Medical specialties and board certifications:
Board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Medical school name/location:
University of the West Indies - Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
Fellowship name/location:
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Emory University School of Medicine, Egleston Children’s Hospital at Emory - Atlanta, Georgia
Residency institution(s):
Pediatrics: Driscoll Children’s Hospital - Corpus Christi, Texas
Professional recognition/awards:
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
2014
Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
2013
Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
2011
Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
2010
Presidential Citation, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM)
2002
Best Specialist Teaching Attending of the Year Award, Presented by the Pediatric Residents of Driscoll Children’s Hospital - Corpus Christi, Texas
2000
Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP)
1998
American Academy of Pediatrics, Critical Care Section, Best In-Training Research Award, Presented at the 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics - San Francisco, California
1996
Corpus Christi Pediatric Society First Place Resident’s Research Award, Resident Research Competition
Driscoll Children’s Hospital PL-III Resident of the Year for outstanding performance in Pediatrics
1995
Southern Section of the American Federation of Clinical Research Trainee Research Travel Award, Presented at the Annual Meeting of Southern Section of the American Federation of Clinical Research - New Orleans, Louisiana
1994
Corpus Christi Pediatric Society Third Place Resident’s Research Award
1987
Honors in Community Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies (U.W.I.), Jamaica, West Indies
1985
National Additional Scholarship of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago for outstanding scholastic performance in Cambridge University (UK) Advanced Level General Certificate Examinations
Language fluency:
English