Education
MBBS | Government Medical College, Patiala | 1989
MD (Medicine) | Government Medical College, Patiala | 1994
DM (Cardiology) | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, 1997
After completing DM, he worked as Research Associate and Assistant Professor at AIIMS, Delhi. In 2002, he joined Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre in Delhi and subsequently shifted his practice to Amritsar permanenly in 2006. Since then, he has been associating with Forits Escorts Hospital and has been the Director Cardiology since 2012.
Apart from publising numerous research papers, Dr Arun Kumar Choptra held many positions such as
Course Director for Amritsar Cardiology Summit 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 amd 2014.
Jt Organising Secretary in the 1st Indo-Pak Heart Summit at Amritsar, Mar 2004.
Course Director for Cardiorhythm 2009, a conference on all aspects of cardiac electrophysiology.
Editorial Secretary for the official journal of the Cardiological Society of India – “Indian Heart Journal" from Jan 2001 to Dec 2003.
Member, Editorial board, Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, from its initiation in 2001.
Editorial Assistant for “Cardio Update" in 1998-99.