Sugantha Sundar

Dr. Sugantha Sundar is faculty director for Continuing Education and Accreditation, providing strategic leadership for Harvard Medical School’s Continuing Education accredited and nonaccredited academic and educational activities.

Dr. Sundar is a cardiac anesthesiologist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Sundar completed her medical school training in Chennai, India. She subsequently trained and board-certified as an Obstetrician and Gynecologist in the UK.  She joined the BIDMC as an anesthesia resident in 2000 and completed a cardiac anesthesia fellowship. She was chief resident and obtained the Medical Student teacher of the year award. Her interest in teaching and educating residents won her the Leonard Bushnell Award for Innovations in Teaching in her department.

She has developed a simulator-based curriculum in cardiac anesthesia as part of the Rabkin Fellowship. Some of her research interests include genomic variations and their impact on the cardiac surgical patient, the impact of low tidal volume ventilation in cardiac surgical patients and the impact of age of red cells in the cardiac surgical patient. Dr. Sundar also serves as her department's director for Professional Affairs and the Chair of the Credentials Committee at BIDMC. Dr. Sundar is also a senior examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology.