Heart Institute of the Caribbean

The Heart Institute of the Caribbean has a faculty of cardiovascular specialists that are accomplished and internationally respected. Part of the HIC mission is to develop healthcare infrastructure in the Caribbean and build internal capacity that will be on par with the best international standards.

To this end, we offer training to Caribbean physicians in Cardiovascular Care to meet acceptable international standards. We are the only facility in the region with the right complement of infrastructure, equipment and staff to provide such training in cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment.

If you are a physician, you should become a member of our Journal Club. HIC’s Journal Club facilitates a forum of interaction among physicians enabling you to share information and benefit from each others experiences while enhancing your knowledge in areas of cardiovascular disease and cardiac risk factor management. In addition to sharing information and enhancing your knowledge, you will also be able to review your patient reports (including ECG’s) with our cardiologists as well as earn CME credits for the year.

The Journal club meets on Thursdays at 6p.m. in the board room at the Heart Institute of the Caribbean.

As part of our education initiative the Heart Institute of The Caribbean sponsors the visit of highly respected specialists in the field of Cardiovascular Medicine from around the world to Jamaica. These week long visits normally include public lectures, where the visiting specialists share their wealth of experience as well as information on emerging trends in the field of Cardiovascular Medicine with local medical practitioners, medical students and the public in general.

These visits also facilitate consultations with local physicians on unusual or uncommon cases.

Past Visits

March 22, 2006

Douglas Waldo, MD, F.A.-C.C.

Dr. Waldo is an advanced level Interventional Cardiologist. He is the Director of Interventional Cardiology at Tennessee Heart and Vascular Institute, Skyline Medical Center. Tennessee Heart and Vascular Institute

He obtained a BA degree in Biology at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH and then completed medical school at S.U.N.Y Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY where he was granted membership in Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. He then completed an Internship and Residency at Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA. He then served as a Cardiac and Vascular Interventional Fellow at Wilford Hall, USAF Medical Center, San Antonio, TX. As a member of the teaching staff, he trained residents and Fellows in Cardiology and was involved in many clinical device research trials including the earliest stents, rate responsive pacemakers and transcatheter athrectomy protocols. In Nashville, TN, U.S.A. , Dr. Waldo started the first coronary rotational athrectomy program, transesophageal echocardiography program and a more advanced peripheral vascular interventional program at Parkview/Centennial Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and in Cardiovascular Diseases, a Fellow in the American College of Cardiology, and the current President of the American Heart Association in Davidson County for 2005-2006.

For the highlights of Dr. Waldo's visit check out our Picture Gallery.

For further information on any of our education initiatives, please call us at (876) 906-2105-8 or email Nichalowe Taylor at ntaylor@caribbeanheart.com