Vineet Chopra
Born
Delhi, India
Academic background
EducationMD, Grant Medical College
MBBS, 2000, University of Mumbai
MSc, University of Michigan
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine
University of Michigan

Vineet Inder Chopra is an Indian–American hospitalist. Since 2021, Chopra has served as chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Deputy Editor for the Annals of Internal Medicine journal. Prior to this, he was an associate professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at Michigan Medicine and the VA Ann Arbor (Michigan) Health System.

Early life and education

Chopra was born in Delhi, India, but attended schooling at various places in the world. He attended elementary school in France, middle school in Egypt, and high school in Japan, before returning to India for medical school.[1] In India, Chopra completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Mumbai and his medical degree from Grant Medical College. He then enrolled at the University of Michigan for his Master of Science degree and completed his internship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in 2002.[2]

Career

Upon completing his internship and residency, Chopra spent several years as the served as the medical director and Lead Physician for the Division of Hospital Medicine at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center.[3] He was recruited to join the University of Michigan in 2008 and subsequently became their first hospital medicine research fellow. Upon completing his fellowship in 2012, Chopra joined the Michigan Medicine faculty as an investigator in hospital medicine.[4] In this role, Chopra received the 2014 Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan's Frank J. McDevitt, DO Excellence in Research Award, which recognizes research that contributes to improving health and medical care in Michigan.[5] He was also the recipient of the 2016 Society of Hospital Medicine Award of Excellence.[4]

In July 2017, Chopra was appointed to the position of inaugural Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at Michigan Medicine.[3] While serving in his role of Chief, Chopra received the 2019 MICHR Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award.[6]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Chopra was one of the front-line health workers responding to the pandemic. In March 2020, Chopra served as co-medical director for the Regional Infectious Containment Unit (RICU) along with Valerie Vaughn and Chris Smith.[7] He also worked alongside Krishnan Raghavendran as part of India COVID SOS, a group of physicians, scientists and policy makers from across the country who were providing home care resources, medication, and equipment to people in India.[8] In November, he co-authored Sixty-Day Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 which examined patients treated and released from hospitals in Michigan between March 16 and July 1. The results of the study showed that a third of the COVID-19 survivors reported ongoing health issues.[9][10]

In August 2021, Chopra left Michigan Medicine to become the chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.[11] Prior to joining the institution, Chopra was appointed a Deputy Editor for the Annals of Internal Medicine journal.[12] In 2021, he was elected a Member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Michigan Medicine's Vineet Chopra, Esteemed Research Mentor, Facilitates Medical Partnerships in India". University of Michigan. August 26, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Vineet Chopra, MBBS, MD, MSc". University of Colorado School of Medicine. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "CONGRATULATIONS! Vineet Chopra, MBBS, MSc, appointed as inaugural Chief of Hospital Medicine Division" (PDF). University of Michigan. 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Vineet Chopra honored with a Society of Hospital Medicine Award of Excellence". University of Michigan. March 9, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Accomplishments and Impacts Newsletter March-June 2014". VA Center for Clinical Management Research. 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ "DR. VINEET CHOPRA RECEIVES THE 2019 MICHR DISTINGUISHED CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH MENTOR AWARD". University of Michigan. June 20, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  7. ↑ Whitney, Katie; Vloet, Katie (Summer 2020). "The Fight Against COVID-19". Michigan Medicine. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  8. ↑ Vedapudi, Varsha (May 2, 2021). "U-M community shares concern for COVID-19 crisis in India". Michigan Daily. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  9. ↑ Vineet Chopra; Scott A Flanders; Megan O'Malley; Anurag N Malani; Hallie C. Prescott (11 November 2020). "Sixty-Day Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19". Annals of Internal Medicine. doi:10.7326/M20-5661. ISSN 0003-4819. PMC 7707210. PMID 33175566. Wikidata Q101568133.
  10. ↑ Lin Erdman, Shelby; Howard, Jacqueline (November 14, 2020). "Recovering Covid-19 patients struggle to return to normal after hospital discharge, study finds". CNN. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Vineet Chopra, MD, Named Chair of Department of Medicine". University of Colorado School of Medicine. August 12, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Chopra named deputy editor of top medical journal". University of Michigan. February 12, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
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