Nidhi Chojar, MD - Kelley House Mentor

Dr. Chojar grew up on a University campus in Ludhiana, Punjab, India where her father and mother were professors. She graduated from Punjab University, Dayanand Medical College at the top of her medical school class. After completing one year of residency in India she immigrated to the United States. She did research on Melanoma at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston for 2 years followed by a Transitional year residency at Temple University, Frankford Hospital, Philadelphia. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at UMass Memorial Medical Center and has been University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School faculty in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine since 2001.

Nidhi practices as an academic hospital medicine physician at the University campus. She has a keen interest in care of the seriously ill patients, end of life care, and teaching patient-centered and mindful practice of medicine.  She is passionate about medical education and mentoring students, residents, and junior faculty and won the Department of Internal Medicine teaching excellence award in 2011. Currently she serves as the Associate Clerkship director and University site director for IM clerkship. She has been a Longitudinal Content Leader (LCL) for Internal Medicine since 2012. Serving as a Kelly House Learning Community Mentor since 2019 and building relationships with her students and mentees is immensely rewarding for her. She has directed the Hospital Medicine Mentorship program and served as site director for Internal Medicine Sub-internship at Memorial campus. She also taught Doctoring in clinical skills-1 course for 4 years. In recognition of her commitment and dedication to students in the clinical science curriculum  she has twice been nominated for the  “Outstanding Clinical Educator Award” by the Class of 2024 and then by the Class of 2025.

Nidhi lives in Shrewsbury and has two daughters who are both following her into the field of Medicine. She calls herself a full-time clinician-educator-mentor-mom. In her free time, Nidhi enjoys spending time with her family, reading, hiking, and listening to music.

 “Develop three things in life: softness in the heart, sharpness in the intellect and happiness in the mind.”  - Sri Sri