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NARAYNSINGH, Vijay
1974
2018
Biography
After graduating with distinctions and subject medals in Anatomy and Surgery, Vijay continued a lifelong pursuit of academia at UWI. He did Fellowships in General Surgery (UK) and Vascular Surgery (USA), then taught at UWI as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, Personal Professor and Departmental Professor till retirement in 2015; he continues to teach voluntarily as Professor Emeritus. He has published over 300 papers and guided 70 juniors into their first research publication. He was Scientific Secretary Commonwealth Caribbean Medical Research Council, President Caribbean College of Surgeons, President Society of Surgeons of Trinidad and Tobago, Governor at the American College of Surgeons and Fellow of 6 Colleges of Surgeons.
He has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Chaconia Gold Medal of Trinidad and Tobago, Vice Chancellors Award for Excellence in Research (2011), Cariscience Award (Most outstanding Caribbean Researcher - 2015), UWI Most outstanding Researcher (2012), Emmanuel Amoroso Award for Medical Sciences (NIHERST - 2012), Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England without examination (2003), Caribbean Health Research Council Award (1999), Gold Pin of the T&T Medical Association (1998). (Details at www.vijaynaraynsingh.com)
In 1991, he was selected by Medicins Sans Frontieres (Nobel laureate) to be one of five surgeons worldwide to sit on their international panel on colon trauma surgery (Brussels, Belgium). He was chosen as the surgeon to the Pope when John Paul II visited T&T in 1985.
He remains proud to be a UWI graduate, especially of the 1974 class.