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Dr. Amjee Keyzom Bhutti Phunkyil graduated in the first class of the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute in Dharamsala, India in 1974 and was conferred the title Amjee. In 1988 she received the Menrampa degree (T. M. D.) In recognition of her dedicated service of over 25 years in the field of Tibetan Medicine, Amjee Bhutti received the Senior Physicians Award. In 1995 she received The Shiromani Award and in 1997 the Award of Excellence, at the third and fifth International Congress, respectively, of the All India board of Alternative Medicines in Calcutta, India.

In 1988 the Tibetan government in exile organized a tour to France, Belgium, England, Austria and the United States by Amjee Bhutti and Dr. Tenzin Chodak, former senior personal physician to H.H. The Dalai Lama. Dr. Bhutti is one of the few female doctors of Tibetan Medicine practicing in the United States. She founded her practice in the Boston, Massachusetts area after serving as a chief physician at the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute in Darjeeling for 25 years.

In 2006 Dr. Bhutti founded Tibet Elderly Help, a 501(c)(3) organization providing elderly Tibetans with the resources needed to meet their basic needs, so they can live their lives with human dignity.