Lisa Wong, MD
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Dr. Lisa Wong, Assistant Co-Director of the Harvard Arts and Humanities Initiative and AMWA Music and Medicine committee member, speaks about her innovative music program for COVID-19 patients at Boston Hope Hospital . Prescribing “music doses” for patients through various times of day, she and her team of volunteer musicians, bring the healing power of music to those in recovery from COVID-19. She also plays “Tomorrow” with her family, and features a hauntingly beautiful musical postcard by Silk Road artist Wu Tong.
Joselyn Mercado- Abadie, MD
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Sydelle Ross, MD
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Dr. Sydelle Ross sings Mi Chiamano Mimi from the opera La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini. Dr. Ross is an award-winning classically trained vocalist who uses music in her practice of hospice and palliative medicine. She holds board certifications in anesthesiology, pain medicine and hospice and palliative medicine. Dr. Ross is the host of Prescriptions In Song, a podcast dedicated to promoting awareness of the healing potential of music.
Longwood Chamber Players
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Longwood Chamber Players is a group of healthcare professionals and medical students in Boston.
Tara Rajendran, MBBS, MFA
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Dr. Tara Rajendran, MBBS MFA, Physician-Musician, graduated out of the nation’s one of the 6 ‘Institutes of Eminences’ — ‘Manipal Academy of Higher Education,’ standing as the top 1.2 percentile of undergraduate students in the country (Top 15 national finalists) for the world’s most prestigious & expensive scholarships — The Rhodes scholarship ‘18 for her academic brilliance, outstanding extracurricular achievements, & leadership qualities. She was also the Oxford University DPhil Oncology program finalists ‘18. In 2020, ‘LinktheDots’ named Tara as one of the ‘20 brilliant Indians in their 20s’.
Dr. Rajendran’s academic focus is hematological malignancies and instrumental music therapy in palliative Oncology. She has received various research grants, including the Indian Council of Medical Research-STS, and has presented posters & abstracts at the professional oncology platforms, such as the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and ASH. Dr. Rajendran was the youngest invited speaker at the 27th International Conference of the Indian Association of Palliative Care. Tara is also the Co-PI of Music Therapy — Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in the Oncology Department of Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore.
Tara was deemed as a child prodigy in the ‘Saraswati Veena,’ the national instrument of India. She maintains an unrivaled record of playing her signature style, ‘Tanam,’ a Carnatic musical improvisation. Recipient of several accolades & merit scholarships in the ‘Veena,’ Tara has given multiple invited performance at the prestigious national music festivals. Tara received the highest attainable award for Girl Guiding from the Hon. President of India in 2008 along with the proficiency badge, ‘Musician’. Her first All India Radio (The national public radio broadcaster) broadcast was in 2010. She also holds a bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Veena and is currently a Ph.D. student in Music (2019-2022).
Tara founded a self-initiative 1st lecture-concert series, ‘Oncology & Strings’ to advocate the importance of inculcating instrumental music therapy into India’s Palliative cancer care infrastructure. Launched at the Stanford University campus, Tara at the young age of 25, was invited to deliver lecture-concerts at TEDx, Kasturba Medical College-Manipal, & at India’s Premier cancer center since it’s the establishment — Tata Memorial Hospital (chief guest+Panel member). Alongside, Tara lends free MP3 ‘Veena’ recitals to Palliative centers across India & the United States.
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Mary Rorro, DO
“Songs That Heal and Comfort” – Dr. Mary Rorro Recital at St. Peter’s University YouTube TJ Magg Link from 11/6/24
Dr. Mary Rorro performs at Concert for Veterans-Saint Peter’s University’s Link from 11/6/24