Sushmita

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Sushmita

Full name	Sushmita MacAbrams
Date of Birth	3 May 2503
Birthplace	Ariel
Parents	Dr Anil Chattopadhyay, PhD, MD, MA etc., Dr Jamila Chattopadhyay, PhD, MD, MA etc
Siblings	Meena, Priyanka, Rajiv
Spouse	Dr Zachary MacAbrams
Children	none
Assignment	Doctor, Derrial Book Memorial Hospital
Specialization	Doctor (Virology)
Gender	Female
Status	Active
Education Information
St.Anthony's Hospital, Ariel, St.Jude's Hospital of Virology, Ariel

Sushmita is a doctor at Ariel's medical facilities, specialized in Virology.

Career & Early Life

Dr Sushmita MacAbrams, PhD, MD, MA, is a scion of the Chattopadhyay dynasty, well-known in medical circles for several members' ground-breaking work in medicine, biochemistry and biology during the first difficult decades of mankind settling on new planets. Her father, Dr Anil Chattopadhyay won several awards and medals for his break-through studies on transpropenylboronic acids that enabled the terraforming of a new moon where earlier settlers had been wiped out by a malignant virus. Her mother Jamila is a well-known ophthalmologist.

Second-eldest of four children, Sushmita always took an eager interest in her parents' work and received the best education money could buy on Ariel. Having learnt enough from her older sister Meena's school work, she was able to skip first grade in school and graduated from high school at only seventeen. Six years of general medical training at St.Anthony's Hospital on Ariel followed before she moved on to St.Jude's Institute for Virology to specialize.

Shortly after moving to St.Jude's she married Dr Sanjay Khan, a respected doctor in the field of stem cell research, eight years her senior. The couple lived in a penthouse overlooking an expensive area of Ariel and often entertained guests or travelled to medical congresses together. To the world they seemed to be the perfect happy career couple, except that they weren't. They were just good at keeping up appearances for a long time until Sushmita finally decided she had had enough. Spotting a job ad for the Guan-Yin II she took the chance to leave Ariel behind and go on extended trips in the name of research.

Leaving the Core

Unfortunately the Guan Yin II was experiencing serious staff shortages and remained grounded on Persephone for so long that Sushmita lost patience and sought another job, preferring to remain active. Encounters with Persephone's disadvantaged youth led her to start a new project to help them by providing medical aid for free. For this she took a new job at Derrial Book Memorial Hospital on the planet, working for Dr Zachary MacAbrams there, while she found a young pilot to hire for her own research trips to the Rim. Initially she didn't have much faith in the pilot, young Cecilia_Tarribotti, but in due course she grew very fond of the girl and started seeing her as a friend and little sister.

Over time she also realized that she was falling in love with Zachary who gave her the attention and understanding she didn't find at home and accepted that her marriage to Sanjay was broken beyond repair. Once she had convinced her parents that separation was the only option, she divorced Sanjay and when Zachary proposed to her, she gladly accepted. She made Persephone her permanent home and continues to work at the Book Memorial Hospital as Dr Sushmita MacAbrams, Head of Virology.

OOC Notes

• Yes, she's a snotty bitch most of the time. I believe there is more RP fun to be had when characters have flaws and weaknesses that generate conflict. Don't mistake her IC attitude for the player's OOC attitude though and feel free to page me, when something bothers you.

• Whatever medical knowledge I have, comes from watching House. So don't call me on any of the medical stuff Sushmita spouts, I'm mostly winging it with a little wikipedia'ing on the side.