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Upcoming Meetings

ACP 2025 Caribbean Internal Medicine Conference: Major Threats to Public Health in the Caribbean 

September 27, 2025 I 8:00 AM Jamaica Time I 9:00 AM Eastern Caribbean Time 

This year’s conference brings together leading experts from across the region and beyond to explore critical issues impacting public health.

View the Agenda Here. 


Program Highlights:

  • Crime and Public Health – Prof. Corin Bailey, Barbados
  • Climate Change and the Impact on Public Health – Dr. Karen Polson, United States
  • Infectious Disease Resurgence in the Face of Vaccine Hesitancy and Misinformation – Prof. Peter Figueroa, Jamaica
  • Substance Use Epidemic – Dr. Marc Lockhart, Cayman Islands
  • Vector Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate – Dr. James Hospedales, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Mental Health Crises Among Youth and Adolescence – Dr. Toni Heron, Cayman Islands
  • Social Media and AI in Modern Medical Practice – Dr. Navi Muradali, Trinidad and Tobago
  • The Public Health Challenge of Aging: Are We Ready? – Prof. Denise Eldermire-Shearer, Jamaica

Join us for dynamic discussions, expert insights, and collaborative solutions to the pressing public health issues facing our region.

Register here to secure your spot. 

 

 

 

Past Meetings

Attend a Chapter Meeting in 2024? Claim CME

North-East Regional Health Authority and The American College of Physicians Caribbean Chapter Present: 

NCDs, Chronic Communicable Diseases, and Renal Impairment Online Symposium

You are invited to join us as for the Online Symposium on Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases and Renal Impairment  presented by the ACP Caribbean Chapter and the North-East Regional Health Authority being held 11am - 3pm EST (Jamaica Time) on Thursday July 24, 2025 by  Zoom. Registration is free!

Regional Medicine Grand Rounds and the Professor Owen Morgan Distinguished Lecture

Friday March 21, 2025 | Main Medical Lecture Theatre, The University of the West Indies | 1:30pm EST (Jamaica Time) 

Caribbean Internal Medicine Conference 2024 

October 26, 2024

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Prof Eric Cruickshank Distinguished Lecture and the Surradic Grand Round Lecture

June 21, 2024

Regional Grand Rounds 

June 14, 2024 1:30pm EST Jamaica Time I Hybrid

Regional Grand Rounds 

October 6, 2023 I Virtual 

2023 Caribbean Chapter Internal Medicine Conference

October 7, 2023 | Virtual

The meeting was an important step in the Chapter's mission to advance internal medicine in the region. In addition to earning CME credits, our conference was about making personal connections and getting involved in your chapter.

Watch the Recording Here

Highlights:

  • Heart Failure - The New Kids on the Block
  • Updates on Sleep Apnea
  • Advances in the Treatment of Migraine
  • AI In Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Hypertension

Regional Grand Rounds 

Friday, July 28, 2023 I 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. EST

2022 Caribbean Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting 

October 8, 2022

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