Chandler Christophe was born and raised in East Orange, New Jersey. He received a B.S. in Biological Sciences at Rutgers University and continued on to pursue his Medical Degree at the same institution. Before entering medical school, he worked as an academic advisor to pre-medical students providing academic and career counseling as well as facilitating tutoring services for their science courses. During medical school, Dr. Christophe continued his love of working with adolescents by coordinating several mentoring programs such as Students Learning About Medicine (SLAM) Program, in which he held workshops on health-related topics for high school students, as well as a series of educational workshops for the local YMCA in Newark. He was co-president of the Student National Medical Association while in medical school and created outreach and educational programs for the community. Dr. Christophe is interested in urban, underserved medicine and adolescent medicine. He speaks basic Haitian Creole.