DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY 
Professor Carlos Escoffery, BSc, MBBS, DM UWI
Head of Department
The Department of Pathology is engaged in teaching, research andservice and is composed of various subdepartments and units, the
major ones being Anatomical Pathology (Autopsy, Cytogenetics, Cytology,
Histology, Immunohistochemistry), Chemical Pathology and Haematology
(Blood Bank, Flow Cytometry and Routine Haematology). 
STAFFING, STAFF DEVELOPMENT & ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
We started the year with 19 full-time members of academic staff and one
half-time lecturer (shared with the Department of Medicine) – Anatomical
Pathology (11): 5 Professors, 4 Senior Lecturers, 2 Lecturers; Chemical
Pathology (3): 1 Professor, 1 Senior Lecturer, 1 Lecturer; Haematology
(5.5): 1 Senior Lecturer, 4 Lecturers, 1 Part-time lecturer (Oncologist,
shared half and half with the Department of Medicine. Professor Dipak
Shah of Anatomical Pathology, who had been working on a post-
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retirement contract, left us on December 31, 2012 and was replaced by
Dr. Mahiri Bromfield, who returned to Jamaica after completing a
fellowship in Renal Pathology at the University of Toronto in Canada.
By the end of the year, we had lost a full-time lecturer in Haematology –
Dr Joye Taylor-Houston, who left us on July 31, 2013.
Professor Carlos Escoffery six-year tenure as Head of the Department
came to an end on July 31, 2013, and he will be replaced by Dr Gilian
Wharfe of Haematology. Each member of the academic staff continues
to work along the lines of teaching,research and service work without
any weighting in terms of  differential workloads.
In addition to the academic staff, the department has a diverse staff of
about 40 medical and laboratory technologists, miscellaneous administrative,
secretarial and clerical staff, research nurses, medical photographers,
laboratory attendants, etc, giving a full-time staff of 100. 
We still await the appointment of a Quality Manager to drive, coordinate
and monitor the accreditation of the laboratories, without which we are
being retarded in our efforts at attracting research projects from
international collaborators.
We continue to anticipate a meaningful response from the Human
Resources Management Division to our often repeated pleas for
administrative reform in the Department, to include matters such as:
• The rationalizing and  reclassification of the Departmental administrative
staff so as to better cope with the ever increasing administrative load
being placed upon them and upon the academic staff. 
• The empowerment of the Sub-departmental/Unit Heads to exercise
more autonomy with respect to the management of their budgets and
staff.
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WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
Laboratories and Autopsy Service
The work of the department has been significantly hampered by a
chronic shortage of reagents and supplies due to the financial constraints
of the University. This is despite the fact that our fee collection from
patients has meaningfully supplemented our UGC budget, albeit that
our income generation has been stymied by the inability to perform our
full raft of tests when we our reagents are in short supply.
Our laboratory and autopsy services continued to provide invaluable
support to the care of the in- and out-patients of the UHWI, as well as to
patients from other medical facilities and institutions, both national and
regional. We eagerly anticipate the start-up of our Laboratory Information
System (LIS) which has had a long gestational period, and without
which we continue to be severely hampered in our ability to function as
modern clinical laboratories should. 
The Histopathology Laboratory accessioned and processed 9,138 surgical
cases which generated 45,734 tests (including routine, histochemical and
immunohistochemical stains), amounting to over 570,094 units of work.
Over my tenure as Head of Department, I sought to retool this vital
laboratory which had deteriorated badly and suffered from suboptimal
technology and worn out equipment, among other problems. Things
have now improved significantly as over this academic year this laboratory
acquired 18 filing cabinets for slides and tissue blocks, one Shandon
Clearvue Cover Slipper, one Gemini Autostainer, one Shandon Slidemate
Slide labeler, one still for distilled water, one Excelsior Tissue Processor,
two computer workstations and six laboratory chairs. The Cytology
Laboratory processed 329 pap smears and 61 non-gynaecological 
cases. A total of 235 autopsies were performed, including 41 perinatal
autopsies.  
The Cytogenetics Laboratory successfully completed the validation of its
procedures for karyotyping on peripheral venous blood in June 2013,
and is now accepting samples for this test. It is expected that validation
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procedures for karyotyping on solid tissue and amniotic fluid samples
will commence in June 2014.
The Chemical Pathology Laboratory performed a total of 604,799 tests
on blood, urine, body fluids and miscellaneous samples, with approximately
92% of these being analytes done on blood samples. The Routine
Haematology Laboratory received and processed a total of 175,320
specimens, approximately 54% of which were composed of complete
blood counts and blood films. The Blood Bank processed 4,079 blood
donors, performed 21,515 tests and prepared 10,336 miscellaneous units
of blood products.  
Academic Innovations
The department co-hosted an international conference with the Departments
of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Child Health – the 12th Annual
Perinatal Conference & Perinatal Autopsy Workshop – “Perinatology
and the Law” – in the Main Medical Lecture Theatre, UWI, on February
9–10, 2013. The main guest lecturer at this forum was Dr Glenn Taylor,
Paediatric and Perinatal Pathologist and Head of the Department of
Pathology, the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
TEACHING & LEARNING
Undergraduate Programmes
The Department continued to be very heavily involved in the teaching
of all aspects and sub-specialties of Pathology in both Stages I and II of
the MBBS programme. Dr Elaine Williams continued as our Departmental
Academic Administrator of Undergraduate Affairs, overseeing and
coordinating all aspects of medical student education in the Department,
including Clerkship coordination, as well as representing us on the Stage
I & Stage II Committees, Assessment & Examination Committee and
the Curriculum Committee.
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Our lecturers continued to perform their assigned tasks commendably
and achieved consistently high positive feedback ratings from the medical
students.
Graduate Programmes
The DM Programme in Anatomical Pathology currently has 18 registered
candidates representing our highest quota of residents-in-training in the
history of the programme.  Dr Nadia Williams continued as the Director
of the Post Graduate (DM) Programme in Anatomical Pathology and
Departmental Representative on the FMS Committee for Graduate
Studies. Several members of staff were involved in the supervision and
teaching of MPhil, MSc and PhD candidates registered in the Department
of Basic Medical Sciences, as well as teaching postgraduate students in
the DM Surgery, DM Psychiatry and DM Internal Medicine Programmes. 
The DM Programme in Haematology/Oncology has eight registered
candidates and the DM in Chemical Pathology has one. 
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT & FACILITIES
The department still suffers from a shortage of space and facilities for the
use of postgraduate students, laboratory staff, the storage of records,
supplies, archival material, etc. This situation has been exacerbated by
the fact that space that had been earmarked for teaching and research on
the Rippel Building Spine has been co-opted for the creation of a
temporary Central Accessioning Area (CAA), in order to facilitate the
commissioning of the Laboratory Information System into service. As
there are no long-term plans in place for the construction of a permanent
CAA, it is assumed that the department will not regain the use of the
aforementioned space for years to come.
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RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Jamaica Cancer Registry
Work of the Unit
The registration of cancers continues, with the registrars now being in
the finalization stages of ensuring complete collection of cases diagnosed
in 2012, in preparation for the next 5-year cancer incidence report,
which will cover the period 2008–2012. Verification of cases and data
analysis for this period will commence in January 2014. 
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) will shortly be
publishing the tenth volume of “Cancer Incidence in Five Continents”,
which will cover the period 2003–2007. The Jamaica Cancer Registry
(JCR) submitted data for this publication, and it was accepted, and will
appear in the publication. 
Data submitted to IARC for inclusion in the third volume of “International
Incidence of Childhood Cancer” is still being analysed by the agency. 
In January 2013, the Registry received an official visit from representatives
of the National Cancer Institute/ National Institutes of Health, Maryland,
USA, who had been visiting various Caribbean territiories in order to
garner information for their initiative to collaborate with Caribbean
partners to improve cancer control in the region. March 2013 marked
another official visit for the Registry, this time by Dr. David Forman,
Head of the Cancer Information Section of IARC. Dr. Forman was
impressed by the quality of work of the Registry and encouraged the staff
to work to maintain its high levels. 
Conferences, Workshops, Courses
Oral and poster presentations and scientific publications were achieved
from and by the data/staff of the JCR as noted below under “Papers
Presented at Conferences and Seminars” and “Publications” by Dr.
Tracey Gibson et al.
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Research
The Registry continues to analyze the epidemiology of specific cancers,
in addition to investigating overall age-specific cancer incidence rates,
and continues to recruit residents enrolled in the D.M. programme in
Pathology to participate in the investigation of specific cancers. In this
regard, in addition to the published papers listed below under “Publications”,
there are papers on Childhood Malignancies, Head and Neck Squamous
Cell Cancer and Vulval malignancies, which are In Press, and should be
published shortly.
The JCR also continues to support the Elective programme in the
undergraduate M.B., B.S. curriculum, accommodating medical students,
who participate in research projects. Two of these students, Ms. Brittany
Banbury & Mr. Andre McDaniel gave an Oral Presentation of their
research entitled “A 20-Year Review of Primary Ovarian Malignancies in
Jamaica, 1988–2007” at the 2012 Faculty of Medical Sciences Annual
Research Conference, and it was well received. 
At the same conference, another medical student, Ms. Miguel Marius
presented a poster of her research paper, entitled “Epidemiologic Features
of Osteosarcoma in Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica, 1978–2007”,
and was awarded the prize for Best Pathology Poster.
In November 2012, two Elective students, Ms. Auvarhenne Howell and
Mr. Jason Lofters undertook research projects on “Salivary gland
malignancies” and “Renal malignancies”, and these have been submitted
for presentation at the Faculty of Medical Sciences Annual Research
Conference, to be held in November 2013.
In keeping with tradition, the Registry continued to provide information
on cancers to members of the medical community, the Ministry of
Health, and to assist in various research projects.
New Initiatives
The link established in 2012 between the Registry and the African-
Caribbean Cancer Consortium, headquartered at the Fox Chase Cancer
Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A, has resulted in research
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collaboration. The first project, which is in the planning stage, will
involve the investigation of Head and Neck cancers in Caribbean
populations, and will see collaboration between the consortium and
several Caribbean cancer registries, including the Jamaica Cancer Registry.
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND ACTICITIES
The academic staff is involved in research projects and activities including:
Dr K Bishop
• “Investigation of the correlation between ovarian cancer FAK
expression and tumor migratory and invasive potential”, with Dr T
Gibson & Professor C Escoffery in collaboration with the Departments
of Basic Medical Sciences and Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
Professor K Coard
• “Prostate cancer in Jamaica: The contribution of diet and lifestyle
factors 2004–present” (Principal Investigator: Dr Maria Jackson) in
collaboration with the Departments of Community Health &
Psychiatry, Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care,
Pathology, Biochemistry, Chemistry & the Tropical Medicine
Research Institute.
• “Evaluation of Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Status and the use
of the Percentage of Free Prostate Antigen to Enhance the Differentiation
of Prostate Cancer from Benign Disease in Jamaican Men” (Principal
Investigator: Dr. Donovan McGrowder) in collaboration with the
Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care.
• “Metabolic Abnormalities and Risk of Prostate Cancer in Jamaican
Men.” (Principal Investigator: Dr Maria Jackson) in collaboration
with the Departments of Community Health & Psychiatry, Surgery,
Radiology, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Pathology, Biochemistry,
Chemistry, Tropical Medicine Research Institute.
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Dr S Shirley
• “The Jamaican Breast Disease Study (Protocols I & II)” with
Professor C Escoffery, in collaboration with the Departments of
Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthetics & Intensive Care and TMRI
PAPERS PRESENTED
Dr K Bishop
• 12th Annual Perinatal Conference & Perinatal Autopsy Workshop –
“Perinatology and the Law”, Departments of Obstetrics and
Gynaecology and Child health,  Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI,
Mona, February 9–10, 2013.
• “The perinatal autopsy procedure: infants are not small adults.”
• “Conditions related to perinatal death and their findings in the
infant at autopsy.”
Dr M Bromfield
• “The Kidney and Vasculitis” – The Ricardo Lee Foundation Lecture
at the 5th Annual International Conference on Nephrology and
Hypertension, Montego Bay, Jamaica. January, 2013.
Professors K Coard & B Hanchard ; Drs D McGrowder & T. Gibson
• “Prospective study on serum lipid levels and risk of prostate cancer in
Jamaican men. Up Close and Personalized.” D. McGrowder, K.
Coard, W. Aiken, T. Gibson, B. Morrison, R. Mayhew. The 2nd
International Congress on Personalized Medicine, Paris, France.
July, 2013. 
• “Epidemiologic features of osteosarcoma in Kingston and St. Andrew,
Jamaica, 1978–2007.” (Poster presentation) MS Marius, TN Gibson,
B Hanchard, N Waugh, D McNaughton. University of the West
Indies, Mona, Faculty of Medical Sciences Annual Research Conference,
Kingston, Jamaica, November 2012.
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• “Colon cancer locally in 2013: Forward, backward or standing still?”
Colon Cancer Medical Symposium 2013 (under the auspices of the
Jamaica Cancer Society, Department of Medicine, UWI,  Association
of Consultant Physicians of Jamaica and Association of West Indian
Gastroenterologists), Kingston, Jamaica, March 2013.
• “Incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in Jamaica”. Jamaica
Cancer Society 4th Cervical Cancer Medical Symposium, Kingston,
Jamaica, April 2013.
• “Cytogenetics: Role in human disease.” Medical Association of
Jamaica, Symposium 2013, Kingston, Jamaica, June 2013.
Prof C Escoffery
• “The detection of all high risk human papillomavirus DNA in
archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded cervical tissue using
immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction.” by Harrison
S, Escoffery C, McFarlane-Anderson N, Reid M.  Poster presentation
at the 21st Annual Research Conference and Workshop on the Non-
Communicable Diseases, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Faculty of
Medical Sciences Teaching and Research Complex, Mona, UWI,
Jamaica, November 7–9, 2012. 
• “HPV DNA types in cervical cancer cases.” by Harrison SR, Escoffery
CT, McFarlane-Anderson ND, Reid ME. Oral Presentation by SR
Harrison at the Ministry of Health’s National HPV Study Dissemination
& Update Seminar, Terra Nova All Suites Hotel, St Andrew, Jamaica,
March 11, 2013. 
• “HPV Infections and cervical cancers in Jamaica.” by Harrison SR,
Escoffery CT, McFarlane-Anderson ND, Reid ME. Oral Presentation
by SR Harrison at the Medical Association of Jamaica Symposium
2013 “New Frontiers in Medicine & Health Care Delivery”, The
Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, St Andrew, Jamaica, June 2–9.
Dr J Jaggon
• “Malignant Gliomas at the UHWI: what’s been happening?” 18th
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Annual Scientific Symposium of the Jamaican Association of Clinical
Pathologists, Kingston, Jamaica, November  201
• “The current Role of Smear Diagnosis in Neuro-oncology: whats
happening at the UHWI?” Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium
2013, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
• “Clinical characteristics in patients admitted to the University
Hospital of the West Indies with sickle cell disease” (Poster presentation)
KM Galloway-Blake, M Reid, MG Lee, C Walters, J Jaggon. Faculty
of Medical Sciences 21st Annual Research Conference 2012.
• “Initial data from the Intracranial Tumour Registry of The University
of the West Indies: Radio-pathological correlation of meningioma.”
(Poster presentation) P Johnson, JR Jaggon, C Bruce, J Campbell, I
Crandon, G Char, D Eldemire-Shearer. UWI Research Day 2013.
Dr D Lowe
• “Cancer Related Fatigue and Its Management” 2nd Symposium of
the Barbados Cancer Support Services, Hilton Hotel, Bridgeport,
Barbados. July 2013.
• “Breast Cancer For The Internist” Dept. Of Medicine Annual
Summer Workshop, Main Medical Lecture Theatre, Faculty of
Medical Sciences, UWI, Mona. July 2013.
• “Chemotherapy In Colon Cancer”, Colon Cancer Symposium for
General Practitioners, Jamaica Grande Hotel, Ocho Rios, St. Ann.
September 2012.
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
Book Chapter
• D. McGrowder, L. Anderson-Jackson, T. Crawford (2013).
“Biochemical evaluation of oxidative stress in type 1 diabetes”. In
Type 1 Diabetes. Editor Alan P. Escher and Alice Li. Chapter 6, pp.
221–248. InTech Open Access Publishers.  
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Refereed (Peer-Reviewed) Journal Articles
• KL Bishop, C Dupuis, P Miller-Nanton, K Clarke, CS Bolt, CK
Chin See.  “Perinatal Autopsy Rates at the University Hospital of the
West Indies: 2002–2008”. West Indian Medical Journal. 2013; (62)1:
35–38.
• Jackson MD, Tulloch-Reid MK, McFarlane-Anderson N, Watson
A, Seers V, Bennett FI, Egleston B, Ragin C. “Complex interaction
between serum folate levels and genetic polymorphisms in folate
pathway genes: biomarkers of prostate cancer aggressiveness”. Genes
and Nutrition. 2012; 8(2):199–207.
• Murphy AB, Ukoli F, Freeman VL, Bennett F, Aiken W, Tulloch T,
Coard K, Angwafo F, Kittles RA. “8q24 risk alleles in West African
and Caribbean men”. Prostate. 2012; 72:1366–73. 
• Jackson MD, Tulloch-Reid MK, Walker SP, McFarlane-Anderson
N, Bennett FI, Francis DK, Coard KCM. “Dietary Patterns as
Predictors of Prostate Cancer in Jamaican Men”. Nutrition and
Cancer. 2013; 65: 367–374.
• Brown C, McFarlane-Anderson N, Alexander-Lindo R, Bishop K,
Dasgupta T, McGrowder D. (2013). “The Effects of S-nitrosoglutathione
and S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine in a rat model of preeclampsia”.
Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine 4(2): 330–335.
• L. Buchner, D. Brady-West, D. McGrowder. “Clinical features,
biochemical and haematological parameters of patients with multiple
myeloma”. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2012; 13
(4):1453–6.  
• Ritch CR, Morrison BF, Hruby GW, Coard KC, Aiken WD,
Benson MC, McKiernan JM. “Pathological outcome and biochemical
recurrence free survival following radical prostatectomy in African
American, Afro-Caribbean (Jamaican) and Caucasian men: an
international comparison”. BJU International 2012; Published online:
26 OCT 2012. DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11540.x
• Heslop OD, Roye-Green K, Coard K, Mulvey MR. “A unique
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strain of community-acquired Clostridium difficile in severe complicated
infection and death of a young adult”. BMC Infectious Diseases 2013;
13:299.  doi:10.1186/1471-2334-13-299.
• Gibson TN, Hanchard B, Waugh N, McNaughton D. “A fifty-year
review of soft tissue sarcomas in Jamaica: 1958–2007”. West Indian
Medical Journal. 2012; 61: 692–7.
• Gibson TN, Hanchard B, Waugh N, McNaughton D. “Cancer in
adolescents and young adults, Kingston and St. Andrew, Jamaica,
1988 –2007”. West Indian Medical Journal. 2013; 62: 21–7.
• Johnson P, Jaggon JR, Bruce C, Campbell J, Crandon I, Char G,
Eldemire-Shearer D. “Initial data from the Intracranial Tumour
Registry of The University of the West Indies: Radio-pathological
correlation of meningioma”. Internet Journal of Third World Medicine
2012; 10: No. 1.
• Crossman G, Mowatt L, Jaggon J. “Sebaceous Gland Hyperplasia of
the Caruncle: an uncommon diagnosis”. Graefes Archives for Clinical
and Experimental Ophthalmology 2012;12: DOI 10.1007/s00417-
012-2244-9
• Jaggon JR, Brown TA, Mayhew R. “Metastatic Primary Neuroendocrine
Carcinoma of the Genitourinary Tract: A case report of an uncommon
entity”. American Journal of Case Reports 2013; (May) 14:CR147–149
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.883908
• T. Crawford, D. McGrowder, J. Barnet, L. James. “Tobacco-related
chronic illnesses: A public health concern for Jamaica”. Asian Pacific
Journal of Cancer Prevention 2012; 13(9): 4733–4738. 
• M. Gossell-Williams, J. Martin, RC Gibson, W. Abel, C. Sewell, D.
McGrowder. “Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients presenting
to UHWI: A need to adapt proactive screening and specific
management policy”. West Indian Medical Journal 2012; 61(8):
802–808. 
• C. Green, A. Wheatley, D. McGrowder, L. Dilworth, H. Asemota.
“Ortanique peel polymethoxylated flavones extract modulates liver
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and heart function parameters in diet induced hypercholesterolemic
rats”. Food and Chemical Toxicology 2013; 51:306–309. 
• L. Gordon, D. McGrowder, Y. Pena, E. Cabrera, M. Lawrence-
Wright. “Effect of exercise therapy on oxidative stress indicators in
patients with end-stage renal disease on haemodialysis”. International
Journal of Yoga 2013; 6(1): 31–38.
Refereed (Peer-Reviewed) Journal Abstracts
• KM Galloway-Blake, M Reid, MG Lee, C Walters, J Jaggon.
“Clinical characteristics in patients admitted to the University
Hospital of the West Indies with sickle cell disease”. West Indian
Medical Journal, 2012, 61(Suppl. 6): 45-46.
• S. Bryan, R. Alexander, T. Dasgupta, D. McGrowder (2013).
“Effects of Vitamin C, Cysteine and Glutathione administration
with S-nitrosoglutathione on glycaemic control in Sprage-Dawley
Rats”. University Diabetes Research Outreach Programme (UDOP).
17th Annual International Diabetes Outreach, March 21–23. West
Indian Medical Journal, 62 (Suppl. 1): 36. 
PUBLIC SERVICE
Dr K. Bishop
– Cytopathology Consultant, Jamaica Cancer Society
Dr M Bromfield
– Cytopathology Consultant, Jamaica Cancer Society
Professor G. Char
– Cytopathology Consultant, Jamaica Cancer Society
Professor C. Escoffery
– Cytopathology Consultant, Jamaica Cancer Society
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Dr. T. Gibson
– Cytopathology Consultant, Jamaica Cancer Society
Professor B. Hanchard
– Member, Executive Board, International Society of Retrovirology
– Member, Board of Directors, Jamaica Cancer Society.
Dr. J. Jaggon
– Cytopathology Consultant, Jamaica Cancer Society
– Member, Jamaica League Against Epilepsy.
Dr. D. Lowe
– Executive Member, Leukemia CARE
Dr. D. McGrowder
– President, Jamaican Association of Clinical Pathologists
– Vice President, Laboratory Association of Jamaica
– Member, Accreditation Evaluation Committee, Jamaica National
Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC).
Dr. S. Shirley
– Cytopathology Consultant, Jamaica Cancer Society
– Reviewer, West Indian Medical Journal
– Member, Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation Council
(JANAAC) Technical 
– Advisory Committee ISO 15189 for Medical Laboratories.
Dr. E. Williams
– Cytopathology Consultant, Jamaica Cancer Society
Dr. N. Williams
– Cytopathology Consultant, Jamaica Cancer Society
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DISTINGUISHED VISITORS TO THE DEPARTMENT
• Dr Oyedele Adeyi, Staff Pathologist & Associate Professor, Department
of Pathobiology & Laboratory Medicine, University Health Network,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• Dr. Glenn Taylor, Paediatric and Perinatal Pathologist, Head,
Division of Pathology, Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital
for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
AWARDS
• Professor K Coard – Award for the “Best Research Publication” in
the Faculty of Medical Sciences, at the University of the West Indies,
Research Day 2013 Awards Ceremony.
• Professor B Hanchard – Jamaica Medical Foundation 2012/2013
Awardee.
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