Trinity School of Medicine Faculty

At Trinity School of Medicine we provide our students with a scientific foundation for further medical education and equip each student for a lifetime of learning, research and/or clinical care and community service. Our faculty is comprised of both full time and visiting faculty who address the curriculum in interdisciplinary blocks that present the Foundations of Medicine in a clinical context co-directed by basic science and clinical faculty. The Milton Cato Memorial Hospital and clinical staff have become an integral part of our team and are significant contributors to our success.

We are proud to have some of the finest educators from the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and around the globe as our distinguished faculty at Trinity School of Medicine.

Full Time Faculty | Visiting Faculty | Clinical Faculty

 

Trinity School of Medicine Full Time Faculty

Richard B. Roberts, MD, FACP
Dean and Professor, Medicine

Dr. Roberts is also Professor Emeritus of Medicine at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Adjunct Professor at The Rockefeller University, and Emeritus Attending Physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Roberts received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Dartmouth College and Temple University School of Medicine. Following his residency in Internal Medicine, he served two years at the Walter Reed Army Institute for Research. He was then Guest Investigator and Assistant Professor in the Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Immunology at The Rockefeller University. He then joined the faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College and has served as Chief of the Infectious Diseases Division, Internship Committee Chairman, Vice Chairman of Medicine, Acting Chairman of Medicine, and Director and Associate Dean for Affiliations at Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Dr. Roberts was awarded the New York Hospital medical house-staff teaching award, the teaching award from the second year medical school class twice and was recognized by the senior classes of 1995, 1996, 1998 and 1999 as one of the 16 most respected teachers at Weill Cornell Medical College (Senior Class List for Commitment and Excellence in Teaching established in 1995). Dr. Roberts also served as Chairman of both the Committee on Infections (for 17 years) and Subcommittee on Anti-infective Use (12 years) and as Co-Chairman of the Joint Committee on Anti-infective Use (8 years). His recent research interests at the Rockefeller University have included the molecular epidemiology of multi drug-resistant Gram positive pathogens, and he has published studies on vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. He also serves on the editorial board of several journals and is a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Dr. Roberts has authored more than one hundred and forty articles in infectious diseases, written over thirty book chapters, and edited two textbooks.

Edward S. Johnson, MD
Dean of Caribbean Studies and Professor, Medicine

Dr. Edward S. Johnson is a Board Certified Internist and Infectious Disease Physician who is Director of Infection Control and a Consultant in Infectious Diseases at the Clara Maass Medical Center and Wound Care Center in Belleville, New Jersey for the past 25 years. His major affiliations and appointments have included being the Program Director of the Infectious Disease Fellowship Program at St. Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey until 2000 and Professor of Medicine at Seton Hall School of Graduate Medical Education. He was the Dean of Kingstown Medical College, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a major affiliate of St. George's University, Grenada, the West Indies from 1996 until February 2008. His appointments at St. George's included that of Professor of Microbiology, Course Director of Pathophysiology, and the Director of University Health Services in Grenada and St. Vincent from 1998 until February 2008.

After developing the Peter Ho Memorial HIV Clinic at St. Michael's Medical Center in Newark, NJ in 1982, Dr. Johnson's efforts were devoted to the treatment and prevention of Opportunistic Infections in Immune Compromised patients, training Infectious Disease Fellows, and pursuing antimicrobial clinical trials and research with a focus on skin and skin structure infections. He was a member of the Mycosis Study Group (1993-1998) and remains active with the Infectious Disease Society of America as an elected member (1983) and is certified by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. His most recent work includes: Development of an HIV vertical transmission program for the Country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Establishing the Clara Maass Traveler's Resource, a non-profit clinic and advisory system based at the Clara Maass Medical Center, which provides immunizations, prophylaxis and counseling for traveler's, including the immune compromised patient; and providing continuing medical education programs in the developing countries of the Windward Islands of the southern Caribbean in conjunction with Seton Hall University, NJ

Manny Suarez, MD
Dean of Clinical Studies and Clinical Professor, Medicine

Dr. Manuel Suarez represents a model for the successful Trinity School of Medicine graduate – himself a successful US trained international medical school graduate. His clinical training, internships and fellowships took place at St. Michael's Medical Center in Newark, NJ, the University of Miami Affiliated Hospitals: Jackson Memorial Hospital, the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Miami and Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach. Dr. Suarez's unique life experience and understanding of the international medical graduate (IMG) provides special insight for the Trinity student. He brings with him board certifications in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine as well as certification in Age Management and radiologic technology. He has authored more than 15 publications and brings more than 20 years of clinical and teaching experience to Trinity.

Andreas Reymann, MD
Associate Dean and Professor, Pharmacology

Dr. Reymann. is a medical graduate of the University of Hamburg, Germany. In 1981, he joined the profession as one of the youngest MDs ever registered with the State of Hamburg Medical Board. Subsequently, he obtained Medical Board Certification in Pharmacology. In 1999 his Alma Mater awarded him the distinguished academic degrees of Habilitation and Venia Legendi for Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology. At the then 1400-bed University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, he helped to initiate Clinical Pharmacology counseling services on the wards and the first Therapeutic Pain Conference. He was a medical consultant within the fields of obstetrics, surgical intensive care, and anesthesiology. He has an extensive record of teaching Specialty Nurses, Dentists, postgraduate MDs, and PharmDs. His publication record includes more than 50 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and reviews. His research addressed the topic of cytostatic drug resistance in cancer treatment. He continues to serve as a peer reviewer for scientific journals. In 2000, he was appointed Professor of Pharmacology at St. Georges School of Medicine and eventually was promoted to Department Chair of Pathophysiology. Pharmacology, and Advanced Clinical Skills at the School's St. Vincent campus prior to coming to Trinity in 2009.

James Coey, BM BCh, BSc, DTM&H
Assistant Dean of Students and Associate Professor, Anatomy

Dr. Coey hails from Ireland but crossed the sea to attend the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne where he received an Honors degree in Physiology and a Medical Degree from the University of Southampton. Initially set on surgery, he passed the MRCS Part I & II January 2006 and Part III in February 2008. Honors and awards include Distinction in Pediatrics and the Sutton Prize for Surgery. His previous appointments include: clinical placements in General Surgery, Acute Medicine & Paediatric Surgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Dr Coey has also taught anatomy in the Departments of Anatomy, University of Cambridge and Trinity College, Dublin. He has recently been a Clinical Teaching Fellow at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, working closely with Professor Peter Abrahams FRCS, FRCR, DO (Hon) who is one of the world's most distinguished Clinical Anatomists.

Krishna Tadepalli, MBBS, MD
Associate Professor, Pathology

Dr. Krishna Tadepalli holds the MBBS degree (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) degree from the Rangaraya Medical College Kakinada, AP, India. He also holds the Doctor in Medicine (MD-Pathology) from the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad India 2003. Dr. Tadepalli has been teaching since 2000 – first at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Department of Pathology – graduate program in Nursing; and concurrently in Lab Technology – a post graduate diploma course. In 2004 he joined the SVS Medical College at Mehaboobnagar, AP, India and taught general and systemic pathology. Since 2004 he served as associate professor and course director at the American University of Antigua, College of Medicine where he established the pathology department, developed the study plan for the USMLE Step 1 and prepared students for the NBME Shelf examination. During his tenure at AUA, Dr. Tadepalli received the best faculty of the year from 2005 through 2008 as well as excellence in teaching awards in 2006 and 2007.

Usha Tadepalli, MBBS, MD
Associate Professor, Biochemistry

Dr. Tadepalli holds the MBBS degree from the Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada, AP, India, 1996. She also holds the Doctor of Medicine degree (Biochemistry) from the Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India, 2003. From 1997 to 2000 Dr. Tadepalli had her own private medical practice in Secunderabad, AP, India. From April to December 2004 she served on the faculty and as Acting Chair of the Army College of Dental Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Secunderabad, AP, India. Prior to joining Trinity, Dr. Tadepalli served as associate professor, Department of Biochemistry and medical genetics with the American University of Antigua, School of Medicine where she received the excellence in teaching award 2006, Professor Appreciation Award 2007 and Best Med 2 professor in 2000 and 2008.

Naomi Ty-Asha Plummer, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Surgery

A native of St. Lucia, Dr. Plummer attended the University of West Indies (UWI) and received her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Mona Medical School in 1999 where she was awarded honors in many subjects. From 2001-2007 she received her Doctorate in Pediatric Surgery from UWI and was Chief Resident in Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anesthesia and Intensive Care from 2006-2007. From 2007-2009 she was Chief Resident in Pediatric Surgery at the Bustamante Hospital for Children, Kingston, Jamaica. In 2009, she was awarded the Mustique Professorship in Pediatric Surgery at Milton Cato Memorial Hospital and joined the full-time faculty at Trinity.

Mignonette Relatado-Sotto, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine

Dr. Sotto was awarded the MD degree from the Cebu Institute of Medicine (Philippines) in 1991. She completed a post-graduate internship in the Philippines and served as a resident physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1993 – 2001. From 2001 to 2004 she served as a senior medical officer at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital and from 2005 -2007 she was a clinical tutor for students at the Kingstown Medical College. From 2007 to 2008 she was a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Pharmacology at St. George's University prior to joining the faculty of Trinity as course director of Introduction to Clinical Medicine.

Frances Jack, MD
Clinical Tutor, Medicine

Dr. Jack hails from St. Vincent and completed her pre-medical program and her MD program at St. Georges University School of Medicine in 2003. She completed an internship at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital in Kingstown, St. Vincent in 2005 and was certified as a medical practitioner with the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in 2006. She has taught at the Girl's High School in St. Vincent and has served as a District Medical Officer in the Cedars and Mesopotamia districts and as a Medical Officer, A&E Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. From January 2007 to February 2008 she served as a Clinical Tutor at St. Georges University School of Medicine in Grenada. At Trinity, Dr. Jack is a Clinical Tutor in Clinical Medicine that is taught throughout all five terms.

Rahul Gupta, MBBS
Clinical Tutor, Medicine

Dr. Gupta received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India in 2007 and completed a one-year rotating internship at the same institution. He then was a senior research fellow in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi in a research program supported in part by the World Health Organization and the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Gupta has a wide experience among the different communities in India, thus enriching his experience in understanding many different needs of diverse populations. Dr. Gupta joined Trinity School of Medicine in September 2009.

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Trinity School of Medicine Visiting Faculty

The Visiting Faculty members listed below represent some of forty members of the Visiting Faculty community who have taught at Trinity in the past year.

Margaret Anderson, PhD
Smith College
Physiology

Dr. Anderson is currently Professor of Biological Sciences at Smith College, Northampton, MA where she has had a long and distinguished career in physiology and the neurosciences. She graduated summa cum laude from Augustana College, received her PhD in Biology from Stanford University and was an NIH postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. She has held many administrative positions both at Smith College and in national organizations. At Smith College she has taught courses in animal physiology, neurophysiology, human biology, brain body and mind, early explorations, women's medical issues, critical reading and discussion and cell biology. From 1999-2008 she was Director of Smith College Program in Neuroscience and Chair, Board of Pre-health Advisors from 1988-2009. She is a member of various professional societies including American Physiological Society, Society of General Physiologists, Biophysical Society, Society of Neuroscience and the National and Northeastern Association of Advisors in the Health Professions, the latter serving as President in 1999-2000. Dr. Anderson has coauthored more than 28 publications in peer reviewed journals.

James T. Barrett, PhD
University of Missouri School Of Medicine
Microbiology

Dr. Barrett is a graduate of the University of Iowa and former Course Director of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Missouri School Of Medicine.  He has several well received text books of Immunology and Microbiology to his credit including the well known Textbook of Immunology which spanned 5 editions and 20 years of publication. Dr. Barrett has taught in a number of international venues including Sweden, Uruguay, Mexico, Taiwan and Nigeria. Dr. Barrett thrives on contact with students of varied cultural and educational backgrounds and is a valued member of the Trinity faculty.

Campbell M. Clark, PhD
University of British Columbia
Behavioral Science

Dr. Clark is currently Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. His undergraduate degree was a B. Sc. (Psychology) from McGill University, Montreal, P.Q. His graduate education consisted of MA (Research Methods and Statistics, UBC) and a Ph.D. (Neuropsychology, University of Victoria). Subsequently, he was a Fogarty International Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., for three years. His research interest may be broadly defined as brain/ behavior relationships. To examine this area, he has combined imaging techniques such as PET and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with neuropsychological assessment techniques in a variety of clinical populations.

With respect to education, he has coordinated and taught courses on the Behavioural Sciences in Medicine, Psychological Assessment and Research Methods at UBC. In addition, he is well-versed in Problem Based Learning (PBL), having been involved in case development and a tutor for the last ten years.

 

Paul E. Cooper, MD, FRCPC
University of Western Ontario
Neuroscience

A frequent visitor to St. Vincent and the Grenadines where he has taught medical students for over three decades, Dr. Cooper is highly esteemed by his students and patients alike in the region. He returns to St. Vincent to lead the Neuroscience teaching at Trinity School of Medicine. Board Certified in Neurology by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Paul is the recipient of more than 20 teacher/lecturer awards, is the author of peer reviewed publications and the regular contributor of chapters to major textbooks in Neuroscience. His areas of expertise include General Neurology, Headache evaluation and management, and Neuroendocrinology.

Dr. Cooper is Professor of Neurology with appointments in the Division of Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences and the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, in the Department of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. He serves as the Integrated Senior Medical Director for the Clinical Neurological Sciences and Clinical Support Services (includes Diagnostic Imaging and Laboratories) at London Health Sciences Center and St. Joseph's Health Care in London, Ontario, Canada as well as Associate Chief of Neurology at both institutions.

Grady H. Hendrix, MD
Cardiology

Dr. Hendrix is a long time visitor and friend of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Having taught physician's and medical students in the region, Grady has attended cardiac patients at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital or District Clinics of St. Vincent for 30 years. He has often arranged for and personally provided care for many of his patients after their transfer to the US.

Dr. Hendrix is a graduate of the Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine where he continues as a long time faculty member and former director of cardiac research. He has been active in clinical cardiology, invasive cardiology, clinical trials of new cardiac drugs and is author of over 100 journal articles and abstracts.

Michael D. Kawaja, Ph.D.
Queens University School of Medicine
Neuroanatomy

Dr. Michael Kawaja is Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Queen's University, Ontario, Canada. He is author of more than sixty peer reviewed journal articles, review papers and chapters of text books. His research is focused on the structural and functional repair of the nervous system by understanding the role of growth factors and their receptor. Dr. Kawaja is a respected lecturer, researcher and often is called upon as peer reviewer of both grants and journal articles. He has more than 10 awards for his scholarly activities in teaching and research. Based on his research regarding the repair of the nervous system, Dr. Kawaja holds a patent for a method of using genetically modified cells to treat defects, disease and damage of the central nervous system.

Hugh McLaughlin, MD, MSc
Pathology

Dr. McLaughlin received his primary medical degree from the National University of Ireland and moved to London where he completed postgraduate training in pathology at The Royal Posgraduate Medical School / Hammersmith Hospital and at Westminster Medical School. Dr. McLaughlin joined the medical faculty at University College Dublin in 1973 where he was extensively involved in teaching pathology and immunology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His research activities concentrated on the role of the immune system in disease causation which led to the publicaion of over 30 papers in peer reviewed journals.  In 1994 Dr. McLaughlin joined the medical faculty at St. Georges University School of Medicine where he was appointed course director in pathology and head of the pathology department.  In 1999 Dr. McLaughlin relocated to the US to teach medical school in New York state and Boston. In recent years he has also developed a pathology review course for students preparing for the USMLE examination which he has taught at medical schools in both the US and the Caribbean. 

Tracey Milligan, MD
Harvard Medical School
Physiology-Neurology

Dr. Milligan is a graduate of the University of New Mexico and obtained her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. She completed her residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and at Massachusetts General Hospital in Neurology, both affiliated with Harvard Medical School, followed with a 2-year fellowship in EEG and Epilepsy at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She treats adolescents and adults with epilepsy and is interested in difficult-to-control seizures and in neurology education. Dr. Milligan is an instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School and Associate Neurologist, Brigham and Women's and Faulkner Hospitals, Boston, MA.

Aravinda Nanjundappa, MD, FACC, FSCAI
West Virginia University
Physiology-Cardiology

Dr. Nanjundappa is Associate Professor of Medicine and General Surgery at West Virginia University School of Medicine, Charleston, West Virginia. He is a Board Certified Cardiologist and Interventionalist. Dr Nanjundappa has been a frequent visitor and is a past faculty member of Kingstown Medical College in St. Vincent. He has participated in and assisted with the organization of the Annual Cardiology Symposium which is held annually in St. Vincent. Recipient of numerous teaching and research awards, Dr. Nanjundappa is author of more than 60 peer review journal articles and text book chapters. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals and has participated in several important Clinical Trials.

Thach Nguyen, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Physiology-Cardiology

Dr. Nguyen is an Internationally renowned Cardiologist and holds Clinical/Academic appointments at Indiana University and the Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. Among his achievements he has recently Edited and Authored: Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems (3rd Edition 2007, Wiley Blackwell, NJ) and Simple Cardiology: The Clinical, Evidenced Based Medicine and Cost Effectiveness Approach (Published in English and Chinese in 2009). Dr. Nguyen is Principal Investigator for several Clinical Trials and a past president of the Asian-American Medical Society.

Mark Williams, MD, FCCM, FCCP
Indiana University School of Medicine
Physiology-Pulmonary

Dr. Williams is an experienced clinician, educator and researcher with a background that increases his ability to effectively communicate with medical students. Dr. Williams graduated with a BS in Biology from Indiana University and completed his MD at the Indiana University School of Medicine. He received his Internal Medicine training at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina where he received his training in oncology and pulmonary/critical care medicine. Subsequently he completed his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine where he has been an active faculty member since 1996.

In addition to his nearly 20 year career as a bedside internist, Dr Williams' areas of expertise include the design, implementation and analysis of large critical care trials, medical education and genomics/proteomics. He also has extensive research expertise in thoracic oncology and helped develop a new treatment for lung cancer, stereotactic radiation therapy.

Dr Williams' is widely recognized as an outstanding teacher and has taught pulmonary pathophysiology to medical students at St. Georges University since 2003. He has over 25 publications and is a scientific advisor and committee member of the Meningitis Foundation of America and the American Lung Association. He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Critical Care Medicine.

Stephen C. Wood, PhD
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Physiology

Dr. Wood is Professor of Physiology at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque, NM. He works in the Office of Undergraduate Medical Education and in the Office of Academic Support as a content specialist in physiology. He obtained his PhD in physiology from the University of Oregon and did postdoctoral training at the US Navy Submarine Medical Research Center in Connecticut and at Aarhus University in Denmark. His experience in medical education includes both US and Caribbean medical schools. He served as physiology chair at East Carolina University School of Medicine and also at Ross University and UMHS in St. Kitts. Author of 37 reviews, books, or book chapters and more than 70 peer reviewed articles, his research interests include high altitude physiology and body temperature regulation. He serves on the editorial board of Advances in Physiology Education.

Ivan Woods, MD, MSc
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University / Montreal Neurological Institute
Neurology

Dr. Woods received his Medical Degree at University College Dublin in his native Ireland. After a year of rotating internship in St. Vincent's Hospital in Dublin he went to Boston for a two year Research Fellowship at Harvard Medical School which included a weekly clinic at the Peter Bent Brigham (now Brigham and Women's) Hospital. On completion of the Fellowship he moved to Montreal to commence his residency in Clinical Neurology at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) and completed a MSc in Neurophysiology at McGill University.  He was invited to remain on staff at the MNI in the Department of Neurology where his research interests were in epilepsy and sleep. At that time, it was only possible to record electroencephalography (EEG) in epileptic patients for 20 to 30 minutes a day.   With the cooperation of Jet Propulsion Laboratories, the group responsible for the continuously monitoring the vital signs of the astronauts, Dr. Woods was able to utilize their equipment to record EEG for 24 hours to better understand the circadian rhythm of epilepsy. He worked with his bio-medical engineers at the MNI to modify the technology for use in a hospital environment and this has become standard procedure in Neurology centers around the world. Dr. Woods later was appointed Medical Director of the MNI, a position he held for 14 years. He now practices clinical neurology as a Senior Neurologist at the MNI and teaches at McGill University.

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Clinical Faculty at Milton Cato Memorial Hospital

Rosalind Ambrose, MD
Radiology

Tracey Barnard, MD
Pathology

Ronald Child, MD
Pathology

Bharati Datta, MBBS
Pediatrics

P. DeFreitas, MD
Orthopedics

Hughes Dougan, MD
Surgery

Dommalur M. Jayarangiah, MBBS
Medicine

Peter Kagbala, MBBS
Surgery

Simone Kiezer, MBBS
Medicine

BC Mandl, MBBS
Anesthesiology

C. Nedd, MD
Medicine/Emergency Medicine

Sherian Slater, MD
Obstetrics and Gynecology

SC Thomas, MBBS
Surgery/ENT

C. Williams, MS
Laboratory Director-Microbiology