Florida-based Guyanese honoured for contribution to medicine

Dec 17, 2010 News

Guyanese-born physician, Dr. Victor Boodhoo, was recently honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his outstanding contribution to the field of medicine and to the University of the West Indies at the 10th UWI Medical Alumni Association reunion conference held in Barbados.
The UWI has produced over 7000 doctors since its inception in 1948.

Dr Boodhoo, left, receiving his award at the UWI caucus

Only three other Guyanese, including the late Dr. Walter Chin, have been similarly honoured over the past 22 years by their peers.
Dr. Boodhoo, who attended Queen’s College, graduated as a doctor from UWI in 1966. He practiced in Jamaica for seven years before migrating to the USA, where he has been practicing in Titusville, Florida for more than 30 years.
He is a specialist in the fields of Family Medicine and Geriatrics. Dr. Boodhoo has served as the Chief-of-Staff at Jess Parrish Hospital in Titusville, Florida, and as Chairman of Continuing Medical Education of the Florida Academy of Family physicians.
He also served two terms as Chairman of the International Board of Directors of the UWI Medical Alumni Association, and was the co-founder of the 1948 Society, which is the Medical Foundation of UWI.
Since 2006, Dr. Boodhoo has been selected every year as one of ‘America’s Top Family Doctors’ by the Consumer Research Council. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.