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Sanjiv Chopra
Office at Harvard Medical School
Office at Harvard Medical School
Born (1949-09-09) 9 September 1949 (age 74)
Pune, Bombay State, India
OccupationProfessor of Medicine, Former Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education at Harvard Medical School. Author and Public Speaker.
Alma materSt. Columba's School, Delhi; Hans Raj College; New Delhi; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
SpouseAmita Rani Chopra
Children3
RelativesDeepak Chopra (brother)
Website
sanjivchopra.com

Sanjiv Chopra, M.B.B.S, M.A.C.P, is an Indian-born American physician, Professor of Medicine and former Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education (CME) at Harvard Medical School.[1][failed verification] He currently serves as a Marshall Wolf Master Clinician Educator at Brigham and Women's Hospital and co-director of the CME Division in the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Early life

Chopra's older brother, Deepak Chopra, is an author and alternative medicine advocate.

Family life

Chopra married Amita Rani Chopra at the age of 20. They were classmates at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Amita is a pediatrician who has recently retired and currently teaches meditation. They moved to the United States in 1972. They have three children and two granddaughters.

Education

Sanjiv Chopra graduated from St. Columba's School, Delhi in 1964. He did his premedical qualification from Hans Raj College, Delhi University. He graduated from Medical School from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). In 1972 he came to the United States for post-graduate training. After a year of Internship in Internal Medicine in New Jersey, he moved to Boston in 1973. Following his residency, he completed a fellowship in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, from 1975 - 1977. He has been on the faculty of Harvard Medical School since 1979.

Medical and academic career

He is Professor of Medicine and, previously, Faculty Dean for Continuing Education at Harvard Medical School.

Chopra's book, Dr. Chopra Says: Medical Facts and Myths Everyone Should Know, co-authored with Alan Lotvin, was published in January 2011.

Publications

Books

References

  1. ^ Lee, Kaye. "Hms-Cme". Cme.med.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 19 May 2001. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
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