The University of the West Indies (UWI), at Cave Hill, Barbados

The University of the West Indies

at Cave Hill, Barbados

The Faculty of Medical Sciences
Faculty and Staff

The Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS) at Cave Hill officially opened its doors on September 1, 2008 to 40 medical students enrolled in the MBBS.

 

The Dean, Professor Joseph M. Branday, assumed the duties of FMS Dean on August 1, 2010. He is joined by seven basic science faculty members who comprise the founding faculty recruited in 2008. The basic science faculty are primarily responsible for the delivery of Phase I curriculum. In addition, the faculty is supported by Dr. Priscilla Richardson, the Director of Medical Education and Mrs. Heather Hennis, Lecturer, Measurment and Quality Assurance.

 

The basic medical sciences faculty (Phase I) members are listed below. The Clinical faculty (Phase II) comprise some 20 full time and some 80 associate and part-time faculty members, some of whom also contribute to the Phase I programme.

 

Basic Medical Science Faculty (Phase I)

 

Anatomy

Dr. Uma Gaur, MB BS Delhi, MSc, Senior Lecturer

Dr. Keerti Singh, MBBS, M.S. Anatomy (Delhi Uni), Lecturer

 

Biochemistry/Molecular Biology/Genetics

Dr. Nkemcho Ojeh, BSc, Genetics (Wales), MRes (Manchester), PhD (Lond) Lecturer

 

Pharmacology

Dr. Alaya Udupa, MB BS (Mysore), M D (Mysore), PhD (Manipal) Senior Lecturer

Dr. Kenneth L. Connell, MB BS, DM (Internal Medicine) (UWI) Lecturer

Dr. Damian Cohall, BSc (UWI), PhD , Pharmacology (UWI) Lecturer

 

Physiology

Ms. Jacqueline Vigilance, BSc (UG), Dip Ed (UT), M Phil (UWI), Lecturer

Dr. Subir Gupta, BSc (Calc), MSc (Calc), PhD (Calc) Lecturer

 

Public Health and Epidemiology

                                                      

                          Professor Nigel Unwin, BA BM BCh (Oxon) MSc (Manchester) DM (Oxon) FRCP (Ed)  FFPH (UK), Professor

Dr. T Alafia Samuels MBBS (UWI), MPH (JHU), PhD(JHU), Senior Lecturer

   Dr. Madhuvanti Murphy, BSc, MPH, Dr.PH., part-time Lecturer

Dr. Natasha Sobers-Grannum, MBBS, Lecturer

 

 

Contributing Clinical Faculty from Phase II

 

Professor Emeritus Henry S. Fraser

Professor Patsy Prussia

Dr. Anders Nielsen

 

Family Practice

Dr. Peter Adams (Deputy Dean, Pre-Clinical Science)

Dr. Euclid Morris

*A total of ten lecturers/ tutors from Family Practice will contribute guest lectures to the program.

 

Surgery

Professor David Rosin

Professor Hannu Savolainen

Dr. Ramesh Jonnalagadda

Dr. Maurice Walrond

*Three surgery residents

 

Microbiology

Dr. Marquita Gittens-St. Hilare

Dr. Workman

 

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Dr. N. Robinson

Dr. Felix Gittens

*Four residents

 

 

Clinical Faculty/Phase II

 

Dr. Peter Adams Lecturer in Family Medicine & Deputy Dean Phase 1 [Preclinical Sciences]

Dr. Cheryl Alexis, Lecturer in Clinical Haematology

Dr. Michael Campbell, Lecturer in Clinical & Counselling Psychology

Dr. Maisha Emmanuel, Lecturer in Psychiatry

Dr. Pamela Gaskin, Lecturer in Essential National Health Research

Dr. Marquita Gittens-St. Hilaire, Lecturer Microbiology

Dr. Jerome Jones, Senior Lecturer in Orthopaedics & Deputy Dean Phase 11 [Clinical]

Dr. Ramesh Jonnalagadda, Senior Lecturer in Surgery

Dr. Alok Kumar, Senior Lecturer in Child Health

Dr. Areti Kumar, Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care

Dr. Paula M. Lashley, Lecturer in Child Health

Dr. Garth McIntyre, Lecturer in Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Dr. Euclid Morris, Lecturer in Family Medicine

Dr. Anders Nielsen, Senior Lecturer in Medicine

Professor David Rosin, Professor of Surgery

Professor Hannu Savolainen, Professor of Vascular Surgery

Dr. Desiree Skeete, Lecturer in Anatomical Pathology

Dr. Charles Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Medicine

Dr. Kenneth L. Connell, Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology

Dr. Hugh Thomas, Lecturer in Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Dr. Harold Watson, Lecturer in Emergency Medicine

 

 

Chronic Disease Research Centre (CDRC)

 

Professor Anselm Hennis, Director CDRC, Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology

Professor Ian Hambleton, Professor in Biostatics

Professor Clive Landis, Professor in Vascular Biology

Dr. Kim Quimby, Lecturer in Immunology

Ms. Angela Rose, Lecturer in Epidemiology

 


Contact the Faculty of Medical Sciences
Telephone: (246) 417- 4694/4703/4264 Fax: (246) 438-9170 Email: fms@cavehill.uwi.edu