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Dr. Miriam Lee Burger, MD, MSc

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Miriam is a Psychiatrist-Physician, Musician, Sound Therapist, Global Health and Mental Health Tech Advocate, and on a mission to contribute to health care and human potential. 

Relevant credentials:
- Specialized & certified in Mental Health and Global Health;
- M.D., Fully certified Physician, 2012 (Medical University of Vienna);
- Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Board Certification Candidate (Swiss FMH);
- M.Sc., in Global Health, 2024 (University of Geneva);
- PG-Certified in Global Health Delivery, 2018 (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health);
- PG-Certified in Mind-Body-Medicine, 2020 (Harvard Medical School);
- PG-Certified in Science Communication, 2023 (University of Geneva);
- ETH/UZH Innosuisse Startup Training, 2017
- Music & Media composition Trainee, 2016 (University of the Arts Zurich);
- International Violinist since 2005
- Violin prodigy 1989-2002 fellow/scholarship Bavarian State Ministry (Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg, David Oistrakh Academy Ingolstadt, University for Music and Theatre Munich).

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* Developer of sonic methods & protocols;
* Meditator + yoga practitioner since 2016; 
* Neurosomatic Programming certified, 2016;
* Sound Therapist 3x certified, 2019; 
* Ayurveda Coaching certified, 2021;
* Acupuncture Training 2010-2011, 
Austrian Society for Acupuncture;
* Integrative Health Doctor


Miriam has worked on a variety of projects: As an SDG 3 advocate at the World Health Innovation Summit on health innovation and sustainability mandates in support of the Pope Francis COVID-19 commission in 2020, on the 25+5 SDG Cities Leadership Platform at World Economic Forum Davos in 2020 and 2022, the World Urban Forum 11 in 2022,  as well as Arts-for-SDGs projects with the World Health Organization, and the Global Social Prescribing Alliance. As a Neuromusician she focuses on the development of sonic technology. Her latest publication covered an analysis and suggestions for COVID-19-related strategic priorities of the Swiss healthcare system.

As a physician and researcher, Miriam gained clinical experience in the fields of pain therapy & neuroimmunology at the University Hospital Vienna AKH, and in mental and global health at the University of Zurich,  University of Geneva,  Harvard University, Cambridge USA and private clinics.

In her early career as a concert violinist on the stage and composer, the creative arts were playground for collaboration and self-expression. Between 2005 and today, Miriam has co-created/co-composed various international projects ranging from classical orchestra performances to rock-pop band recordings to different roles in the film industry in Berlin, Zurich, London, New York,  and Los Angeles. 


In 2015, she began with meditation & sonic healing practices on an ongoing quest to understand human nature. Music is a way to experience our sense of self. Over the past decade, Miriam gradually gained extensive meta-knowledge and in-person and/or remote training as a sound & meditation practitioner,  with internationally recognized meditation teachers and programs such as with Sadhguru, Sharon Salzberg, Joan Halifax, Jon Kabat Zinn, Don Conreaux, Joe Dispenza, Olga Klimecki and many others around the globe.

Miriam spent extensive phases in diverse ethnocultural contexts, especially SE Asia & the Far East, on her journey beyond what meets the eye and into Asian ancestry. This deep reconnection widened into a diversity of knowledge. Miriam strives for a culture of conscious growth to promote sustainable transformation in an increasingly complex world.

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Work

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OUR WORK FOLLOWS A TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO HEALING, CONVERGING MUSIC, MEDICINE, NEUROSCIENCES, AND TECH

  • We strive to stay at the forefront of scientific rigor, while additionally sourcing from original ethnocultural evidence. We are continually optimising and refining our method whenever possible. We are collaborating with high standard research institutes in Switzerland, currently in stealth mode


MUSIC & SOUND THERAPY

  • 2019 - today
    Zurich-based Studio     - Dr. Miriam Lee
    Music Production, Mentoring and Sound Meditation Immersion: in person, remote/digital , Music Composition (in-house composition, production, live performance). Past Clients: ALL HERE Geneva, ALPS Foundation, Dr. Janna Scharfenberg Academy, Dr. Claudia Nichterl Academy, SDG Lab WEF Davos, and private individuals.

    SOUND THERAPY | ACOUSTICS | MIND-BODY MEDICINE
  1.  Digital Sound Baths | Deep Listening Soundscapes | Sound Meditation | Composition, Production, Live Performances - In-person, or remote (contexts corporate, well-being, wellness, medical practices)
  2.  Mentor and Teacher in Sound-Meditation 

  • 2005 - today
    Independent Music Professional    : full professional violinist & composer (strings)
    aka Miriam Lee Eicher. Worked internationally in EU/USA, i.e. Vienna, London, NYC, L.A., and Zurich for film, commercial, orchestras, concert galas, studio recordings, live events, and substituting violinist in world-class orchestras i.e. 21st Century Orchestra at KKL Lucerne, Berlin Youth Symphonics, Udo Juergens Orchestra, a.o. ; Performing in the genres: Classical, singer-songwriting, gypsy, pop-rock - performance, and writing pop-rock string arrangements. (More details) 

CONSULTANCY

  • Dec 2024 - ongoing
    Sound Medicine & Burnout Prevention for Healthcare Staff, in-house project at     Clinique La Source Lausanne
    Ongoing consultancy and Project development: mental health/burnout prevention personalized for clinical staff and employees; together with the Directory of Innovation LaSource.

  • Oct 2023 - May 2024
    Science Communication Intern,     Swissfilms Christian Frei Filmproduktion
    coaching in science communication on the next documentary with  Dr. Christian Frei (Director, Filmproducer). Dr. Frei, one of the most acclaimed Swiss documentary filmmakers, is known for his films Genesis 2.0 (2018), Space Tourists (2009), The Giant Buddhas (2005) and War Photographer (2001). He is a Sundance Awardee and 74th Academy Awards Nominee .


  • Oct 2019 - June 2024
    Expert/Advisor, Mental & Global Health, Music Interventions, World Health Innovation Summit UK
    Due diligence and advisory on healthcare-related integrative health and musical projects. WHIS is a platform that brings public and private partnerships together to fund and deliver healthcare solutions globally, providing research and analysis, peer and expert-led knowledge-building, strategic networking, and deal flow in healthcare and life sciences.


  • Nov 2022 - Dec 2023
    Medical Advisor, Sonic & Frequency-based Technologies for Brain Health / Mental Health,     Convergence Partners AG, Venture Capital
    Convergence Partners is a European venture capital firm that invests in founders building high-impact companies in healthcare sectors with large unmet needs. 


  • 2016 -2017 
    Medical Film Consultant, 8 Cancer Campaign Films with the Swiss Cancer League
    Music & Film Content Strategy,  together with Mediafisch, Fidelio Films & The Swiss Cancer League, Zurich, Switzerland; developing 8 short films for the Special Program at the Zurich Film Festival 2017-2019




CLINIC 

  • 2016 - 2018   
    RESIDENT PHYSICIAN, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE,  Infectious Diseases/Travel Medicine
    under Prof. Christoph Hatz, and Prof. Jan Fehr. Department of Public Health and Global Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute, University of Zurich, Switzerland -  contributing to Swiss TPH/UHZ/BAG travel medicine.


  • 2013 - 2015   
    RESIDENT PHYSICIAN, Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
    Focus Depression and Stress-related mood disorders, brain health and music, CBT-psychotherapy. Clinic Schlössli, Clienia Private Clinics for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Teaching Hospital, Canton Zurich

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Academic Track

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MEDICINE | HEALTH

  • 2024
    Original Research Thesis
    A Scoping Review of Music Interventions to Prevent Burnout and Enhance Well-Being among the Healthcare Workforces. Policy Recommendations for Switzerland. 
    University of Geneva


  • 2023
    Complete Health Needs More Than Medicine
    Social Prescribing for Health and Wellbeing: The Austrian public health magazine Periskop interviews Dr. Burger on Social Prescribing as a systemic solution for tomorrow's healthcare system - and the possibilities of Social Prescribing and sustainability for society. 


  • 2022
    Protecting The World From Future Pandemics
    More efficient and reactive health systems: how digitalizatiom will change healthcare. // Four visions for more equity, capacity and paradigm shift among global health systems by 2040. With this timely policy brief we introduced four visions for more equity, capacity and paradigm shift among global health systems by 2040 during the World Health Assembly 2023 in Geneva. It proposes four visions and policy plans to protect the world from future pandemics such as COVID-19, and calls for the improvement of health systems’ capacity, more efficient monitoring of infectious agents, more equitable manufacturing and distribution of pandemic-related countermeasures and asks the international community to address the root causes of pandemics.


  • 2022
    Music and medicine: innovations by the next generation
    Vienna. PERIGROUP The Austrian public health magazine Periskop reports on innovative, systemic solutions in medicine, and how Dr. Burger coined the term Sound Medicine. Insights on sustainability in healthcare systems, the power of music, and sound therapy for health, wellbeing, and resilience. 




CERTIFICATIONS


  • 2023
    SCIENCE COMMUNICATION Certification
    University of Geneva Summer School, complementing my skillset in global health, and interest in collective dynamics & planetary evolution, to competently communicate scientific content in projects, public and policy matters.




  • 2018   
    GLOBAL HEALTH DELIVERY Certification
    Harvard University,     Cambridge. Postgraduate Certification, magna cum laude (GPA 3.72). 
    Global Health Program on Management, Epidemiology, and casework in Global Health. In-depth training led by global health specialists and business leaders from Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School for Public Health, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Last Mile Health, Abundance Foundation, Global Seed, etc. Unique composition of hands-on and theoretical framework training. In-person, selection/admission-based program. Spearheaded and taught by Prof. Paul Farmer, and Prof. Rebecca Weintraub, Prof. Joia Murkherjee. 



  • 2002 - 2003
    BIOCHEMISTRY, Guest Student, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany



MUSIC | PERFORMANCE + STUDIO + STAGE




  • 1990 - 1994
    VIOLIN, Junior student
    age 5-9y, Suzuki Method at the Public Music School, Fürth, Bavaria, Germany