Friday, August 7, 2009

Mohan Sundararaj BMus MD MPH

Dr. Mohan Sundararaj is a physician trained at Asia's first Harvard-Affiliated academic institution located in Chennai, India. After medical school, Dr. Sundararaj trained in music therapy at Berklee College of Music, Boston to nurture a strong background in classical piano since age four. On returning to India to complete general medicine residency training, Dr. Sundararaj served as Medical Officer at a large corporate hospital setting in Calcutta and later began engaging in philanthropic projects using music and medicine, particularly with street girl children who were also orphaned. These experiences enabled him to be distinguished as a Catherine B. Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship at the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School concurrent to his graduate program in health policy and management at the Harvard School of Public Health. While at Harvard, he founded a student-musicians' network leveraging the musical expertise of the student community and organized concerts, including a Spring fundraiser for pediatric cancer featuring 43 musicians representing 7 institutions from Harvard and Greater Boston communities.

Dr. Sundararaj is also Founder & CEO of a new non-profit initiative, The Global Music Therapy Project engaged in the globalization of evidence-based music therapy. He has performed extensively as a solo pianist and accompanist in over 200 concerts and has over 50 awards and scholarships to his credit. Dr. Sundararaj also holds an Associate degree and the Performer's Certificate in piano performance from Trinity College, London and is an American Board-Certified music therapist.

A Harvard commencement press release featured Dr. Sundararaj as one of thirteen "Faces of the Future" in May 2009. Dr. Sundararaj is currently based in Washington DC where he is investigating the US engagement on global HIV/AIDS policy at the public policy offices of The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR).

email: msundararaj@post.harvard.edu

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