Dr. Chopra is Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine (overseeing 152 physician faculty) and Associate Professor of Medicine with tenure at Michigan Medicine. He is also a highly funded Research Scientist within the Patient Safety Enhancement Program and the Center for Clinical Management Research at Ann Arbor?s VA Medical Center and the University of Michigan Health System. A health-services trained researcher, Dr. Chopra?s research interest focuses on improving the safety of hospitalized patients and prevention of hospital-acquired complications. He is particularly interested in preventing complications related to vascular devices, including central venous catheters and peripherally inserted central catheters. Dr. Chopra has published over 150-peer reviewed articles with greater than 50% in journals with an impact factor > 10. His research has been highly cited and published in the worlds leading journals including JAMA, BMJ and the Annals of Internal Medicine.