MAHENDR S. KOCHAR, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.

Dr. Kochar was born in Jabalpur and grew up in Nagpur.  He received his M.B.B.S. degree from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 1965.  He received postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at the University of London Hospitals in England and at the Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  He did postgraduate work in Pharmacology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and a fellowship in Nephrology and Hypertension at the Milwaukee County General Hospital.  He received a Master of Science degree in Pharmacology from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 1976.  He completed the two-year Executive MBA program at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 1987.  He is presently the Chief of Hypertension and Associate Chief of Staff for Education at the Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee.  

He is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Medical College of Wisconsin where he is also the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education.  He is Board certified in Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Geriatrics, Clinical Pharmacology and Medical Administration.  Dr. Kochar is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London and Canada, and the American College of Cardiology.  He has contributed over 100 articles and abstracts to medical journals and has authored a book on hypertension.  He is also the editor and co-author of the concise Textbook of Medicine.  Dr. Kochar's name is listed in Marquis's Who's Who in America since 1987.  

He received the Distinguished Service Award of the Medical College of Wisconsin. This award recognizes a long term commitment of the faculty to the educational, research, and clinical programs and outstanding contributions at a national scale. He will be the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the American College of Physicians for one year, from April 1998 to April 1999. He also serves on the 30 member Board of Regents of ACP. 

Dr. Kochar has recently been honored by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Alumni Association as a 1998 Graduate of the Past Decade award recipient in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of medicine.

Dr. Kochar can be contacted via e-mail: kochar@post.its.mcw.edu