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They call her Dr. Diva. And for a good reason.<\/p>\n

Dr. Susan Rae Jensen\u2019s passion for medicine is equaled only by her passion for music. She loves it, supports it and even performs it.<\/p>\n

In fact, in October, she was honored at a champagne reception at the Colorado Springs Conservatory, where the vocal arts area was named in her honor.<\/p>\n

Jensen, a UCHealth cardiologist, has been a longstanding supporter of the conservatory and of musical education in the community. But that\u2019s not all. She\u2019s also performed many times as a soloist in opera and musical theater, often to benefit the arts and to aid aspiring students.<\/p>\n

She has previously received awards from the Colorado Opera Festival, the Santa Fe Opera Festival, Colorado Springs Symphony, and Opera Theatre of the Rockies, among others.<\/p>\n

The lady loves her music. She also loves medicine.<\/p>\n

Dr. Susan Rae Jensen and her husband, Thomas A. Trainer, at the Santa Fe Opera Club in July 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jensen has been an interventional cardiologist in Colorado Springs for more than 35 years. She \u00a0has been active in the American Heart Association and has been a featured speaker for the association\u2019s Go Red for Women campaign. She is one of the directors of the Colorado Board of Governors for the American College of Cardiology and a\u00a0past board member of the El Paso County Medical Society. Her credentials fill pages \u2013 literally.<\/p>\n

How did she end up with two careers?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of how my life developed,\u201d she said. \u201cI was a music major first and had all these wonderful coaches and mentors. But cardiology \u00a0is a very creative field, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while medicine can save lives, music can save souls, she believes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a part of a person, of the development as a human being as a part of your core, a part of your soul \u2026. It\u2019s a talent that should be developed as part of our education process. It\u2019s as important as science and math, and an essential part of a child\u2019s education.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because so many teachers, coaches and mentors helped her, she feels it\u2019s incumbent upon her to pay it forward. That\u2019s why she works on projects to get kids tickets to musical performances and gives benefit concerts to provide scholarships to music students.<\/p>\n

Music offers a \u201cspiritual connection to the physical world,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a singer, you have to be very aware of the physical dynamics [of the art]. As a vocalist, you carry your instrument with you. You have to be very aware of the physical demands.\u201d<\/p>\n

A musical advocate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jensen would like to see every child develop an appreciation of music for its own sake. The child doesn\u2019t have to become an opera singer or concert pianist to benefit from music education, she said.<\/p>\n

Her dedication to music education is what earned her the honor from the Conservatory.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s terribly passionate about classical music, particularly opera,\u201d said Linda Weise, a founder and CEO of the Conservatory.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s been an advocate for the school and for these young people, and especially for an art form that is as tricky to advocate for as opera,” Weise said. “It\u2019s not everyone\u2019s art form \u2013 very old and challenging and few young people [explore it]. Her mentoring and advocacy is critical.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jensen is a great role model in many ways, Weise said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s not only a brilliant artist herself, but she\u2019s an incredible doctor and an incredible community leader. Who better to serve as a role model for our students?\u201d<\/p>\n

Jensen also has given the school substantial financial support.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s been a significant major donor,\u201d Weise said. And Jensen will be part of a new partnership between the Conservatory and the Santa Fe Opera \u2013 a partnership she helped facilitate with her connections.<\/p>\n

Juggling careers<\/strong><\/p>\n

How does a successful cardiologist find time for a second career in music? \u201cI\u2019m highly disciplined and highly structured,\u201d\u00a0Jensen admits. \u201cSometimes to my own detriment.\u201d<\/p>\n

She has always focused on, and excelled at, the two things she loves most. \u201cAnd at this point in my medical career, I\u2019m not on call anymore, either,\u201d Jensen says, laughing.<\/p>\n

It helped that her studies were sometimes staggered a little bit. \u201cI sing in four or five different languages,\u201d she says,\u00a0but she learned them when she was young \u2013 mostly before medical school. And because music and medicine were such different disciplines, they were complementary in a way.\u00a0 Each was a refreshing break from the other.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very interesting, because I have a lot of musician friends who look at me and say, \u2018How do you do it?\u2019 I just do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Is there anything else she\u2019d like to do that she hasn\u2019t done?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always looking for something new and keeping myself open to those possibilities,\u201d Jensen said. \u201cLuckily, I still have a voice and can sing. That won\u2019t always be true. You just have to adjust to the realities and be open to new ways of doing things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her advice to young people searching for a vocation is this: \u201cIt sounds like a clich\u00e9, but I think you need to find your passion and go with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

She was lucky. She found two of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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