Hara was born in Athens, Greece where she graduated from the American School for Girls and the Medical School of the University of Athens. At the same time as her medical studies, she also continued her piano degree at the National Conservatoire in Athens studying with Professor Chryssi Partheniadi-Florou and she received her Piano Performance Diploma with distinction. She is the daughter of the late pianist Ketty Trouli.
She came to London in 1989 and trained in orthopaedics at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital. For a number of years she worked as a surgical orthopaedic assistant at the same time as raising her family of four children, who are now three practicing doctors and a mathematician. She is married to an orthopaedic surgeon.
She has embarked in a number of research projects and she has presented original work in international conferences such as the European Federation for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH in Paris and Dublin), the International Symposium of Performance Science (ISPS in Auckland, Vienna, Kyoto and Reykjavik) and the Performing Arts Medicine Association Symposium in the USA (PAMA in Aspen, NYC, Los Angeles). Her research topics include Clinics for Musicians, Wrist Problems of Musicians and Health of the Popular Musician. She is writing articles for EPTA, BAPAM and Piano journals and has presented and published research work on Pianists’ Carpal Tunnel and the Electromyographic Representation of Muscular Activity in the Arms of Pianists.
Hara has also been regularly invited as guest lecturer in meetings and other organisations such as the Cork School of Music (Ireland), the European Piano Teachers’ conferences (EPTA) in London /UK, Ljubljana/Slovenia, Prague/Chech Republic, Athens/Greece and Amsterdam/Netherlands as well as the Musicians’ Health Seminars in Jamaica, the University of South Florida and in the Health in the Arts project in Cuba.
In 2011 Hara joined the first Masters degree in Performing Arts Medicine at University College London and graduated with distinction in 2012. Her MSc Research Thesis focused on the Muscular Contraction in the Arms of Pianists. Since 2015 she is appointed by UCL as the Course Lead where she runs and develops the Masters, Diploma and Certificate postgraduate studies. She is involved in multiple academic activities and she also organises the PAM DAY once every year at UCL.
She is a clinician for the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) and has developed a Musicians' Clinic in London where she works together with of a multidisciplinary team looking after musicians' injuries.
She came to London in 1989 and trained in orthopaedics at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital. For a number of years she worked as a surgical orthopaedic assistant at the same time as raising her family of four children, who are now three practicing doctors and a mathematician. She is married to an orthopaedic surgeon.
She has embarked in a number of research projects and she has presented original work in international conferences such as the European Federation for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH in Paris and Dublin), the International Symposium of Performance Science (ISPS in Auckland, Vienna, Kyoto and Reykjavik) and the Performing Arts Medicine Association Symposium in the USA (PAMA in Aspen, NYC, Los Angeles). Her research topics include Clinics for Musicians, Wrist Problems of Musicians and Health of the Popular Musician. She is writing articles for EPTA, BAPAM and Piano journals and has presented and published research work on Pianists’ Carpal Tunnel and the Electromyographic Representation of Muscular Activity in the Arms of Pianists.
Hara has also been regularly invited as guest lecturer in meetings and other organisations such as the Cork School of Music (Ireland), the European Piano Teachers’ conferences (EPTA) in London /UK, Ljubljana/Slovenia, Prague/Chech Republic, Athens/Greece and Amsterdam/Netherlands as well as the Musicians’ Health Seminars in Jamaica, the University of South Florida and in the Health in the Arts project in Cuba.
In 2011 Hara joined the first Masters degree in Performing Arts Medicine at University College London and graduated with distinction in 2012. Her MSc Research Thesis focused on the Muscular Contraction in the Arms of Pianists. Since 2015 she is appointed by UCL as the Course Lead where she runs and develops the Masters, Diploma and Certificate postgraduate studies. She is involved in multiple academic activities and she also organises the PAM DAY once every year at UCL.
She is a clinician for the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) and has developed a Musicians' Clinic in London where she works together with of a multidisciplinary team looking after musicians' injuries.