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. 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. 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. He was also the recipient of the 2016 Society of Hospital Medicine Award of Excellence. 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. 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. 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. ==Recent Events==