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    Sunil Sapru, MD, Section Chief of Department of Medicine

    Dr. Sapru was born in Kashmir, India, where he completed high school and undergraduate studies with distinction. He obtained his MB, BS degree at the medical college in Srinagar (University of Kashmir) before completing postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at the prestigious Sheri-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences where he remained as a junior faculty member.

    Subsequently, he joined the cardiology department at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, as a junior faculty member. He was selected for an overseas assignment by the Ministry of Health, Oman, and served as an Internal Medicine Specialist at a referral hospital with teaching responsibilities for students and interns from Oman’s only medical school and received a special award of recognition by the Ministry of Health. He completed his medical residency at SUNY Buffalo and Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center where he received the “Outstanding Graduating Resident” award.

    Dr. Sapru remained at Cooperman Barnabas after his training as assistant program director, and took on the role of associate director in 2010. He is taking over as the program director from November 2012. He is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Saint George's University School of Medicine in Granada, West Indies. He also holds an appointment as Affiliate Assistant Professor of Medical Humanities at the Drew University Caspersen School of Graduate Studies in Madison, New Jersey.

    Dr. Sapru is a fellow of the American college of Physicians and a member of the Governor’s Council of the New Jersey Chapter of ACP.

  • Medical School

    Institute of Medical Sciences Soura, Srinagar, India, 1988

    Internship

    SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 2000

    Residency

    Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ, 2002

  • Insurance

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