Dr. Surve is the Co-Director of the Texas Center of Performing Arts Health, as well as an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.
Dr. Surve completed his undergraduate degree at The College of New Jersey in 2001; completed his medical degree at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine in 2005; completed a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Long Beach Medical Center in New York in 2009; and then completed a Plus One Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine fellowship at Rowan University in 2010, after which he joined the faculty.
Dr. Surve has nearly a decade of experience as a Performing Arts Medicine clinician and set up both dance and music medicine clinics during his time on faculty at Rowan University. In 2014, he left Rowan for the University of North Texas to become the performing arts medicine provider for the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex as well as the UNT College of Music, where he treats performers of all disciplines and skill levels. Dr. Surve’s clinical interest is in the musculoskeletal injury management and prevention in the performing arts population.
Please enjoy with Dr. Sajid Surve!
Selected Show Notes
Here’s the definition of Performing Arts Medicine that I took from Segen’s Medical Dictionary.
American College of Sports Medicine.
CAQ = certificate of added qualification
The Performing Arts Medicine Association
- Their publication Medical Problems of Performing Artists Journal
International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS).
Texas Center for Performing Arts Health
- This is Dr. Surve’s website!
- And here’s a piece that UNTHSC did on the work Dr. Surve is doing:
Myers Briggs Personality Test.
Books:
For a list of all book recommendations made on the show, see the TUMS Resources page.
