President Barack Obama Dec. 1 appointed Dr. Dave Ashok Chokshi as a member of the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion and Integrative and Public Health. The Indian American physician is a clinical assistant professor of population health and medicine at the NYU School of Medicine. (screen grab from YouTube/NASEM Health and Medicine DivisiDr. Dave Ashok Chokshi Dec. 1 was among more than a dozen people appointed by outgoing President Barack Obama to key administration posts.
The Indian American physician was appointed as a member of the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion and Integrative and Public Health by Obama.
Among the other 14 appointees included Roel C. Campos, Linda Garcia Cubero, B. Alvin Drew, retired Lt. Gen. Judith Ann Fedder, Gen. Edward Rice Jr., Frederick H. Black Sr., Jane Holl Lute, Elizabeth Young McNally, Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Pedro A. Sanchez, Peter Altabef, John Donovan and Steve Smith for various boards and committees.
“These fine public servants bring a depth of experience and tremendous dedication to their important roles,” Obama said in a statement. “I look forward to working with them.”
Chokshi is the chief population health officer of OneCity Health and senior assistant vice president at New York City Health + Hospitals, one of the largest municipal healthcare systems in the country.
He practices primary care at Bellevue Hospital and is a clinical assistant professor of population health and medicine at the NYU School of Medicine.
In 2012, Chokshi served as a White House Fellow at the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he was the principal health adviser in the Office of the Secretary.
Among his career stops include stints in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, including positions with the New York City and state departments of health, the Louisiana Department of Health, a startup clinical software company and a global health nonprofit dedicated to improving access to medicines in developing countries.
Chokshi has written on medicine and public health in The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, The Lancet, Health Affairs and Science.
He serves on the board of advisers for the Parkland Health & Hospital System and was elected a Fellow of the American College of Physicians this year.
Chokshi earned his bachelor’s from Duke University, master’s from Oxford University and medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Date: December 05, 2016