Rangan Chatterjee

Rangan Chatterjee
Born	Manchester, England
Education	University of Edinburgh Medical School
Occupations	Former Doctor Author Broadcaster
Years active	2001 (2001)–present
Television	Doctor in the House
Children	2
Parent	Tarun Chatterjee (father)
Website	drchatterjee.com

Rangan Chatterjee is a British physician, author, television presenter and podcaster. He is best known for his TV show Doctor in the House and for being the resident doctor on BBC Breakfast and as a regular contributor to BBC Radio. ^[1]

Early life

Chatterjee's Bengali father, ^[2] Tarun Chatterjee, came to England from Kolkata, India in the 1960s and was a consultant in genito-urinary medicine at Manchester Royal Infirmary. ^[3] Chatterjee was a pupil at Manchester Grammar School from 1988 to 1995; then he attended the University of Edinburgh, where he studied Medicine and graduated in 2001 with an additional degree in immunology. ^[4]

Career

Chatterjee hosts the podcast "Feel Better, Live More," and has appeared on BBC Radio as a regular commentator. ^[5] In 2017 he came 8th in the Pulse Power 50 list of influential GPs. ^{[6] [ neutrality is disputed ]}

In 2017, Chatterjee appeared as a presenter on the BBC One television series Holding Back the Years. ^[7]

Chatterjee is no longer a licensed practicing doctor in the UK, as of 24th March 2024. ^[8]

Books

• The 4 Pillar Plan published on 28 December 2017 ^[9]
• How to Make Disease Disappear published on 11 May 2018
• The Stress Solution published on 27 December 2018 ^[10]
• Feel Better in 5 published on 18 December 2019
• Feel Great Lose Weight published on 31 December 2020
• Happy Mind, Happy Life: 10 Simple Ways to Feel Great Every Day published on 22 February 2022
• Make Change That Lasts: 9 Simple Ways to Break Free from the Habits That Hold You Back published on 12 January 2025

Family

Chatterjee is married to Vidhaata, a barrister. [11]

References

1. Lambert, Victoria (June 2017). "The Resident doctor on BBC One's Breakfast Show". The Telegraph.
2. Paul, Mathures (8 January 2023). "5 minutes daily will transform your lifestyle, says Bengali doctor who Europe loves". Telegraph India. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
3. "Dr. Rangan's father". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018.
4. "The Manchester Grammar School". www.mgslife.org.
5. "Rangan Chatterjee". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
6. "8th in the Pulse Power 50 list for influential GPs in 2017". pulsetoday.co.uk. 5 February 2018.
7. "Holding Back the Years". BBC. 2017.
8. "Rangan CHATTERJEE". GMC. 2025.
9. "The 4 Pillar Plan". penguin.co.uk.
10. The Stress Solution Release date. ASIN   0241317940 .
11. Relative Values: the BBC’s Dr Rangan Chatterjee and his wife, Vidhaata thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Rangan Chatterjee at IMDb