science & Medicine
Dr. Nieca Goldberg
Women’s Health & Cardiology, Medical Director of Atria New York
Dr. Benjamin H. Lewis
Director of Atria South Florida; Cardiology
Dr. Rony Shimony
Director of Cardiology
Dr. Jahangir Rahman
Internal Medicine
Dr. Jennifer McGugins Hill
Internal Medicine
Dr. Edward J. Greaney
Internal Medicine
Dr. Bernard M. Kruger
Internal Medicine
Dr. Yadiera M. Brown
Family Medicine
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Preventive Medicine
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Director of Urgent & Home Care
Dr. Evelyn C. Granieri
Director of Geriatrics
Dr. Carmela Seymour
Gynecology
Dr. Panta Rouhani Schaffer
Medical Dermatology
Mr. Kyle O’Flaherty
Director of Performance and Movement; Physical Therapy
Dr. Kelly Fradin
Director of Pediatrics
Dr. Hina J. Talib
Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Dr. Cory Kercher
Pediatrics
Dr. Amish Nishawala
Pediatrics
Dr. Kersha S. Pennicott
Pediatrics & Urgent Care
Dr. David W. Dodick
Chief Science & Medical Officer, Atria; Co-Chair, Atria Academy of Science & Medicine
Dr. Paul G. Lee
Chief Clinical Consultant
Dr. Richard S. Isaacson
Director of Brain Health
Dr. Lawrence C. Newman
Director of Brain Health
Dr. Ken Shubin Stein
Co-Founder, Atria; Co-Founder and CEO, Atria Academy of Science & Medicine
Dr. Nieca Goldberg
Women’s Health & Cardiology, Medical Director of Atria New York
Dr. Benjamin H. Lewis
Director of Atria South Florida; Cardiology
Dr. Rony Shimony
Director of Cardiology
Dr. Jahangir Rahman
Internal Medicine
Dr. Jennifer McGugins Hill
Internal Medicine
Dr. Edward J. Greaney
Internal Medicine
Dr. Bernard M. Kruger
Internal Medicine
Dr. Yadiera M. Brown
Family Medicine
Dr. Daniel Angerbauer
Preventive Medicine
Dr. Nicholas D. Caputo
Director of Urgent & Home Care
Dr. Evelyn C. Granieri
Director of Geriatrics
Dr. Carmela Seymour
Gynecology
Dr. Panta Rouhani Schaffer
Medical Dermatology
Mr. Kyle O’Flaherty
Director of Performance and Movement; Physical Therapy
Dr. Kelly Fradin
Director of Pediatrics
Dr. Hina J. Talib
Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Dr. Cory Kercher
Pediatrics
Dr. Amish Nishawala
Pediatrics
Dr. Kersha S. Pennicott
Pediatrics & Urgent Care
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Dr. David W. Dodick
Chief Science & Medical Officer, Atria; Co-Chair, Atria Academy of Science & Medicine
Dr. Paul G. Lee
Chief Clinical Consultant
Dr. Richard S. Isaacson
Director of Brain Health
Dr. Lawrence C. Newman
Director of Brain Health
Dr. Ken Shubin Stein
Co-Founder, Atria; Co-Founder and CEO, Atria Academy of Science & Medicine
Dr. Nieca Goldberg
Women’s Health & Cardiology, Medical Director of Atria New York
Dr. Benjamin H. Lewis
Director of Atria South Florida; Cardiology
Dr. Rony Shimony
Director of Cardiology
Dr. Jahangir Rahman
Internal Medicine
Dr. Jennifer McGugins Hill
Internal Medicine
Dr. Edward J. Greaney
Internal Medicine
Dr. Bernard M. Kruger
Internal Medicine
Dr. Yadiera M. Brown
Family Medicine
Dr. Daniel Angerbauer
Preventive Medicine
Dr. Nicholas D. Caputo
Director of Urgent & Home Care
Dr. Evelyn C. Granieri
Director of Geriatrics
Dr. Carmela Seymour
Gynecology
Dr. Panta Rouhani Schaffer
Medical Dermatology
Mr. Kyle O’Flaherty
Director of Performance and Movement; Physical Therapy
Dr. Kelly Fradin
Director of Pediatrics
Dr. Hina J. Talib
Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Dr. Cory Kercher
Pediatrics
Dr. Amish Nishawala
Pediatrics
Dr. Kersha S. Pennicott
Pediatrics & Urgent Care
Dr. David W. Dodick
Chief Science & Medical Officer, Atria; Co-Chair, Atria Academy of Science & Medicine
Dr. Paul G. Lee
Chief Clinical Consultant
Dr. Richard S. Isaacson
Director of Brain Health
Dr. Lawrence C. Newman
Director of Brain Health
Dr. Ken Shubin Stein
Co-Founder, Atria; Co-Founder and CEO, Atria Academy of Science & Medicine
Dr. Nieca Goldberg
Women’s Health & Cardiology, Medical Director of Atria New York
Dr. Benjamin H. Lewis
Director of Atria South Florida; Cardiology
Dr. Rony Shimony
Director of Cardiology
Dr. Jahangir Rahman
Internal Medicine
Dr. Jennifer McGugins Hill
Internal Medicine
Dr. Edward J. Greaney
Internal Medicine
Dr. Bernard M. Kruger
Internal Medicine
Dr. Yadiera M. Brown
Family Medicine
Dr. Daniel Angerbauer
Preventive Medicine
Dr. Nicholas D. Caputo
Director of Urgent & Home Care
Dr. Evelyn C. Granieri
Director of Geriatrics
Dr. Carmela Seymour
Gynecology
Dr. Panta Rouhani Schaffer
Medical Dermatology
Mr. Kyle O’Flaherty
Director of Performance and Movement; Physical Therapy
Dr. Kelly Fradin
Director of Pediatrics
Dr. Hina J. Talib
Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Dr. Cory Kercher
Pediatrics
Dr. Amish Nishawala
Pediatrics
Dr. Kersha S. Pennicott
Pediatrics & Urgent Care
