qualified as a mechanical engineer prior to obtaining his degree in medicine from the University of Siena, Italy, in 1979. Following training in Florence he decided to pursue his career in the UK. After a six months intensive language course he obtained his first junior post in London and later became a Registrar at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, where he undertook most of his training. After a year spent in Rotterdam at the Erasmus University he was appointed as a Senior Lecturer/Consultant at the University of Sheffield. more...

Born in Florence, Italy on January 16, 1954, Dr. Teodori is now one of Italy’s leading cardiac surgeons specializing in CABG, mitral valve reconstruction, left ventricle aneurysms, surgery of the thoracic aorta and surgical treatment of ventricular failure. He is a pioneer in off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, in CABG via mini-thoracotomy and in the use of arterial conduits for CABG. With well over 15 years experience, the number of adult cardiac surgeries Dr. Teodori has performed has crossed 5,000 and at October 31 last year, stood at the impressive figure of 5,178 surgeries. more...

Specialty: Adult Cardiac Surgery
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Dr. Rahaman-Ganga is a 1993 National Scholarship recipient, who left Trinidad to study medicine in Ireland at Trinity College, University of Dublin. She then went to the United Kingdom to complete her Basic Surgical Training program in Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

A member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS Ed), she later specialized in cardiothoracic surgery at the Bristol Heart Institute.

Dr. Rahaman-Ganga is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Cardiothoracic Surgery - FRCS (CTh) and currently works as a cardiac surgeon with the Caribbean Heart Care team.

Dr. Anand Rampersad is a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland where he received his undergraduate training and graduated in 1991. In 1993, he returned to Trinidad to work in the Department of Surgery at the Port of Spain General Hospital. Eighteen months later, he returned,to the U.K. for Post-graduate training and in 1997, obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FRCSI). The following year, he returned to the post of Surgical Registrar at the Port of Spain General Hospital. more..

Is a consultant intensivist and is in charge of our patient care in the ICU. He attained his early education in USA and later gained much of his experience in Caracas as an intensivist and Emergency care physician.

Dr. Burgos profound clinical skill and patients' evaluation is reflected in the high standards of care the patients receive in our ICU. CHCm is proud to have Dr Burgos as part of our Cardiology team working hand in hand with our Surgical, Anesthetic and Cardiology teams. His up to date knowledge in management of patients in ICU is invaluable to our service.

Dr. Roland Roopchand is one of the earliest members of Caribbean Heart Care and heads our Anaesthetic team since 2000. Dr. Roopchand is extremely well organized and strategic in his approach to patient management. He has a wealth of experience in Anaesthetics having practiced Anaesthesia since 1982 to present.

In 1983, Dr. Roopchand obtained his Diploma in Anaesthetics at the University of the West Indies. He was awarded his Doctor of Medicine, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, at the same university in 1989, and pursued an elective in Cardiac Anaesthesia in 1995 at the University Hospital North Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent.

Dr. Rampersad began his tertiary education at University of Manitoba Canada where he majored in Zoology. He then went on to pursue a medical degree at the University of the West Indies, graduating in 1978.

After practicing medicine as a familiar practitioner for two years, he returned to university to pursue a diploma in anaesthetics. He later changed his focus to business and entered an Executive MBA program. more..