Sanjiv Chopra
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. 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
1990 Gastroenterology: Problems in Primary Care (Problems in Primary Care Series)
2001 The Liver Book: A Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Recovery
2010 Doctor Chopra Says: Medical Facts and Myths Everyone Should Know
2012 Live Better, Live Longer. The New Studies That Reveal What’s Really Good and Bad for Your Health (paperback version of above book)
2012 Leadership by Example: The Ten Key Principles of All Great Leaders
2013 Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny, and the American Dream (co-authored with Deepak Chopra)
2016 The Big Five: Five Simple Things You Can Do to Live a Longer, Healthier Life
2017 Two Most Important Days: How to Find Your Purpose and Live a Happier and Healthier Life (co-authored with Gina Vild)

References

1949 births
Living people
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi alumni
American medical academics
American health professionals of Indian descent
Harvard Medical School faculty
Indian emigrants to the United States
Indian expatriate academics in the United States
Medical doctors from Maharashtra
Scientists from Pune
Delhi University alumni