West Indian Medical Journal

27/03/2023

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03/03/2023

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09/12/2022

The West Indian Medical Journal has resume the acceptance of new manuscripts.
Please see link to our Revised Instructions for Authors
https://www.mona.uwi.edu/fms/wimj/

Thank you for your patience and continued support.

07/12/2022

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07/11/2022

“The physician’s highest calling, his only calling, is to make sick people healthy – to heal, as it is termed.” – Samuel Hahnemann

07/11/2022

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21/09/2022

Ae we celebrate World Alzheimer's Day, we remember those dear to us who have passed away or still struggling with the disease. Also, let us not forget the physicians who have been work with these patients through such hard time.

21/07/2017

Cutting-edge Continuing Medical Education : 'Effective Communication for Leadership in the Health Sector'. Register now at caribewellness.com/webinars

24/06/2017

The Path Less Trodden: Dr. Yohann White talks with Ian Boyne about his eclectic global education and career as a Physician-Scientist

On Profile this Sunday June 25, 2017 at 9PM on Television Jamaica

17/02/2016

03/12/2015

Congratulations to Dr Joseph Plummer, an Editorial Board member and published author of several articles in the West Indian Medical Journal for being selected as one of twelve International Guest Scholars for 2016 by the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons(ACS).

UWI SURGEON AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS ACS FELLOWSHIP

Senior lecturer in the Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at The University of the West Indies,(UWI) Mona and consultant general surgeon at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) Dr. Joseph Plummer, has been selected as one of twelve International Guest Scholars for 2016 by the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons(ACS).

The scholarship attracts worldwide applicants and is awarded to “early career surgeons” who have demonstrated a strong commitment to teaching and/or research.

Successful applicants participate in the College’s Annual Clinical Congress at which time scholarship awardees are publicly recognized. A stipend of $10,000 US is granted to support attendance at the Congress as well as visits to selected North American medical centres and clinics. This is the second time in its 47 year history that this award comes to the Department of Surgery at The UWI, Mona. Cuban Surgeons in 1998 and 2003 have been the other Caribbean awardees.

Joseph Plummer was appointed Consultant Surgeon at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona, in 2003. He is a respected academic whose research interest has been on colonic surgery, particularly minimal access procedures. His publications on the removal of the gallbladder using minimally invasive surgery ( laparoscopic cholecystectomy) in sickle cell disease, has opened eyes to the challenges of laparoscopic surgery in these high risk patients.

Dr. Plummer’s received the American Society of Colon and Re**al Surgeons fellowship in 2010 and visited the Mayo and Cleveland Clinics. He is the recipient of The UWI, Mona Principal’s Research Initiative Award for 2009 which was used to set up an island wide colon cancer registry, now in use for three years.

Dr. Plummer intends to use the ACS Guest Scholarship award to improve his expertise in diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy- a procedure that allows a doctor to look at the inside lining of the esophagus , stomach, and the first part of the small intestine (duodenum) using a thin, flexible viewing tool called an endoscope.

28/10/2015

Be on the lookout for the supplement of the "Ethics Seminar", published by the West Indian Medical Journal. The event will be held on November 8, 2015 from 8:30 am- 1:00 pm. See below for more details:

28/10/2015

Be on the lookout for the supplement of the "24th Annual Research Conference and Workshop", published by the West Indian Medical Journal. The event will be held on November 8, 11-13, 2015. See the image below for more details.

Plan to be in Kingston, Jamaica in November for the FMS Annual Ethics Seminar, Research Conference and Workshop, as we explore the topic, Cancer, a public health priority for the Caribbean. CME credits available

14/10/2015

Barbados Psychology Week. All events free!!

21/08/2015

The abstracts of the March 2015 issue of the West Indian Medical Journal are now available on the site: http://www.mona.uwi.edu/fms/wimj/vol-64-issue-2-march-2015

21/08/2015

The abstracts of the December 2014 issue of the West Indian Medical Journal are now available on the site: http://www.mona.uwi.edu/fms/wimj/vol-63-issue-7-dec-2014

10/09/2014

The citation data for all the articles published in all the issues published in 2013 are available and searchable on PubMed.

Work is underway to have articles published in WIMJ Open indexed in PubMed and SciELO as well.