Dr Saif Chopra

M.B.B.S., D.T.M. & H., (Lond), D.Path (Eng), D.C.P. (Lond), FRCPA   / Consultant Pathologist  / Hon. Senior Lecturer – Monash Univ. Medical School

Dr Chopra’s interest in music commenced during his high school days in Zanzibar (East Africa) and Piano - Accordion became his favorite instrument during his medical college days and Serious singing and playing the piano grew as passions in Australia.

Writing was his instinct since childhood

(Even wrote and directed a play after his graduation.)

Hindi and Urdu verses writing began to appeal to him with advancing years as the gates of maturity began to unfold..

He has always cherished devotional and philosophical writing in English as well as in Hindi Urdu medium.

Highlights in music arena were playing on accordion in London on BBC.

Playing for a charity performance in Zanzibar had raised his spirits.

But beyond this "hobby", his medical specialty in anatomical pathology led him to research in the field of geography of cancer for which he was awarded WHO travel fellowship.

This enabled him to go on a lecture tour of many overseas medical and academic institutes (see list below).

Delivering a talk as a guest lecturer in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine was one of the finest  moments of  his life.

LIST OF VARIOUS PLACES AND INSTITUTIONS WHERE AN OFFICIAL LECTURE OR TALK WAS DELIVERED BY DR CHOPRA

SUBJECT: Aetiological Clues from Cancer Epidemiology in Relation to Migrant Populations in East Africa.

BY: Dr Saif CHOPRA, MBBS, DTM & H, D.Path, DCP, FRCPA.

1.	SINGAPORE	Medical school. My talk was given at the end of the World Health Organisation sponsored Cancer Epidemiology and Registration Course. (March 1971)
2.	BOMBAY	Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital. To the audience of Pathologists and Epidemiologists. (March 1971)
3.	CHANDIGAR (India)	Post Graduate Medical Research Institute. (March 1971)
4.	KARACHI	Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre. (April 1972)
5.	KUWAIT	The talk was delivered to the Kuwait Medical Association as its official guest. (April 1972)
6.	BOLOGNA (Italy)	The paper was presented at the International Symposium for Cancer Prevention and Protection. (1973)
7.	LONDON	Official lecture was given to DTM & H students at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , having been invited as guest lecturer by a Professor Woodruff of the School. (1973)
8.	GENEVA	Contribution was made at WHO sponsored special committee meeting of “Cancer Control Programme in Africa” at WHO Headquarters. (1973)
9.	ZAMBIA	Official lecture was given at the Medical School, Lusaka, on invitation from the Professor of Pathology. (January 1974)
10.	PERTH	Lecture was delivered at Royal Perth Hospital as Special Guest Speaker. (January 1975, on my way from Mauritius)
11.	ADELAIDE	Informal talk given at Adelaide Chest Clinic, mainly to the audience interested in epidemiology. (October 1975)
12.	SYDNEY	Paper presented at the Ninth Congress of World Association of Societies of Pathology. (Venue: Sydney Hilton; October 1975)
13.	MELBOURNE	Talk presented at Country Pathologist’s Meeting at Austin Hospital. (1981)
14.	CANBERRA	Paper presented at Commonwealth Pathologists’ Conference, Woden Valley Hospital. (1981)

Other visits to Medical Institutes:

Institute Topic presented

National Guards Hospital

Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA Augmentin induced jaundice 1992

Sultan Qabbos University Cancer patterns between Arabs 1993

Medical School, Muscat OMAN of Oman and Zanzibar

James Cook University Visiting Scholar 2003 July

Townsville, Australia

IIUM Medical School Visiting Associate Professor 2004 Sept-Oct

MALAYSIA

Dares salam Medical School Guest lecturer 2005 June

TANZANIA Presented “Intracranial actinomycosis”

Medical School, Colombo University Guest lecturer 2007 March

National Hospital Colombo Visiting Pathologist

SRI LANKA