Victor S. Raj, MD Scholarship Fund

Parishioners of St. Joseph Church in Columbia benefit from the generosity of the Victor S. Raj, MD, Scholarship Fund, established to honor the memory of Dr. Raj with a full tuition scholarship awarded each year to a student to attend Saint Joseph Catholic School or Cardinal Newman. The scholarship assists a Saint Joseph parish family with limited economic means to provide Catholic education to their child.

Dr. Raj was born on July 18, 1974, in Bourges, France. He grew up in Pennsylvania and attended Cathedral Preparatory High School. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University and his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine. After training, Dr. Raj was Board Certified in Anesthesia and Transesophageal Echo Cardiography and cared for patients in the Pittsburgh area for 15 years as an anesthesiologist. Dr. Raj was loved by many for his gentle spirit, inquisitive mind, compassion, and care of others, and he strived to make the world better.

Please consider joining the support of access to Catholic education and the memory of Dr. Raj by donating today.