Background
Mustapha, Tamton was born on October 17, 1941 in Calicut, Kerala, India. Son of Mahamood and Asmabi (Tamton) Thoosikannan.
Mustapha, Tamton was born on October 17, 1941 in Calicut, Kerala, India. Son of Mahamood and Asmabi (Tamton) Thoosikannan.
Student Malabar Christian College, India, 1958. Doctor of Medicine Calicut Medical College, 1963.
Diplomate American Board Internal Medicine, American Board Gastroenterology. Resident in internal medicineVA Hospital, Brooklyn, 1967-1968, Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, New York, 1968-1970. Resident in gastroenterology Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, 1970-1972.
Practice medicine, specializing in gastroenterology, Hudson, New York, 1972;attending physician Columbia Memorial Hospital, Hudson, 1972.
Chief department.medicine Columbia Greene Medical Center, 1989-1991. Instructor medicine Albany Medical Center, 1972.
Member medical advising committee New York State Health Department. Board directors, chairman auditing assurance Hudson Valley Professional Services Review Organization.
President Northern Columbia Associations, Columbia Greene Medical Associations, Cairo Medical Realty, Prime Medical Associations, Hudson, 1997.
Chairman of the Board Greene Health Care Associations. Board directors Regional Heart Association.
Member medical advising committee New York State Health Department. Member town planning board Kinderhook, 1987-1996. Fellow American College Gastroenterologists.
Member American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, Columbia County Medical Society, New York State Medical Society (medical advising committee), American Gastroenterological Association, American Society Internal Medicine, Academy Sciences, American Heart Association (board directors), American College Physician Executives, Columbia and Dutches Lung Association, Association for Mentally Retarded, American Association Physicians and Dentists of India (president Capital district.1986).
Lodge: Rotary (director 1976-1978, president-elect 1986-1987,president 1987, Paul Harris fellow).
Married Rahma Marikar, June 15, 1969. Children: Monisha, Mumtaz, Nigel.