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ForwardVidya Raj, BSc (Hons), MB ChB
Dr. Vidya Raj was brought up near Birmingham in Alcester, one of the smallest towns in England. After
completing medical school in Manchester, she began Residency training in Family Practice….but never
finished as she met her Canadian husband to be. After marrying, she moved to Nashville TN and
completed her Residency in Psychiatry and Fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine at Vanderbilt
University. She joined the Vanderbilt University Faculty as a Consulting Psychiatrist, developed
Vanderbilt’s Electroconvulsive Therapy Service and started a Cardiac Mood Disorders Subspecialty clinic.
In July 2014, she moved to Calgary.
She is the director of the Calgary Hearts and Minds Clinic, which she founded in
September 2016. This program provides psychiatric consultation and short term treatment to patients
referred by any Cardiology service in Calgary and the surrounding area.
Dr. Raj’s clinical areas of expertise include conversion disorders, mood disorders, and the psychiatric
management of patients with heart disease. She often collaborates on clinical research projects with her
husband Dr. Satish Raj, a cardiologist and clinical researcher who studies human physiology in patients
with autonomic dysfunction.
Financial relationships
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Type of financial relationship:There are no financial relationships to disclose.Date added:09/20/2022Date updated:09/20/2022
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