Dr. Ricketts-Roomes obtained her undergraduate medical degree from the University of West Indies and has more than a decade of experience in family medicine. She is a Senior Medical Officer and Acting Lecturer at the UWI and Principal Physician at the Willowdene Family Medical Centre. She also got her postgraduate D.M. in Family Medicine from the UWI in 2016. She has a passion for providing excellent care to her patients.
Dr. Peter Johnson is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at the University of the West Indies. He completed the Drake Fellowship Neurointervention at Western University from 2014 to 2015.
His practice includes the management of acute strokes, treatment of brain aneurysms and even the management of nosebleeds. Dr. Johnson also does general radiology such as ultrasound and ultrasound-guided biopsies as well as reporting on whole-body CT and MRI imaging. He is especially gifted in head and neck management and neuroradiology. He has over 30 peer-reviewed publications, including collaborations with centres in the United States and Canada. He is interested in the development of healthcare in the Caribbean through research and collaboration and through the training of radiologists as head of the DM in Radiology programme at the UWI.
Dr. Kevan Smith received his medical as well as his postgraduate degree in General Surgery from the University of the West Indies. He subsequently completed a Clinical Fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Toronto in June 2018. While there, he received training in Laparoscopic Colon Surgery as well as Colonoscopy for benign and malignant conditions.
Dr. Smith offers treatment for common surgical conditions such as hernias, gallstone disease, ‘lumps and bumps’, and breast diseases. His main interests are in Colorectal disorders and screening for Colorectal Cancer. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and an Associate Lecturer at the University of the West Indies. He is a Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon at the Kingston Public Hospital where he has practiced since 2012.
Dr. Smith’s services include the management of:
Breast lumps
Haemorrhoids (piles)
Ingrown toenails
Gallstones
Hernias
Bowel cancers
Diabetic foot and other leg ulcers
Colorectal cancer screening and surgical management
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Dr. Myrton Smith is a Consultant Otolaryngologist, Head & Neck Surgeon at the University Hospital of the West Indies and Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies.
Dr. Smith obtained both his undergraduate and postgraduate medical degrees from the University of the West Indies in 1998 and 2005, respectively. During his training, Dr. Smith received exposure to first world Otolaryngology by working in the U.K. at the Torbay General Hospital and also working under the direct tutelage of Dr. Peter Rhys-Evans at the Royal Marsden Hospital. This was the first hospital in the world dedicated to the treatment of cancer.
Dr. Smith has also been awarded an International Visiting Scholarship by the American Association of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Foundation allowing him to do an advanced observership in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was also part of the first group of participating physicians in the Philadelphia International Medicine Groups’ Physician Partnership Programme in 2017. This facilitated an advanced observership in the management of disorders of the larynx and trachea.
Dr. Smith does general Otolaryngology, but with his exposure, he has a special interest in endoscopic sinus and ear surgery, and management of head and neck masses.
Services offered include:
Day case tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy
Myringotomy and grommet insertion (drainage of fluid in the middle ears)
Management of wax impaction and ear infections
Medical and surgical management of sinusitis
Endoscopic trans-sphenoidal resection of pituitary (brain) tumors working with a Neurosurgeon
Repair of CSF (brain fluid) leakage
Management of neck lumps
Management of thyroid disorders
Management of parathyroid disorders
Management of throat cancers – mouth, tonsils, larynx (voice box)
Management of nodules on the voice box and other causes of hoarseness
Laryngotracheal reconstruction
Management of foreign bodies in the ears, nose or throat
Release of tongue tie
Managing disorders of the salivary glands including tumors, stones, and infections
Management of snoring and sleep apnea using hospital-based and office-based procedures Management of cancers of the head & neck
Endoscopic ear surgery
Endoscopic sinus surgery
Dr. Tate obtained both her M.B.B.S. and D.M. in Obstetrics & Gynaecology from the University of the West Indies. She is well-respected by her peers. She provides services such as cervical cancer screening and management of cervical cancer. She will also manage your pregnancy from conception to delivery.
She will also manage your gynecologic conditions such as:
Excessive menstrual bleeds
Post-menopausal bleeding
Endometriosis
Irregular periods
Painful sexual intercourse
Chronic pelvic pain
Sexually transmitted infections
Vaginal warts
Dr. Sibyl Surage is an Otorhinolaryngologist and Head and Neck Surgeon. She graduated from the University of the West Indies, Mona with a DM in Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery in 2018. She is currently employed at the Kingston Public Hospital. As part of her postgraduate training, however, she completed an 18-month elective at the Torbay General Hospital in the UK, also providing emergency coverage and performing elective surgeries at the Royal Hospital of Devon and Exeter.
During her time in the UK, she had the privilege of attending and participating in several courses which included a Temporal Bone Dissection course in Bordeaux, France, an Endoscopic Sinus Surgery course in Bristol, UK, and a Skull Base Surgery Course in Amsterdam.
Prior to her elective period in England, she also attended a course in Temporal Bone Dissection at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She is passionate about providing surgical care to all, especially the underprivileged. She is keen to treat each patient as one of her favourite relatives. She has a special interest in plastic surgery and may pursue a fellowship in facial plastics in the near future.
Dr. Surage has a love for traveling as well as the outdoors. She is keen on physical activity and plays lawn tennis, hiking, jogging, fishing, going to the beach, exploring and spending quality time with loved ones.