Our inspiring, short documentary follows my family’s journey from grief to resilience and a world-wide movement of purposeful action, following the unexpected and unexplained death of our 2 1/2 year old daughter Vienna in 2017.
Dr. Wunderler is a Mom of 3, sports medicine physician, USA Volleyball/FIVB team physician, international speaker, and published author who graduated from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. She completed her family medicine residency and sports medicine fellowship within the Cleveland Clinic Health System in Cleveland, Ohio. She currently works in the medical clinic at Harley-Davidson Motor Company, and coaches her kids’ basketball and track teams in the local recreational sports programs.
She is the mom of 3Vs, including her youngest Vienna, who died at 2 1/2 years old in 2017, without explanation. She is the wife of 1.
Dr. Wunderler is the founder/president of her family’s 501c3, all-volunteer, nonprofit Team Vienna 4 SUDC (Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood) Awareness Inc (in honor of her daughter) and founded the Annual Vienna’s Day of International SUDC Awareness, where all 7 continents join to educate the world about SUDC. She is most recently a new filmmaker, as she spearheaded and co-produced an inspiring, short documentary, VIENNA: Suddenly An Angel, based on Vienna and turning her own family’s tragedy into a world-wide movement of purposeful action.
Dr. Wunderler has been a Team Physician with USA Volleyball and FIVB since 2009 and travels internationally to support Team USA.
She earned the award of Fellow of the American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine in 2014. She was honored as one of the top 10 inspiring women in osteopathic medicine in a national publication in 2020. She was a nominee for the International ATHENA Award for leadership in 2020.
Official Selection
VIENNA: Suddenly An Angel
Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival
Worcester, MA
2026
Audience Award- Short Film
VIENNA: Suddenly An Angel
Monmouth Film Festival
Holmdel, New Jersey
2026
Official Selection
VIENNA: Suddenly An Angel
Indie Short Film Festival
Charlottesville, Virginia
2026
Official Selection
VIENNA: Suddenly An Angel
Chelsea Film Festival
New York City
2025
AUDIENCE CHOICE- Best Short Documentary
VIENNA: Suddenly An Angel
New Hope Film Festival
New Hope, PA
2025
AUDIENCE AWARD- Best Documentary Short
VIENNA: Suddenly An Angel
Long Island International Film Expo
Bellmore, NY
2025
WINNER- Homegrown Documentary Short
VIENNA: Suddenly An Angel
Garden State Film Festival
Asbury Park, NJ
2025
College
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Biology/Pre-med
19901994
College
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences- College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City, MO
Medicine
20002004
High School
Northampton High School, Northampton, PA
19861990
Height
5'11"
Gender
Female
"Give 'em a chance to say yes".- Dr. Denise Wunderler (Vienna's mom)
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take".- Wayne Gretzky (Canadian ice hockey player)
"Take the clouds with the sun and your days will be fun". -Unknown (circa 1972?, Denise's poster when she was a kid)
Our inspiring, short documentary follows my family’s journey from grief to resilience and a world-wide movement of purposeful action, following the unexpected and unexplained death of our 2 1/2 year old daughter Vienna in 2017.
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