Dr. Dave Chokshi appointed to Health Advisory Group by President Obama

Dr. Dave Ashok Chokshi has been appointed  a member of the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion and Integrative and Public Health by President Obama on December 1. He was among more than a dozen people appointed by outgoing President Barack Obama to key administration posts. Others 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.”

Dr. Dave Ashok Chokshi is the Chief Population Health Officer of OneCity Health and Senior Assistant Vice President at New York City Health + Hospitals – the largest municipal health care system in the U.S.  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, he served as a White House Fellow at the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he was the principal health advisor in the Office of the Secretary.  His prior work experience spans 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.

Dr. 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 Advisors for the Parkland Health & Hospital System and was elected a Fellow of the American College of Physicians this year.  Dr. Chokshi received a B.A. from Duke University, an M.Sc. from Oxford University, and an M.D. from University of Pennsylvania.