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Dr Hardat Arjune Sastri Sukhdeo

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Dr Hardat Arjune Sastri Sukhdeo

Birth
Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Death
13 Apr 2014 (aged 79)
Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Burial
Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.8542328, Longitude: -74.1997528
Plot
Maple Lawn
Memorial ID
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Born to the late John Harry and Hiria Sukhdeo in Georgetown, Guyana, He attended high school in Georgetown and then the University of London College of the West Indies in Jamaica where he earned a medical degree and met his wife, Angella Lindo (wed in 1963). They married and moved to Connecticut to where he completed his residency in psychiatry. In 1967, he joined the Yale University Medical School as an assistant professor of psychiatry. In 1972, he joined the faculty at the University of Miami Medical School where he founded the Crisis Intervention Center. In 1975, he moved with his family to New Jersey to join UMDNJ where he served as chief of psychiatry. In the late 1970s, he served as a psychiatrist to the survivors of the Jonestown Massacre.
He lived with his family in Upper Montclair, New Jersey from 1975 to 2000 before retiring to Miami Beach, Florida.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Angella; his sons, Sastri, Devand, Romesh, and Rohan; his sisters, Nirvani, Rani, Drupathy, Vidi, Indra, and Shanti; his grandchildren, Sydney, Hannah, Madeline, Charlie, Nicholas, Deven, Kaya and Anjuli; his daughters in laws, Sheela, Dolores, Bindi and Nayoung and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Born to the late John Harry and Hiria Sukhdeo in Georgetown, Guyana, He attended high school in Georgetown and then the University of London College of the West Indies in Jamaica where he earned a medical degree and met his wife, Angella Lindo (wed in 1963). They married and moved to Connecticut to where he completed his residency in psychiatry. In 1967, he joined the Yale University Medical School as an assistant professor of psychiatry. In 1972, he joined the faculty at the University of Miami Medical School where he founded the Crisis Intervention Center. In 1975, he moved with his family to New Jersey to join UMDNJ where he served as chief of psychiatry. In the late 1970s, he served as a psychiatrist to the survivors of the Jonestown Massacre.
He lived with his family in Upper Montclair, New Jersey from 1975 to 2000 before retiring to Miami Beach, Florida.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Angella; his sons, Sastri, Devand, Romesh, and Rohan; his sisters, Nirvani, Rani, Drupathy, Vidi, Indra, and Shanti; his grandchildren, Sydney, Hannah, Madeline, Charlie, Nicholas, Deven, Kaya and Anjuli; his daughters in laws, Sheela, Dolores, Bindi and Nayoung and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

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