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easy-going

I have so many stories about Dr. Siva. I often called him “Dr. Smart.” I was always going to him for advice. I wish I could express this in words but the untimely loss of
I remember nine years ago when I was sick and needed an oncologist, I did not know where to go. I was talking Sudarshan has left a void that cannot be filled. I have known
to Dr. Siva, and he told me to go to Dr. Kalil. Dr. Siva took his phone out and called Dr. Kalil and made the him since I first started working at Suburban Hospital in 2012,
appointment for me! This is where it gets interesting. When I got to Dr. Kalil’s office, they said I didn’t have an and it was always a pleasure to be rounding on his patients.
Dr. Smart
appointment and Dr. Kalil was gone for the day. I started crying and called Dr. Siva. He said, “Hold on.” To my His calm demeanor and easy-going approach to managing
surprise, I saw Dr. Kalil running from the back with the phone at his ear. I could always go to Dr. Siva for advice. his patients reflected in the easy-going pace he lived his life.
I remember him sitting in the cubby on 6300 and listening to
Gone too soon. RIP Dr. Siva. music, typing his notes, and discussing whatever was the “world’s
— Dawn Campbell
problem of the day.” Whether it was politics, money, religion, books or yoga—he could discuss it all. I just know
I could never finish my notes sitting next to him and on some days had to really force myself to leave a very
giving
engrossing discussion. I wouldn’t even try to sit there if he and Yuneng were both in the cubby at the same time
Sudarshan welcomed me back in 2013, when I was a hospitalist moonlighter at Suburban Hospital. and were in the mood to talk. I still remember seeing Alina up on 6300 so many weekends and thinking she is
welcomed I can’t even recollect all the discussions we have had after work—there have been plenty.
I remember he asked me if I would consider joining the Suburban team right after my endocrinology
the exact copy of her dad and is as calm and peaceful as him.
fellowship. He told me, “Look, I am a nephrologist, and I am working as a hospitalist!” A year later,
I was sitting down with Atul and Eric discussing opportunities at Suburban.
He was always very generous and giving—with his time and knowledge—and also
—Misha
Mihail Zilbermint, M.D. Neha’s specialty Moscow mules he would carry in a steel flask to share with all at some
of the get togethers. Sudarshan was a wonderful human being with a beautiful soul.
beautiful soul
He has touched so many lives in so many different ways and will continue to do so as
he will live in our hearts forever.
When I was a resident 10 years ago, Dr. Siva was one of the first hospitalists I rounded with. He was so A quote from Thich Nhat Hanh—a Buddhist monk that Sudarshan and I discussed the last time I met with him:
down to earth, lightened every mood and eased my fears as a newly graduated pharmacist. I sincerely “When we lose someone we love, we should remember that the person has not become nothing. ‘Something’
appreciated his kindness in teaching and wanting to be inclusive of everyone at the rounding table. cannot become ‘nothing,’ and ‘nothing’ cannot become ‘something.’ Science can help us understand this, because
down to earth
Even all these years later, he always made it a point to say “hi” when we crossed paths. My thoughts and prayers matter cannot be destroyed—it can become energy. And energy can become matter, but it cannot be destroyed.
go out to his family, especially his wife and daughter. In the same way, our beloved was not destroyed; she/ he has just taken on another form. That form may be a
—Jasmine Sudhakar, Pharm.D. cloud, a child or the breeze. We can see our loved one in everything.”
—Vikas Kapoor, M.D.

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