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UWI NEUROSURGEON AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS BRAAKMAN PRIZE

Neurosurgeon and Chief Resident at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Dr. Roger Eyon Hunter has been named joint recipient of the prestigious Braakman Diploma /Prize by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) for being the best candidate at the Oral Part Two Examination of the EANS Examination in Neurosurgery.

The European Examination in Neurosurgery consists of two parts: the Primary Examination and the Oral Examination. The Primary Examination is a written examination covering neurosurgery, neuroanatomy, neuropathophysiology, neurology, neuroradiology, fundamental clinical skills and other disciplines. The Oral Examination is the second and final of the European Examinations. The examination is a clinical problem solving and patient management test involving the use of case histories. The Part Two exam is set to the level of a consultant two years out of residency training. Candidates are required to explain how they would proceed to evaluate or manage the cases to plan and perform the proposed operations, if necessary. The best candidate in the Oral Examination is awarded the Braakman Diploma/Prize.

Roger Hunter graduated from The University of the West Indies in 1996 with the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree with Honours. He obtained subject honours in Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Microbiology Obstetrics and Gyanecology and Medicine. He was also recipient of the David Gunberg Prize in Anatomy, the Glaxo-Welcome Clinical Medicine Award and the Allenbury Award in Medicine.

Dr. Hunter performed very well and was awarded the final fellowship in neurosurgery in the United Kingdom in 2004. He previously sat the Primary Examination (Part One) of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies in Uppsala Sweden in Feb 2005 and was top in the UK and second overall.

He is a Member of the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association, the Society of British Neurological Surgeons and the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies.

Dr. Hunter is a past student of New Day All Age School and Jamaica College.


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