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Dr. Maanit Kohli, MD, FACP
Dr. Maanit Kohli is a board-certified physician in both Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine who provides comprehensive adult primary care with advanced expertise in caring for older adults and medically complex patients. His clinical style emphasizes attentive listening, clear guidance, and shared decision-making — ensuring patients feel truly supported throughout their care.
Dr. Kohli completed his internal medicine residency at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, where he served as Chief Resident, before pursuing fellowship training in Geriatric Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York — widely recognized as the nation’s premier center for geriatric medicine and consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the United States.
He later held academic faculty appointments at:
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Division of Hospital Medicine and Department of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine
- Drexel University College of Medicine, Department of Medicine
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center – El Paso, Department of Internal Medicine
Across these institutions, Dr. Kohli cared for patients while training medical students and resident physicians, leading hospital quality initiatives, and contributing to national publications and textbook chapters focused on polypharmacy, chronic disease management, and safe transitions of care.
He remains committed to lifelong learning and professional development and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Palliative Care, strengthening his skills in communication, symptom management, and supportive care for patients facing serious illness and complex decision-making.
Clinical Philosophy — Whole-Person Care Guided by the 4Ms
At the Center for Healthy Aging, care is rooted in whole-person medicine and guided by the nationally recognized 4Ms Framework of Age-Friendly Care:
What Matters
Care starts with understanding what is most important to each patient personally — goals for independence, comfort, longevity, and quality of life — so all medical decisions align with those values.
Mentation
Attention to cognitive health, memory, mood, sleep, and emotional well-being because mental clarity and emotional health are essential to overall wellness.
Mobility
Protecting strength, balance, and independence through fall-risk assessment, safe movement guidance, and strategies to maintain physical activity.
Medications
Careful medication review and simplification to minimize side effects, interactions, and unnecessary prescriptions that often impact older adults and patients with chronic disease.
This framework allows Dr. Kohli to go beyond routine diagnosis-and-prescribing toward truly personalized primary care — treating the person, not just the problem.
His approach emphasizes:
- Deep listening and unhurried visits
- Clear education so patients understand their options
- Shared decision-making with patients and families
- Coordination across specialists and care settings
- A focus on safety, function, independence, and comfort
Why He Founded the Center for Healthy Aging
CFHA was built around one guiding question:
“What kind of clinic would I want for my own family?”
Dr. Kohli envisioned a practice where people would never feel rushed, unheard, or lost in the system — where patients receive both excellent medical expertise and genuine personal attention.
The result is the Center for Healthy Aging — a clinic intentionally designed around longer visits, continuity of relationships and true partnership with patients and families.
Care at CFHA
Care at CFHA follows a physician-led, team-supported model, ensuring thoughtful oversight and coordination while maintaining personal accessibility.
Dr. Kohli remains actively involved in every patient’s clinical direction, care planning, and major medical decisions. His ongoing commitment to medical education and excellence means qualified medical trainees may participate in care under direct supervision — reinforcing the practice’s culture of compassion, teaching, and high-quality clinical standards.
Every patient benefits from:
- Consistent physician leadership
- High clinical accountability
- Collaborative, team-based support
