Dr. I. Tiewsoh is an Associate Professor in the Department of General Medicine at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong. She received her undergraduate and post-graduate degrees from Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Maharashtra. She holds a post doctoral fellowship in Critical Care Medicine from CMC Vellore along with India Diploma in Critical Care Medicine by Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM). She also has a post-graduate Diploma degree in Geriatric Medicine. She has also served as the principal Investigator for several intra- and inter-mural projects and has co-supervised research theses for postgraduate students at the Institute. She has also authored several research articles.