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Sanjiv Chopra
Dr. Sanjiv Chopra in his office at Harvard Medical School
Dr. Sanjiv Chopra in his office at Harvard Medical School
Born (1949-09-09) September 9, 1949 (age 75)
Poona (Pune), India
OccupationProfessor of Medicine, Former Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education at Harvard Medical School. Author and Public Speaker.
NationalityIndian, American
Alma materSt. Columba's School, Delhi; Hans Raj College; New Delhi; All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
SpouseAmita Rani Chopra, MD
ChildrenPriya, Kanika, and Bharat Chopra
ParentsDr. K. L. Chopra, Pushpa Chopra
Website
www.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 at Harvard Medical School,[1] Senior Consultant in Hepatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,[2] and author.

Early life

Born in Poona, India, two years after India’s independence from British rule, Chopra was inspired from a young age to follow his father, Krishan Chopra (1919–2001) a renowned Indian cardiologist. Krishan Chopra was a Fellow of the Royal Hospital of Physicians and served as head of the Department of Medicine and Cardiology at Mool Chand Khairati Ram Hospital, New Delhi, for over 25 years. He retired as a lieutenant colonel from the Indian army. Sanjiv Chopra’s paternal grandfather was a sergeant in the British Army. Chopra’s older brother, Dr. Deepak Chopra, is also a physician, as well as a holistic health expert and spiritual guru and perhaps the most famous of America’s complementary medicine practitioners.

Family life

Chopra married Amita Rani Chopra at the young age of 20. They were classmates at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Amita is a pediatrician who currently serves as an adjunct staff at Boston Children's Hospital and guest faculty at RxRelax Therapeutic Yoga training for Healthcare professionals.[3] They moved to the United States in 1972. They have three children, Priya, Kanika, and Bharat and two granddaughters, Aanya and Mira.

Education

Sanjiv Chopra graduated with honors in English literature from St. Columbas High School in Delhi in 1964. He did his premedical qualification from Hans Raj College, Delhi University. He graduated from Medical School from the prestigious 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

Dr. Chopra was elected as a Master of the American College of Physicians in 2009, an honor bestowed to only a select few individuals for being “citizen physicians, educational innovators, scientific thinkers and humanists who inspire those around him or her and sets the standards for quality in medicine.”

He is Professor of Medicine and, previously, Faculty Dean for Continuing Education at Harvard Medical School. He also acts as a Senior Consultant in Hepatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is the James Tullis Firm Chief, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

He has received a number of other notable awards, including the American Gastroenterological Association’s Distinguished Educator Award. In 2012, he was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for “exemplifying outstanding qualities in both one’s personal and professional lives while continuing to preserve the richness of one’s particular heritage.”

Dr. Chopra’s book, Dr. Chopra Says: Medical Facts and Myths Everyone Should Know, co-authored with Dr. Alan Lotvin, was published in January 2011. It has received wide acclaim and has been translated into multiple languages.

Dr. Chopra, while serving as the Faculty Dean for Continuing Education, led the most robust academic Continuing Medical Education enterprise in the world, reaching out to 80,000 clinicians in more than 160 countries each year. This included seven annual Current Clinical Issues in Primary Care (CCIPC) conferences held in collaboration with UCLA, Johns Hopkins, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Miami, Northwestern University and Columbia Presbyterian College of Physicians and Surgeons. In addition to directing these conferences, he delivered several lectures, moderated a number of sessions and has served as a keynote speaker on several occasions. Each of the CCIPC conferences are attended by 4,000 – 8,000 clinicians. Dr. Chopra is also editor-in-chief of the Hepatology section of UpToDate, an innovative online resource subscribed to by more than 850,000 physicians worldwide for clinical decision-making at the point of care.

Leadership

The topic of leadership has fascinated Chopra from an early age. Growing up in India, Chopra recalls studying Mahatma Gandhi in school and hearing his parents and grandparents speak of Gandhi as saintly. It was this man who appeared frail, yet was revered as a great soul and inspiration to millions of people, that intrigued Chopra and fostered his exploration into what makes a great and effective leader.

Dr. Chopra’s views on leadership have been influenced by interactions as a Professor of Medicine and Faculty Dean for Continuing Medical Education at Harvard Medical School, as well as his reflection on his childhood and the four decades he has lived in the United States. He has traveled to more than 95 countries where he has had the privilege to meet many gifted and accomplished individuals. Says Chopra, “Many of us discover leadership by chance rather than choice. We find ourselves in a situation that requires stepping up – and we do. In my recent book, Leadership by Example, I share with you the key principles of effective leadership. These are deliberate choices and active practices that can turn a potential leader into a truly dynamic force forpositive has the spark of leadership, and with the right tools, that spark can ignite and transform the world.”

His most recent book, Leadership by Example: The Ten Key Principles of all Great Leaders was published by St. Martins Press in May 2012. It has received advanced praise by many leaders in the United States and abroad.

Public Speaking

Dr. Chopra has been a keynote speaker on the topic of leadership throughout the United States and abroad. Chopra has lectured on “Leadership for the 21st Century: The Tenets of Leadership” more than 70 times in the United States and more than 15 times in countries abroad. This talk has received praise, often with the attendees giving him a standing ovation.

In this presentation, he discusses a wide range of examples of leaders who have changed the world. Chopra discusses historic figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Florence Nightingale and Winston Churchill, as well as contemporary leaders, and examine what makes them effective. What are some of the qualities and attributes of great leaders? Dr. Chopra asserts that great leaders listen well, have empathy, dream big, are resilient, have a sense of purpose, possess humility and humor, and have integrity and great people skills. Ultimately, they adhere to their principles and "pack other peoples’ parachutes."

Awards

  • In 1985, he was selected for the George W. Thorn Award presented by the Brigham and Women's Hospital Housestaff, Harvard Medical School for his outstanding contribution to clinical education
  • In 1991, he received the highest accolade from the 1991 graduating class of Harvard Medical School, the Excellence in Teaching Award.
  • In 1995, Chopra was the recipient of the Robert S. Stone Award, a prestigious award given to a faculty member who is an outstanding clinician and teacher and is chosen by colleagues, housestaff and students from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • In 2003, he was honored by being chosen as the recipient of the American Gastroenterological Association’s Distinguished Educator Award.
  • In 2009, Chopra was elected as a Master of the American College of Physicians
  • In 2012, he was the recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor for "Exemplifying outstanding qualities in both one’s personal and professional lives while continuing to preserve the richness of one’s particular heritage."

Publications

Books

Selected Published Works

  1. Shaw, Timothy; Long, Andrea; Chopra, Sanjiv; Kerfoot, B. Price (2011). "Impact on clinical behavior of face-to-face continuing medical education blended with online spaced education: A randomized controlled trial". Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 31 (2): 103–8. doi:10.1002/chp.20113. PMID 21671276.
  2. Long, Andrea; Kerfoot, B Price; Chopra, Sanjiv; Shaw, Timothy (2010). "Online spaced education to supplement live courses". Medical Education. 44 (5): 519–20. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03678.x. PMID 20374457.
  3. Byrnes, Valerie; Chopra, Sanjiv; Koziel, Margaret J (2007). "Resolution of chronic hepatitis C following parasitosis". World Journal of Gastroenterology. 13 (31): 4268–69. PMID 17696260.
  4. Cardenas, A.; Kelleher, T.; Chopra, S. (2004). "Hepatic hydrothorax". Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 20 (3): 271–9. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02081.x. PMID 15274663.
  5. Regan, Meredith M.; Durie, Peter R.; Zielenski, Julian; Sheth, Sunil; Shea, Julie C.; Bishop, Michele D.; Chopra, Sanjiv; Malmberg, Emily; Walker, Carolyn; Ricci, Ryan; Tsui, Lap-Chee; Freedman, Steven D. (2003). "Increased prevalence of CFTR mutations and variants and decreased chloride secretion in primary sclerosing cholangitis". Human Genetics. 113 (3): 286–92. doi:10.1007/s00439-003-0963-z. PMID 12783301.
  6. Cardenas, Andres; Chopra, Sanjiv (2002). "Chylous ascites". The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 97 (8): 1896–900. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2002.05911.x. PMID 12190151.
  7. Banerjee, S; Owen, C; Chopra, S (2001). "Sickle cell hepatopathy". Hepatology. 33 (5): 1021–8. doi:10.1053/jhep.2001.24114. PMID 11343226.
  8. Bravo, Arturo A.; Sheth, Sunil G.; Chopra, Sanjiv (2001). "Liver Biopsy". New England Journal of Medicine. 344 (7): 495–500. doi:10.1056/NEJM200102153440706. PMID 11172192.
  9. Cheney, Catherine Petruff; Chopra, Sanjiv; Graham, Camilla (2000). "Hepatitis C". Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 14 (3): 633–67. doi:10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70125-2. PMID 10987114.
  10. Sheth, Sunil; Bedford, Andrew; Chopra, Sanjiv (2000). "Primary gallbladder cancer: Recognition of risk factors and the role of prophylactic cholecystectomy". The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 95 (6): 1402–10. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2000.02070.x. PMID 10894571.
  11. Sheth, Sunil G.; Flamm, Steven L.; Gordon, Fredric D.; Chopra, Sanjiv (1998). "AST/ALT Ratio Predicts Cirrhosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection". The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 93 (1): 44–8. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.044_c.x. PMID 9448172.
  12. Sheth, Sunil G.; Gordon, F. D.; Chopra, S (1997). "Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis". Annals of Internal Medicine. 126 (2): 137–45. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-126-2-199701150-00008. PMID 9005748.
  13. Petruff, Catherine Ann; Bedford, Andrew; Gordon, Fredric D.; Chopra, Sanjiv (1997). "Hepatitis Vaccines". Digestive Diseases. 15 (1–2): 1–22. doi:10.1159/000171585. PMID 9101127.
  14. Sidhu S, Flamm S, Chopra S. Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis: an incidental finding in a patient with AIDS and cryptosporidial diarrhea. Am J Gastroenterol. 1994 Sep; 89(9):1578-9.
  15. Proctor DD, Chopra S, Rubenstein SC, Jokela JA, Uhl L. Mycobacteremia and granulomatous hepatitis following initial intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin instillation for bladder carcinoma. Am J Gastroenterol. 1993 Jul; 88(7):1112-5.
  16. Nompleggi DJ, Farraye FA, Singer A, Edelman RR, Chopra S. Hepatic schistosomiasis: report of two cases and literature review. Am J Gastroenterol. 1991 Nov; 86(11):1658-64.
  17. Rustgi AK, Chopra S. Chest pain of esophageal origin. J Gen Intern Med. 1989 Mar-Apr; 4(2):151-9.
  18. Blumberg RS, Chopra S, Ibrahim R, Crawford J, Farraye FA, Zeldis JB, Berman MD. Primary hepatocellular carcinoma in idiopathic hemochromatosis after reversal of cirrhosis. Gastroenterology. 1988 Nov; 95(5):1399-402.
  19. Weinman MD, Chopra S. Tumors of the liver, other than primary hepatocellular carcinoma. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1987 Dec; 16(4):627-50.
  20. Griffin PH, Schnure FW, Chopra S, Brooks DC, Gilliam JI. Intramural gastrointestinal hemorrhage. J Clin Gastroenterol. 1986 Jun; 8(3 Pt 2):389-94.
  21. Roberts I, Chopra S, Warshaw AL. Carcinoma of the lung with marked hyperamylasemia and elevated serum calcitonin. Am J Gastroenterol. 1982 Jan; 77(1):43-4.

References

  1. ^ Kaye Lee. "Hms-Cme". Cme.med.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
  2. ^ "Sanjiv Chopra MD: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Boston, Hospital". Sitenav.bidmc.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
  3. ^ http://rxrelax.com/faculty/
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