Faculty Spotlight: Conversation with Dr. Charles Hopley

 

Name: Charles Hopley (He/Him)

Hometown: Denver 

Year at Geisel:  6th

Career interest: Im an Internist and I take care of patients with Kidney Disease and bad blood pressure

The best thing about Geisel is: Its setting.

Favorite spot in the Upper Valley: Sunrise over Whaleback

Favorite activity in the Upper Valley: Being outside and watching my kids sports events

Book/poem Recommendation: The original Sherlock Holmes Stories. Holmes is a genius, and at the same time a deeply flawed character. There is method to his madness though, Holmes has an approach. I try to emulate that. 

Favorite piece of music/song: Highway 61 Revisited

 

Dr. Hopley is from Denver, Colorado. He went to Colorado College, where he studied Biology, and Medical School at Ross. He received a Master of Public Health at Dartmouth (at the time, it was called the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, but now it's The Dartmouth Institute or TDI). He did an Internal Medicine residency at the University of Illinois and a fellowship in Nephrology at the University of Colorado. He is in his 6th year on the faculty in the Department of Medicine, Section of Hypertension and Nephrology at Geisel/Dartmouth Hitchcock. He directs The Fluids, Electrolytes, and Renal Medicine at Geisel for the second year medical students. At Dartmouth Hitchcock (DH) he directs the Home Dialysis Clinics as well as the Advanced Hypertension Clinic. He is a husband and father of 3, and we like to be outside.