Dr. Chivukula studied cellular and molecular neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University prior to MD and PhD training in human genetics and molecular biology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed residency training in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, clinical fellowships in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine at Harvard Medical School, and postdoctoral research training at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.

As an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Surgery at Harvard Medical School, an attending physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, and an Associate Member of the Broad Institute of MITT and Harvard, Dr. Chivukula is actively involved in clinical care, research, and teaching. Dr. Chivukula’s clinical interests include critical care medicine and genetic forms of lung disease. His research interests center on the function and dysfunction of specialized subcellular organelles, particularly in rare pulmonary disorders. As an educator, Dr. Chivukula participates in teaching medical students, graduate students, residents, and fellows in didactic and clinical settings.