Dr. Sohur grew up in the village of Espérance Trébuchet, Mauritius.
After completing his secondary schooling at Royal College of Port-Louis, he received his Bachelors in Chemistry and Biology at Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, graduating summa cum laude and Presidential Award recipient. He then completed his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee on a full scholarship. Since 2001, Dr. Sohur has been at Harvard, where he completed his clinical training in Neurology with sub-specialty in Movement Disorders and then joined the MGH staff.