Dr. Rama Coomaraswamy received his early education in India, in an orthodox Hindu setting. He graduated from Harvard University and then went on to Medical School. He spent 30 years as a Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon. Following his retirement from surgery, he retrained in Psychiatry. He has published fairly extensively both in the fields of medicine and theology. In 1997 he was ordained by the traditional rites in the Roman Catholic Church. At present he teaches and maintains a small practice in psychiatry, mostly dealing with problems involving the interface between religion and psychiatry.