DR. GERALD
GRELL
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NAME
Dr. Gerald Grell
BORN:
Gerald Alastair Clarence Grell
31st July 1942
Roseau, Dominica
PROFESSION
Doctor, Professor, Ross University School of Medicine Dean
FAMILY
PARENTS:
Liege Grell (née Edwards) and Gerald Hugh Grell
SIBLINGS:
Evelyn (Defreitas) and Yvette (Bowman)
SPOUSE:
Karen Grell (née Nelson)
CHILDREN:
Alistair and Natashia
EDUCATION
| Miss Burton School, Roseau, Dominica | ||
| 1954–60 | Dominica Grammar School, Roseau, Dominica | |
| 1961–67 | University College of the West Indies, College of London University, Mona, Jamaica | |
| DEGREES: | |
| 1967 | Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, MB.BS. (Hons), University College of the West Indies, College of London University |
| 1971 | Member (by specialist examinations) Royal College of Physicians (M.R.C.P.), UK |
| Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (D.T.M. & H.), University of Liverpool, UK | |
| 1980 | Fellow of the American College of Physicians (F.A.C.P.) |
| 1982 | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (F.R.C.P.), London, UK |
| 1983 | M.D. by doctoral research thesis, Faculty of Medicine, University of London, UK |
CAREER
| 1968 | Internship, General Medicine, Intensive Care, Orthopedic & Plastic Surgery, General Surgery, University Hospital, Mona, Jamaica |
| 1969 | Resident in Infectious Diseases, Clinical Assistant, Department of Microbiology, University of the West Indies (UWI) |
| 1969– 70 | Registrar [Resident] in Internal Medicine, University Hospital, UWI, Mona, Jamaica |
| 1971 | Clinical Assistant in Medicine, Page Street Wing, Westminster Hospital, London, UK |
| Clinical Assistant in Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, England | |
| Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, DTM&H course | |
| 1972–74 | Physician Specialist, attending/ consultant, Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), Roseau, Dominica |
| 1975–77 | Consultant Physician and Head, Department of Medicine, PMH, Roseau, Dominica |
| 1975–76 | Chief Medical Officer (Ag.), Dominica |
| 1977–80 | Lecturer in Medicine and Consultant Physician, UWI |
| 1977–89 | Consultant Physician, UWI Hospital, Jamaica |
| 1980–85 | Senior Lecturer in Medicine, UWI, Jamaica |
| 1981 | Visiting Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Howard University, Washington D.C., USA |
| 1984 | Visiting Professor, University of Western Ontario, Department of Medicine, Victoria Hospital, Canada |
| 1984–89 | Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine, & Director, Hypertension Research Clinic, UWI, Jamaica |
| 1985 | Visiting Professor, University of Maryland Hospital, Maryland, USA |
| 1985–86 | Reader in Clinical Science and Epidemiology, UWI |
| 1986–93 | Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, UWI, Mona, Jamaica |
| 1988 | Visiting Professor, Department of Medicine, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, England, UK |
| 1989–91 | Medical Director, PMH, Goodwill, Dominica |
| Professor of Medicine, University of the West Indies | |
| Clinical Professor & Associate Dean, Clinical Sciences, Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica Campus | |
| 1990 | External Examiner in Medicine, University of Manchester, UK |
| 1991–93 | Pro-Vice-Chancellor, UWI and Director, Office of University Services (OUS), UWI, Barbados |
| 1992–93 | Consulting Physician, Elcourt Medical Centre, Maxwell Road, Barbados |
| 1993–2000 | Medical Director, PMH, and Louis Pasteur Polyclinic, Dominica |
| Professor of Medicine, and Associate Dean Clinical Sciences, Ross University School of Medicine, Portsmouth Campus, Dominica | |
| Medical Director, PMH & Louis Pasteur Polyclinic | |
| Consultant Physician and Head of the Department of Medicine | |
| Director of the PMH Cardiac Clinic | |
| 1993–present | Consultant physician & owner of MEDICARE Clinic |
| Honorary Professor of Medicine, UWI | |
| 2000–01 | Professor of Medicine & Dean, Ross University School of Medicine, Portsmouth Campus |
| 2001–07 | Professor of Medicine & Dean with Portfolio for Clinical, Academic, and Community Affairs, Ross University School of Medicine |
| 2005–10 | External Examiner (occasional) for Postgraduate candidates in the Specialty Examination in Internal Medicine, UWI |
| 2007–present | Professor of Medicine and Dean for Clinical & Community Affairs, and Government Relations, Ross University School of Medicine, Portsmouth Campus |
WORKS
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| 1987 | The Elderly in the Caribbean , University of the West Indies Printery and School of Printing, Jamaica |
| 1992 | The University of the West Indies and the Eastern Caribbean Islands UWI Office of University Services, Barbados |
AWARDS
| 1961 | UWI Open Scholarship to study medicine |
| 1971 | Commonwealth Postgraduate Medical Scholarship, England, UK |
| 1979 | International Society of Cardiology Fellowship in Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention, Stirling, Scotland |
| 1981 | World Health Organization (PAHO) Fellowship, Washington DC, USA |
| 1988 | Senior Medical Fellowship, Association of Commonwealth Universities |
| 1991 | Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Fellowship |
| 1992 | British Council Fellowship, UK |
| 1997 | Fellowship, Ministère De La Coopération, Government of France |
NOTABLE
| 7 undergraduate and post-graduate prizes, University College of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, 1967 |
| 2 undergraduate and post-graduate prizes, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, UK, 1971 |
| Developed a Central National ECHOCARDIOGRAM referral service as a solo Cardiologist at PMH, supported by visits from Dr. Richard Ishmael (Barbados) and Dr. Jocelyn Inamo (Martinique) |
| First and only Dominican to win UWI Open Scholarship to study Medicine, 1961 |
| First and only Dominican to graduate with distinctions and was the Gold Medalist at UCWI, 1967 |
| First Dominican to obtain an MRCP, 1971 |
| First and only Dominican to be elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), 1982 |
| First West Indian to be awarded all 3 medals in the University of Liverpool DTM&H Examinations, 1971 |
| First elected president of the Windward and Leeward Island Medical Association (WILMA) 1976–77 |
| First and only Dominican to receive a London MD; awarded MD doctoral research degree from London University for thesis on “Clinical Aspects of Hypertension in Black Jamaicans”, 1983 |
| 2nd UCWI graduate appointed a full Professor of Medicine at UWI in Mona, Jamaica, 1986 |
| Elected the first President of the UWI Medical Alumni, Jamaican Chapter, 1987–89 |
| First UWI Medical Graduate to be appointed Pro-Vice Chancellor UWI, 1991 |
| First Dominican specialist to be appointed Medical Director of Princess Margaret Hospital, 1993–2000 |
| Only UWI graduate (and only Dominican) to be appointed Dean of a US medical school—Dean of the Ross University Portsmouth Campus, 2000 |
| First medical doctor to be awarded a Sisserou Award of Honour, 2003 |
| First Dominican Physician to be made a Justice of the Peace, 2004 |
| First Dominican medical practitioner to be appointed Honorary Consul for the Kingdom of Norway, 2004 |
| First physician to serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Dominica State College, 2006–09 |
| Publications: 2 books, 5 chapters in books, in 83 scientific journals and periodicals, 54 abstracts and papers presented at scientific meetings |