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We have assembled an exciting list of presenters to ensure you have a great virtual conference experience
Section 1: Ethics: "Knowledge to advocate"
Mrs. Alexis Robinson
Council of Jamaican Bar Association (member); Chair Family Law Committee
Partner MFG.
Dr. Peter Glegg
Senior Legal Officer
UHWI
Dr. Sheryl Burke
Superintendent Jamaica Constabulary Force, Head Centre for Investigation Sexual Offences & Child Abuse
Mrs. Christine Hendricks
Executive Director
Jamaica Council for Disabilitites
Section 2: Neurology
Dr. Sharon Whiting
Associate Professor and Vice Dean Health/Hospital Services,
Paediatric Neurologist, Epileptologist
Dr. Nadine Morrison-Levy
Assistant Professor of Paediatrics & Paediatric Neurologist, Epileptologist
Queen’s University
Dr. Dave Clarke
Professor of Paediatrics, Neurology, Epileptologist
University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Judy Tapper
Paediatric Neurologist
Associate Lecturer
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
Keynote Lecture: Cicely Williams Lecture
Prof. Minerva Thame
Perinatal and Paediatric Medicine
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
Prof. Maureen Samms-Vaughan
Developmental & Behavioural Paediatrician
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
Section 3: Endocrinology
Dr. Kyle McNerney
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Endocrinology and Diabetes
Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis
Dr. Leonardo Akan
Consultant Paediatrician, Paediatric Endocrinologist
Associate Lecturer, University of the West Indies (St. Augustine)
Prof. Michael Boyne
Professor of Metabolism & Endocrinology
Senior Lecturer, University of the West Indies (Mona)
Dr. Leslie Gabay
Consultant Paediatrician, Paediatric Endocrinologist
Associate Lecturer,
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
Section 4: The internet is here to stay!
Dr. Andrea Garbutt
Developmental & Behavioural Paediatrician
Lecturer
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
Dr. Kasan Troupe
Acting Chief Education Officer
Ministry of Education, Youth & Information
Mr. Carl Berry
Deputy Superintendent of Police
Head, C-TOC Anti-Trafficking in Persons Unit
Section 5: Common Paediatric Encounters 1
Dr. Shamfa Peart
Consultant Ophthalmologist
Kingston Public Hospital & Bustamante Hospital for Children
Dr. Erica Gordon-Veitch
Paediatric & Family Dental Surgeon
Dr. Mara Hosang
Consultant Paediatrician, Paediatric Emergency Medicine
Bustamante Hospital for Children
Dr. Garfield Badal
Consultant Paediatric Surgeon
Cornwall Regional Hospital
Associate Lecturer, University of the West Indies
Section 6: Common Paediatric Encounters 2
Prof. Celia Christie-Samuels
Professor of Paediatrics (Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Public Health)
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
Dr. Emma Greenaway-Williams
Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Gastroenterologist
Associate Lecturer
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
Dr. Charmaine Crooks-Edwards
Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Pulmonologist
Bustamante Hospital for Children
Associate Lecturer
Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona
Dr. Cathy Maddan
Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of the West Indies (Mona)
Dr. Diane Bloomfield
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Section 7: Regional Highlights
Dr. Cecilio Eck
Consultant Paediatrician
Chief of Paediatrics, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital
Belize
Dr. Linden Swan
Deputy Clinical Head of Department, Paediatrics
Cayman Islands Hospital, Health Services Authority
Grand Cayman
Dr. Shivon Belle
Consultant Paediatrician
Head, Department of Paediatrics
Mount St John’s Medical Centre
Antigua & Barbuda
Dr. Roxanne Melbourne-Chambers
Consultant Peadiatrician, Peadiatric Neurologist
Head, Department of Child & Adolescent Health
Senior Lecturer, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
