Physicians
The mark of any medical facility is the quality and range of its physicians. The Heart Institute of the Caribbean's twenty (20) full-time and consultant physicians represent a full compliment of specialties that covers the entire breadth of cardiovascular care.
The Heart Institute of the Caribbean's physicians have met the medical provider’s exacting admittance standards and bring with them impressive credentials from the best Jamaican and international medical universities. A large percentage of our medical staff have international experience, having practiced in some of the best hospitals in the world and carry board certifications from the USA, Canada, Britain and other international locations. Our physicians have also made significant scientific contributions that are internationally recognized.
Other key members of your health-care team include nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, technicians, and other specially trained professionals. Our staff and physicians are multilingual and are fluent in English, Spanish, French, and German. They come from different backgrounds and have different kinds of training, but all share one common goal: to give you the very best care there is.
Physicians Directory
Chairman & CEO, Consultant Cardiologist
Medical School: University of Nigeria, Nigeria
Training: Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Medical College of Ohio, USA
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology & Forensic Medicine
Faculty Positions Held: UCLA, Univ. of TN, Vanderbilt, Univ. of Florida
Dr Ernest Madu is the Founder of HIC and serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the center. He is responsible for day-to-day operations, global vision and strategic relationships. Dr. Madu served on the Faculty of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at Vanderbilt University. He is an expert in non-invasive cardiovascular diagnostics, with broad training and experience in all areas of cardiovascular diagnosis. He has advanced training in echocardiography and is versatile in advanced echocardiography modalities. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Forensic Medicine and Nuclear Cardiology.
Dr. Madu is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, the European Society of Cardiology and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He serves on the Expert Review board for several cardiology journals including the journal Echocardiography, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of Hypertension, Clinical Cardiology and the American Journal of Cardiology. Dr Madu is an internationally renowned Cardiologist that is well respected in the international cardiology community. He has published extensively in well respected medical journals including such journals as Nature Medicine, New England Journal of Medicine, Clinical Cardiology, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography and Hypertension.
Dr Madu has made significant contributions to medical science through scholarly research. He is responsible for the demonstration and quantification of papillary muscle contribution to ventricular ejection in normal and hypertrophic ventricles. Dr Madu is also credited with the validation of Transesophageal Stress Echocardiography for the assessment of ischemic heart disease in Morbid Obesity. This procedure which derives from his seminal work published in the Journal Chest has become the standard tool for the noninvasive evaluation of morbidly obese individuals worldwide for coronary artery disease.
Director of Clinical Services, Consultant Cardiologist
Medical School: University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Training: NY Medical College USA; Montreal Heart Institute, Canada & University of Pittsburgh, USA
Board Certification: Internal Medicine & Cardiovascular Disease
Faculty Positions Held: University of the West Indies
An Interventional Cardiologist and Vice President, Cardiovascular Services for HIC, Dr. Tulloch-Reid has been a practicing physician and Cardiologist in Jamaica since 1997 when he was appointed Consultant Physician at the Kingston Public Hospital. A medical graduate of the University of the West Indies, he went on to complete a residency in Internal Medicine at York Medical College-Metropolitan Hospital Center and subsequently a cardiology fellowship at the Montreal Heart Institute/University of Montreal and an interventional cardiology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh.
He is US board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He is also an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Medicine at the University of the West Indies. Dr. Tulloch-Reid is versatile in all invasive and interventional diagnostic and treatment modalities commonly utilized for routine cardiac care in the United States. In addition to the English language, Dr Tulloch-Reid is fluent in German, French and Spanish.
Consultant Adult & Pediatric Cardiologist
Medical School: Instituto Superior de Ciencias Medicas, Cuba
Training: Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Specialist Certificate: Cardiovascular Medicine & Cardiac Electrophysiology
Dr. Garcia is a Consultant Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist at the Heart Institute of the Caribbean. He is trained in specialized in Adult and Pediatric Cardiology.
Dr. Garcia has an MD with honors from the Higher Institute of Medical Sciences in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. He completed residency and fellowship training in Cardiology, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He was initially appointed a Consultant Cardiologist in 1998.
He is an accomplished Clinical Investigator and has published his research works in peer reviewed medical journals. Dr. Garcia has recently completed a book on “management of cardiac arrhythmias” awaiting publication. Dr. Garcia has recently returned from the Montreal Heart Institute in Canada, where he completed an advanced training in Cardiac Electrophysiology. Dr. Garcia is fluent in English, Spanish and French.
Consultant Electrophysiologist
Medical School: University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Training: Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Specialist Certificate: Cardiovascular Medicine & Cardiac Electrophysiology
Dr. Furlani is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist at HIC. Dr. Furlani received his medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. He underwent advanced postgraduate training in medicine at the Cosme Argerich Hospital in Buenos Aires Argentina.
Dr. Furlani completed Cardiology and Electrophysiology Fellowships at Cosme Argerich Hospital and at Montreal Heart Institute in Montreal, Canada. He is an active member of the ISHNE (International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrophysiology) and has published in leading cardiology journals and presented his research works at various cardiovascular scientific meetings.
Consultant Cardiologist
Medical School: University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Training: Wayne State University, MI, USA
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Cardiology & Interventional Cardiology
Faculty Positions Held: University of the West Indies
Dr. Edwards is an Interventional Cardiologist at HIC. Dr. Edwards obtained his medical education at the University of West Indies in Kingston Jamaica. He underwent advanced postgraduate training in Medicine at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau, Bahamas and at the Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago, United States.
He completed
Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Fellowships at Wayne State
University Medical Center in Detroit, United States. Dr.
Edwards is US board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and
Interventional Cardiology. In addition
to his Interventional Cardiology training, Dr. Edwards has Level 2
training in Nuclear Cardiology and is competent in the
performance and interpretation of non-invasive cardiac imaging
techniques including all aspects of echocardiography.
Dr. Edwards has published and presented his research works at cardiovascular scientific meetings. Dr. Edwards is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and has a clinical faculty appointment in the Department of Medicine at the University of the West Indies.
Consultant Surgeon
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
Training: Yale University School of Medicine, CT, USA
Board Certification: General Surgery
Dr Hilary Brown is a Consultant Surgeon at the Heart Institute of the Caribbean Ltd. Her practice concentration is in General and Vascular Surgery. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, USA,. she obtained her MD at Yale University Medical School and performed her Surgical Residency also at Yale.
Dr Brown also holds a faculty position at the University of West Indies Medical School. She is board certified in General Surgery and is a member of several medical organizations and associations.
Dr. Brown has published several papers and has made numerous scientific presentations internationally. Dr. Brown is the first female to be appointed Consultant in General Surgery at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Jamaica.
Consultant Radiologist
Medical School: University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Training: University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica & Nottingham City Hospital, England
Specialty Degree: Radiology
Faculty Positions Held: University of the West Indies
Dr. Sundeep Shah is a Consultant Radiologist at HIC. Dr. Shah received his Medical Degree from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica and completed his residency at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
He furthered his training at the Nottingham City Hospital in England as a Specialist Registrar in Radiology. Dr. Shah was appointed to the Faculty at the University of the West Indies as a lecturer and consultant radiologist in the Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthetics & Intensive Care.
Consultant Endocrinologist, Director of Research & Education
Medical School: The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Training: Howard University Hospital, DC & National Institutes of Health, USA, Cambridge Univ, UK, Netherlands Inst of Health Sciences.
Board Certification: Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Dr. Tulloch-Reid is an Endocrinologist, Diabetologist and Epidemiologist and serves as Director, Clinical Research Program at the Heart Institute of the Caribbean. Dr. Tulloch-Reid graduated from the University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica in 1994. He obtained a Master of Philosophy degree from Cambridge University, England in 1997. Subsequently, Dr. Tulloch-Reid earned a Doctor of Science degree in Epidemiology from the Institute of Health Sciences, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Dr. Tulloch-Reid completed Internal Medicine residency training at Howard University in Washington, DC and obtained fellowship training in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland and Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Tulloch-Reid has US board certifications in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Dr. Tulloch-Reid has published his research works in major medical journals. Dr Tulloch-Reid is also on the faculty of the University of the West Indies. He is responsible for the development of clinical trials and research programs at the Heart Institute of the Caribbean.
Consultant Internist
Medical School: University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria
Training: University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica
Specialty Degree: Internal Medicine
Dr. Umoh Ubong is a Consultant Internist at HIC. Dr. Ubong obtained his Medical Degree from the University of Ibadan, in Ibadan, Nigeria. Dr. Ubong completed his postgraduate studies at the University of the West Indies where he specialized in Internal Medicine.
Dr. Ubong was appointed Honorary Consultant physician to the Department of Medicine at the University Hospital of the West Indies and also serves as a research fellow in the Sickle Cell Unit at the Tropical Research Institute, UWI.
Consultant Internist
Medical School: University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Training: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, NY & Duke University, USA
Board Certification: Internal Medicine; Occupational Medicine
Dr Duncan completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Columbia University in New York and an Occupational Medicine Fellowship at the prestigious Duke University Medical School. She also holds an MPH degree in Public Health from Duke University. She is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Occupational Medicine. She is currently the only board certified Occupational Medicine physician in practice in the West Indies.
An expert in corporate wellness and executive physicals, she is the Physician Director of the Wellness Program at HIC. Dr. Duncan has presented papers at several conferences and seminars internationally and is currently site coordinator for Jamaica for an ongoing international multi centre clinical trial.
Director of Critical Care Services, Consultant Pulmonologist/ Internist
Medical School: University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Training: Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Centre, &
Lennox Hill Hospital, NY, USA
Board Certification: Internal Medicine; Pulmonology; Critical Care Medicine
A medical graduate of the University of the West Indies, Dr. Mikael Tulloch-Reid completed his residency at the New York Medical College's Metropolitan Hospital Center in Manhattan, New York. He completed fellowships in Critical Care Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Center and in Pulmonology at the Lenox Hill Hospital.
He has served as Consultant Physician/ Pulmonologist at the National Chest Hospital since July 2000. He is US board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonology and Critical Care. He is an expert in a wide range of techniques in Interventional Pulmonology including endobronchial tumor resection by electrocautery and laser as well as endobronchial/ end tracheal stenting.
He has previous practice experience in several hospitals in the United Kingdom and the USA including the Addenbrooke's( University of Cambridge) and John Radcliffe Hospitals( Oxford) and Memorial Sloan Kettering Medical Center (New York). Dr Tulloch-Reid serves as the Director of Critical Care Services at the Heart Institute of the Caribbean and also heads the Clinical Credentials and Privileges Committee.
Consultant Radiologist
Medical School: University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Training: University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica & Oxford NHS, England
Specialty Degree: Radiology
Faculty Positions Held: University of the West Indies
Dr. Bullock serves as a Consultant Radiologist for HIC. Dr. Bullock is an exceptionally talented Radiologist with broad training and experience in all radiological procedures including CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, General and Interventional Radiology (including Vascular Angiography). Dr. Bullock obtained his MBBS in Medicine and Surgery at the University of West Indies in 1993.
He obtained his post graduate training in Radiology at the University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, and Oxford University in Britain. Since 2001, Dr. Bullock has served on the faculty of the Department of Radiology at the University of West Indies
President, Consultant Internist & Holistic Physician
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Training: University of Tennessee Hospital, TN, USA
Board Certification: Internal Medicine; Holistic Medicine
Faculty Positions Held: Vanderbilt Univ Medical School
Co-Founder and President of HIC, Dr. Baugh is the founder of Nashville Internal Medicine Associates (NIMA) and NIMA Spa, USA. She is also a Co-Founder of EchoDoctors of America LLC. Dr. Baugh previously served on the faculty of the Department of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical School in the USA and also as Medical Director of PHV at Vanderbilt University College of Medicine, for four years prior to founding NIMA and NIMA Spa. NIMA has become one of the fastest growing medical practices in Tennessee and employs a multi-specialty group of physicians. Dr. Baugh is an expert in preventive medicine and cardiac risk management.
Dr. Baugh has
published several papers in peer reviewed medical journals and
has spoken at several medical meetings. As President of
HIC, she is responsible for clinical development processes
for use in each HIC facility. She oversees the design and
implementation of clinical guidelines for each facility as well
as development of HIC & rsquo;s
individually tailored cardiac risk management program. Dr. Baugh
is Jamaican and is very conversant with the local environment.
She lived in Kingston, Jamaica, for 16 years. She is US board
certified in Internal Medicine.
She obtained an MD from the University of Tennessee in Memphis and completed her post graduate internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the same institution.
Consultant Internist
Medical School: University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Training: University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica
Specialty Degree: Internal Medicine
A Consultant Physician at HIC, Dr. Ferguson received his medical degree from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. Dr. Ferguson underwent postgraduate training at the University Hospital of the West Indies specializing in Internal Medicine.
Dr. Ferguson is a research fellow at the Epidemiology Research Unit of the Tropical Medicine Institute at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. He is also an Honorary Consultant at the University Hospital of the West Indies as well as a Consultant Physician at Andrews Memorial Hospital in Jamaica.
He is currently on a leave of absence to complete his Masters in Epidemiology at the University of London.
Garth
Officer,DC,MD,M.Sc.(Nutrition),C.O.T
(Orthotics), NMD,MD(Integrated Medicine)
Consultant Nutritionist & Holistic Medicine Specialist
Medical School: St. Luke School of Medicine, Southern Graduate
Institute, Falcon, Kentucky, USA; Virgin Milagrosa Educational Institute
of Medicine, Phillipines; Canadian Memorial Chiropractic
College; University of Bridgeport, CT, USA
Training: University College Hospital, London, UK
Dr. Garth Officer is a Consultant Nutritionist and Holistic Physician at the Heart Institute of the Caribbean. His practice concentration is in Nutrition, Alternative Medicine and Holistic Medicine. Dr Officer is responsible for structuring nutritional interventions and complementary remedies as an adjunctive therapy in the care of cardiac patients at the Heart Institute. He works closely with our Cardiovascular Specialists in meeting the varied needs of our patients.
Dr. Officer has taught at several foreign institutions and colleges and has served on several educational boards.
Tanya
Roxanne Clarke, MBBS
Consultant Physician
Medical School: University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
Training: Yale University School of Medicine, CT, USA; The
Cleveland Clinic, Weston, Florida
Board Certification: Internal Medicine
Dr. Tanya Clarke is a Consultant Physician at the Heart Institute of the Caribbean Ltd. Her practice concentration is in Internal Medicine. Dr. Clarke is graduate of the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica where she received her MBBS. She has the distinction of being the first female to graduate from UWI with honors with distinction. Dr. Clarke did postgraduate training at the University of the West Indies, Yale University and the Cleveland Clinic in Florida.
Dr. Clarke is a Consultant Physician and lecturer in the Department of Medicine , University of West Indies . She is board certified in Internal Medicine and has received several Honors and Awards throughout her medical career.
Dr. Clarke has published several papers and has made numerous scientific presentations internationally.