User:West Virginian/Rahul Gupta

Rahul Gupta is an American physician, public health official, and educator.

Early life and education
Gupta was born in India, and was the son of an Indian diplomat. He was raised in the Washington, D.C. suburbs of Maryland.

Gupta attended the University of Delhi, where he completed medical school and earned his Doctor of Medicine at the age of 21. He completed his internship and residency at Northwestern University's St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago. Gupta earned his Master's degree in Healthcare Organization and Health Policy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He received a fellowship from the American College of Physicians and became board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Gupta then earned his global Master of Business Administration from the London School of Business and Finance.

Career in public service
Gupta served as the Health Officer and Executive Director of the Kanawha–Charleston Health Department, which was the largest local health department in the U.S. state of West Virginia, consisting of Charleston and all of Kanawha County.

Gupta served as the West Virginia State Health Officer and Commissioner of the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health.

Gupta served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical and Health Officer for March of Dimes, a nonprofit organization focused on the health of mothers and babies. At March of Dimes, he provided strategic oversight for the organization’s medical and public health initiatives.

Academic career
While in West Virginia, Gupta was an adjunct clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the West Virginia University School of Medicine and an adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Charleston's School of Pharmacy. Gupta also served as a medical consulting and teaching staff member at Charleston Area Medical Center. He was also a volunteer physician at the West Virginia Health Right Clinic in Charleston.