Caribbean healthcare professionals stand proud
Caribbean Life, J BQ une 21-27, 2019 39
Caribbean healthcare professionals
stand tall and can be
seen at many of the hospitals,
health clinics and doctors offices in
New York. Whether at the receptionist
desk, assisting patients, training other
healthcare practitioners, working in
the operating room or at management
level, these Caribbean nationals
provide sterling service to all who they
come into contact with. They work
diligently to improve the care of others
and make New York a better place to
live and work.
Caribbean Americans comprise a
large portion of our caregiving population,
and are in the vanguard of the
healthcare advances we have made —
and will continue to make — in the
21st Century.
They are often pioneers on the cutting
edge of diagnostic services, disease
prevention and treatment, and
healthcare delivery:
Examples include Jamaican microbiologist
and pathologist Louis Grant
1913–1993 who helped to isolate the
deadly dengue virus, and his compatriot
Mary Seacole 1805–1881, who
brought her mother’s herbal remedies
to the Crimean War’s battlefields,
spending her own money to trek to the
Black Sea peninsula to treat wounded
soldiers after being passed over by Florence
Nightingale.
Caribbean Life and Schneps Media
are proud to honor 30 healthcare
professionals in the 2019 edition of
our Caribbean American Healthcare
Awards, culminating with a gala on
June 25 at which we will formally
salute these exceptional New Yorkers
for all they do, and have done, to
advance our healthcare system to its
best possible outcome.
Our awardees are as diverse as the
myriad cultures that course through
the veins of their ancestral lands:
• A Jamaican-born man who
has spent his career helping bring life
into the world and is now chairman
and director of Maternal Fetal Medicine
in the Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology at Brookdale Hospital
medical Center.
• A Haitian American woman
with 20 years of healthcare experience
as a change agent with a contemporary
mindset.
• A Trinidadian-born man who
was bullied while he was growing up
and is now a doctor and chief resident
at Queens Hospital who focuses on
improving patient care and safety as he
knows how difficult it can be for immigrants
to receive proper care.
• A Grenadian-born registered
nurse who says she always knew that
she wanted to be a nurse. She is a distinguished
member of the United State
Army Nurse Corp and served during
the Afghanistan and Iraq conflict.
• A Guyanese-born administrative
manager for Hematology / Oncology
at Montefiore Medical Center. She
manages a staff of more than 100 professionals
including physicians, nurses,
secretaries, social workers and dietitians.
• A Vincentian-born nurse who
says she continues to save lives, lead
her nursing staff, teach nursing and
medical students, train newly-hired
registered nurses, acquire professional
certification, update her professional
knowledge and “serve humanity with
God’s guidance.”
Our other honorees are just as outstanding,
and together they continue
to leave an extraordinary combined
footprint in our thriving city of limitless
opportunities.
They have all surmounted unique
obstacles along their personal and professional
journeys, and demonstrated
a commitment to hard work, an attention
to duty, and a love of community
while healing and uplifting innumerable
people and paving the way for our
next generation of healthcare providers
.We are pleased to share their stories
with our readers, and express our
gratitude to them for being an integral
part of New York’s essential healthcare
industry.
— Caribbean Life newspaper and
Schneps Media