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184 Following graduation 1974 with medals and distinctions in anatomy and surgery Professor Vijay Naraynsingh has had a distinguished career that led to fellowships in several interna- tional colleges Reader in Surgery 1990 Personal Chair 1997 and Departmental Chair 2002 in The University of the West Indies. He has served as President of the Caribbean College of Surgeons since 2007 and was the scientific secretary of the Caribbean Health Research Council for 13 years.He is the recipient of awards from 32 organisations internationally regionally and locally for his contributions to medicine community service and humanitarian work. At age 42 he was one of the youngest recipi- ents of the National Award The Chaconia Gold for service in Medicine to Trinidad and Tobago. In 2003 he was the first Caribbean surgeon to be granted the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons FRCS England without examination.He was also the first Caribbean surgeon to be made an Examiner at the Royal College of Surgeons of England for their postgraduate surgical exams. In 1991 he was chosen by Medicins Sans Frontires Nobel Laureate to be one of five surgeons worldwide to sit on an international panel on colon trauma surgery Brussels Belgium. He was chosen as the surgeon to the Pope when John Paul II visited Trinidad and Tobago in 1985. Internationally Professor Naraynsingh has been a pioneer in the design of twelve new operations never done in the world before. These procedures have all been recorded in the interna- tional surgical literatureThey includethe Lateral Approach to the Profunda Femoris Artery in 1984 - this technique facilitates bypass to the lower limb in complex cases improving limb salvage Rectus Repair for Abdominal Wall Hernias in 1993 - this effectively strengthens the abdominal wall preventing recurrent abdominal hernias Transperitoneal Exclusion for Aortic Aneurysm in 1999 which addresses the management of abdominal aortic aneurysms Minilaporotomy ureterolithotomy in 2003 which facilitates ureteric stone removal using a minimally invasive techniqueSimple Repair in 1998Delayed Repair in 2003 and Late Delayed Repair in 2009 for Fractured Penis and Swiss Roll Opera- tion for Giant Fibroadenoma which involves removing giant breast growths. In the Caribbean region he has been credited with the following firsts replantation surgery 1984 vascularised free tissue transfer 1984 myocutaneous flaps for breast recon- struction 1981 laparoscopic cholecystectomy 1991 retroperitoneal aortic surgery 1984 and minilaporotomy cholecystectomy 1992. In addition to introducing these advances to the Caribbean he has been the first to perform kidney transplantation in 1988 carotid surgery for stroke under local anaesthesia in 1984 no colostomy surgery for left colon obstruction in 1985 and colon trauma in 1991 and extensive use of myocutaneous flaps in general and orthopaedic surgery from 1981 to 2010 in Trinidad and Tobago. Professor Naraynsingh is an educator community leader mentor scholar adviser author and surgeon. He has taught and administered programmes at The University of the West Indies for more than 30 years and has started the postgraduate surgical specialties and sub-specialties in Trinidad and Tobago. He exhib- its outstanding work ethic professionalism and leadership. He is passionate about teaching and improving the quality of instruc- tion and his contribution to surgery in the West Indies is remark- able He revised the surgery curriculum and radically changed the structure of the final MBBS examination ten years ago. Outstanding Research Accomplishments Professor Naraynsingh is one of our Universitys most published academics. He has co-authored five book chapters on vascular thyroid and leg ulcer surgery by international publishers and has authored over 250 indexed articles in peer-reviewed high impact factor journals. He has written in every major English-speaking surgical journal including the prestigious British Journal of Surgery American Journal of Surgery Archives of Surgery World Journal of Surgery Australian New Zealand Journal of Surgery Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburghthe Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine. He has delivered presentations on 108 scientific platforms internationally regionally and locally including papers at the American College of Surgeonsthe Mayo Clinicthe Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland the Surgical Research Society UK and the Vascular Society of India. He has also published more than one hundred abstracts. Professor Naraynsinghs published work reflects a pioneering surgical spirit seeking new solutions to longstanding surgical problems frequently challenging dogma. His three recent publications include A new clinical sign for Breast Cancer Naraynsingh VMaharaj R Dan D Hariharan S. The bra sign in breast cancer. Breast J. 2012186616-617.doi10.1111tbj.12018.Epub 2012 Sep 26. MEDICAL SCIENCES Professor of Surgery Head Department of Clinical and Surgical Sciences Tel 868 663 4319 E-mail vnarayngmail.com Website www.vijaynaraynsingh.com PROF. VIJAY NARAYNSINGH