RuchiraChandraMD

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Physician

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Dr. Ruchira Chandra is a geriatrician based in Rhinebeck, NY, with subspecialties in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She completed her medical degree in 2002 at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine, followed by an Internal Medicine residency and a Geriatric Medicine fellowship at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Since 2007, she has been serving as a Medical Director at Hudson Valley Hospice and a physician at Mountainview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Additionally, she is currently a physician at Northern Dutchess Hospital, a position she began in 2023. Dr. Chandra also worked at Vassar Brothers Medical Center from 2007 to 2017.

Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellFellowship, Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine), 2005 - 2006
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2005
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 2002