List
of Abbreviations and Acronyms / ix
Foreword
by Sir George Alleyne / xi
Preface / xv
Introduction / 1
1. Childhood / 7
2. Our
Family, the Whole Parish of St John
/ 14
3. Schooldays / 24
4. Country
Boys Move to Town / 31
5. Reflections
on the Lodge School / 35
6. The
University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica: Of Freshman’s Week, Toothbrushes
and Student Royalty / 46
7. The
Trials, Trauma and Thrills of Second MB
/ 51
8. London:
The Right Place at the Right Time / 62
9. London
to Delos and Back in One Piece, Surprisingly
/ 68
10. Back
to Jamaica / 73
11. Actually
Studying / 80
12. Home
to Barbados / 85
13. Internship / 92
14. Jamaica
Again /
97
15. Back
to London / 107
16. Returning
Home: First to Jamaica, My Second Home
/ 119
17. Barbados:
A Permanent Home at Last / 125
18. The
Queen Elizabeth Hospital: Challenges and Opportunities / 136
19. Clinical
Pharmacology and Research: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Region and the
World /
150
20. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Health Care
and Politics / 163
21. Some
University Roles (Especially Talking)
/ 170
22. The
Multiple Roles of Clinical Specialty Practice
/ 181
23. Achieving
the Impossible Dream: The Birth of the Chronic Disease Research Centre / 190
24. The
Rising Star: The Adolescence of the Chronic Disease Research Centre / 203
25. The
Maturity of the George Alleyne Chronic Disease Research Centre / 208
26. The
Deanship / 213
27. The
Challenge of Building a Full Faculty of Medical Sciences / 219
28. Meditations
on Medical Care in the Caribbean and the University of the West Indies / 232
29. Carrying
the Baton for Historic Preservation
/ 240
30. Historic
Preservation and the Barbados National Trust
/ 248
31.World
Heritage and Our Delinquency / 258
32. The
Barbados-Carolina Connection / 264
33. Heritage
Tourism: Pride and Prejudice / 268
34. Independent
Senator: Reluctant Politician / 278
35. An
Alternative Career in Art / 284
36. Reflections
on Heroes and Mentors / 289
37. The
Urge to Write / 298
38. Final
Reflections / 307
Epilogue / 316
Appendix
1. Citation on the Award of the Caribbean Health Research Council Award of
Excellence, 2006, by Professor Peter Figueroa
/ 319
Appendix
2. Citation for Sir Garfield Sobers: Honorary Degree, University of the West
Indies, 1992 / 325
Appendix
3. A Sample of Publications, Medical and Non-Medical / 330
