With years of experience in the health sector and serving in a number of positions within medical institutions across Guyana, Dr Ronald Aaron, former Assistant Dean in the Faculty of Health Science, has been assigned the post of Interim Medical Director in the University of Guyana, School of Medicine (UGSM).
New Interim Medical Director at UGSM, Dr Ronald Aaron
The former Assistant Dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences will assume office on June 17, 2016, to commence his leadership role in advancing the delivery of medical studies at the tertiary institution. Dr Aaron will replace Dr Madan Rambaran who served as the Director in the UGSM.
Commenting on the major role that Dr Aaron will now serve at the School of Medicine, Vice Chancellor of the University, Dr Ivelaw Griffith stated his expectations of the appointment and its impact on the progression of the field of science at the University of Guyana.
While congratulating Dr Aaron for his dedicated work in the health field and on his most recent appointment; Griffith charged him with taking on the mandate of enhancing the “instructional, community service and research output of the valued School of Medicine through his leadership skills, competence and experience level.”
Additionally, he thanked Dr Rambaran for his services to the school between 2012 and 2016, when he held the position of Director.
“During Dr Rambaran’s tenure in office, he was instrumental, along with the current Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr Emanuel Cummings, in fostering the development and introduction of a number of post-graduate programmes in medicine,” Griffith mentioned.
With over a decade of service in the health sector, Dr Aaron had received his Medical Degree in 1986 from the Vinnitsa Medical Institute, Ukraine and has done post-graduate work in the United Kingdom.
Subsequently, he held the post of the Medical Superintendent at the West Demerara Regional Hospital for 11 years, before joining the staff at the Faculty of Health Sciences in 2002 as a lecturer in Anatomy and Histology in the School of Medicine. Dr Aaron was then appointed Pre-clinical Sciences Coordinator in 2010 and served this post until September 2015.
Since its founding in 1985, the school has reportedly been able to produce in excess of 450 medical graduates, who thus far have gone on to hold recognised administrative and clinical positions not only in Guyana, but across the world.
