Ravi Chopra, MD, PhD

Ravi Chopra, MD, PhD is a resident within the Adult Neurology program at Barnes-Jewish Hospital / Washington University in St. Louis. Ravi completed his medical and graduate degrees at the University of Michigan, where he studied the impact of dendritic biology and ion channel dysfunction in models of spinocerebellar ataxia. Since coming to Washington University, Ravi has developed a subspecialty interest in Neuromuscular medicine and plans to pursue a Neuromuscular medicine fellowship with a specific focus on ALS.

Ravi is an emerging physician-scientist whose research interests center on the intersection between network biology and neurodegenerative disease. Ravi is working as a joint postdoctoral fellow with the Miller Lab and the Hengen Lab, and his work focuses on network dynamics in primary motor cortex (M1) as a predictor of neurodegeneration in rodent models of ALS. In addition, Ravi is working to develop open-source automated behavioral environments that quantify motor symptoms in rodents to accelerate ALS pre-clinical research pipelines.

Outside of the lab, Ravi enjoys backpacking, road cycling, cooking, and spending time with his family.