Dave A. Chokshi
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Dave Ashok Chokshi (born May 8, 1981) is an American physician and former public health official who served as the 43rd health commissioner of New York City.[1] He was the first health commissioner of Asian descent.[2] Chokshi previously served as the inaugural chief population health officer for NYC Health + Hospitals and as a White House fellow in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.[3] Currently he is a practicing physician at Bellevue Hospital and the inaugural Sternberg Family Professor of Leadership at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, part of the City College of New York.[4][5]
Quick Facts 43rd Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health, Mayor ...
Dave A. Chokshi | |
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Dr. Chokshi in 2015 | |
43rd Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health | |
In office August 4, 2020 ā March 15, 2022 | |
Mayor | Bill de Blasio Eric Adams |
Preceded by | Oxiris Barbot |
Succeeded by | Ashwin Vasan |
Personal details | |
Born | Dave Ashok Chokshi (1981-05-08) May 8, 1981 (age 43) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Queens, New York, U.S. |
Education | Duke University (BA) University of Oxford (MSc) University of Pennsylvania (MD) |
Awards | Rhodes Scholarship Truman Scholarship Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship |
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