Joovik Medical Advisory Panel
The doctors behind your care
A panel of senior clinicians who set JOOVIK's standard for long-term metabolic health. Tap a name to see their full background.
About
Internist, nephrology specialist and clinical teacher
Dr. Mohammad Anwar Habib is Professor of Medicine at Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (HIMSR), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. He completed his MBBS in 1994 and his MD in Internal Medicine in 1998, both from J.N. Medical College, A.M.U., Aligarh, and has practised medicine continuously since: more than 27 years across cardiology, intensive care, nephrology and general internal medicine.
His formation is unusually broad for an internist. He trained first in cardiology as Senior Resident at Batra Hospital, New Delhi, working hands-on in the CCU with TMT, ECHO, Holter monitoring and coronary angiography; then spent three years running the ICU and medicine wards at Majeedia Hospital, Jamia Hamdard. From 2002 to 2010 he served as Consultant in Medicine and In-charge of the Dialysis Unit, eight years at the sharp end of renal replacement therapy, while coordinating the Diploma in Dialysis course.
His research runs to 39 publications in national and international journals, concentrated where metabolic disease meets organ damage: diabetic kidney disease biomarkers and prevalence, anaemia and quality of life in diabetic kidney disease, haematological change in chronic renal failure, and the safety of agents from SGLT-2 inhibitors to warfarin in renal populations.
Areas of expertise
Clinical & academic focus
Qualifications
Education & credentials
Career & recognition
Experience & professional leadership
- Professor of Medicine, HIMSR, Jamia Hamdard (2022 to present)
- Associate Professor of Medicine, HIMSR (2017 to 2021)
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, HIMSR (2010 to 2017)
- Clinical Registrar, Medicine, J.N.M.C., Aligarh (1998)
- Consultant Medicine & In-charge, Dialysis Unit (2002 to 2010)
- Senior Resident, Medicine, Majeedia Hospital, ICU, OPD & IPD (1999 to 2002)
- Senior Resident, Cardiology, Batra Hospital: CCU, TMT, ECHO, Holter, CAG (1998 to 1999)
- Course Coordinator, Diploma in Dialysis
- 39 publications in national & international journals
- 4 PhD theses supervised in pharmacy & rehabilitation sciences
- 3 MD Medicine theses · 10 M.Pharm & MPT dissertations
- Corresponding author on reviews in diabetic kidney disease & dialysis therapeutics
- Examiner, UG & PG examinations at medical institutes across India
- Basic Course in Biomedical Research, as mandated by NMC (2020)
- Delegate, Cleveland Clinic Advanced Certificate Course in Diabetes (2017)
- Presenter, APICON, RSSDI, AIIMS kidney disease & cardiovascular symposia
His role at Joovik
Bringing rigorous medicine to everyday health
As a Medical Adviser on the JOOVIK Medical Advisory Panel, Dr. Habib brings a perspective earned over eight years running a dialysis unit and more than two decades treating the downstream consequences of diabetes and hypertension. His research sits precisely where metabolic disease becomes organ damage: diabetic kidney disease, neuropathy, anaemia and the quality of life of patients who reach renal failure. That vantage point shapes JOOVIK's approach to long-term monitoring, complication prevention and clinical governance: a member's progress is measured not only by weight or a glucose reading, but by the kidneys, nerves and heart those numbers are there to protect.
“Metabolic health is never about one number. Blood sugar, blood pressure, the kidneys, the heart, the nerves, sleep and the mind all move together, and a person is well only when the whole system is well. Treat the patient early and treat them entire, and most of what I see later in life need never happen at all.”
About
Professor of Obs & Gynae; women's health leader
Dr. Aruna Nigam is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and former Head of the Department at Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (HIMSR), Delhi. She serves as President of the Indian Society of Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology and President of NARCHI Delhi, and joins the Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists for 2026-27, national offices that place her at the centre of how women's health is practised and taught in India.
Her research record is exceptional: more than 250 publications, over 4,800 citations, an h-index of 24 and an i10-index of 48. The SciRank Global Registry places her in the top 5% of scientists worldwide. In 2025 she was awarded Fellowship of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, and her honours include the 2020 Women Scientist Award.
She is, above all, a teacher, with 200+ lectures delivered, eight books edited (including Drugs in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Postpartum Haemorrhage), and fellowship programmes convened in gynaecological endoscopy, colposcopy and medical education. An ISCCP-IFCPC certified colposcopist with ACME accreditation, her clinical interests span gynae-endoscopy, gynae-oncology and high-risk pregnancy.
Areas of expertise
Clinical & academic focus
Qualifications
Education & credentials
Career & recognition
Experience & professional leadership
- President, Indian Society of Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology
- President, NARCHI Delhi
- Member, ICOG (2026–27)
- Former Head of Department, Obs & Gynae, HIMSR Delhi
- 250+ publications in national & international journals
- 4,800+ citations · h-index 24 · i10-index 48
- Top 5% of scientists worldwide (SciRank Global Registry)
- 200+ lectures delivered
- Editor, Pan Asian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Editor, Journal of Colposcopy and Lower Genital Tract Pathology
- Executive Editor, Indian Journal of Medical Specialities
- Editor of 8 books, incl. Postpartum Haemorrhage
- Fellowship, National Academy of Medical Sciences · 2025
- Women Scientist Award · 2020
- ISCCP-IFCPC certified colposcopist
- ACME, Advanced Course in Medical Education
Her role at Joovik
Putting women's health at the centre of lifelong care
As a Medical Adviser on the Joovik Medical Advisory Panel, Dr. Nigam brings national leadership in women's health to the way we design care. Her work spans the moments where a woman's metabolic health is decided: high-risk pregnancy, the years that follow it, and the screening that catches disease before it declares itself. That perspective shapes Joovik's clinical governance and protocols, and grounds our conviction that a woman's health deserves to be followed across a lifetime, not treated one episode at a time.
“A woman's health is never a single episode. What happens in pregnancy echoes for decades, in her heart, her metabolism, her risk of disease long after. Care that follows her across a lifetime, and teaches her what to watch for, is worth more than any treatment given too late.”