CURRICULUM VITAE of WILLIAM DERVAL AIKEN MB, BS (UWI), DM
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CURRICULUM VITAE of WILLIAM DERVAL AIKEN MB, BS (UWI), DM (Urology) (UWI), DLSHTM, MSc. (Epidemiology) (Lond.), FRCSEd, FACS, FCCS April 09, 2020 Page 1 CURRICULUM VITAE NAME William Derval Aiken DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1965 PLACE OF BIRTH Nuttall Memorial Hospital, St. Andrew, Jamaica NATIONALITY Jamaican MARITAL STATUS Married DEPARTMENT/SECTION/UNIT: Mailing: Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia & Intensive care, Section of Surgery, Division of Urology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected] Contact numbers: Telephones: 876 – 927 – 1270 (work), 876 – 869 – 6615 (cell), 876 – 978 – 1564 (home) Fax: 876 – 970 – 4302 Page 2 POSITION/APPOINTMENTS Academic: 2013-present Senior Lecturer in Surgery (Urology), The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus 2000-2014 Coordinator/Supervisor, DM Residency Programme in Urology, The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus 1999-2014 Lecturer in Surgery (Urology), The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus 1998-1999 Associate Lecturer in Surgery (Urology), The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus Page 3 Departmental/Hospital Position 1998-present Consultant Urologist, University Hospital of the West Indies 2000-2014 Head of Urology, University Hospital of the West Indies ACADEMIC SPECIALISATION: Urology QUALIFICATIONS & GRANTING INSTITUTION 1989 MB, BS, University of the West Indies 1991 ECFMG Certificate, USA 1995 Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1998 DM (Urology), University of the West Indies (First Graduate) 2010 PG. Diploma in Epidemiology, University of London 2011 Fellow, American College of Surgeons 2011 MSc. Epidemiology, University of London 2012 DLSHTM Postgraduate Diploma of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 2013 Fellow, Caribbean College of Surgeons EDUCATION 1968-1973 Fay Simpson’s Kindergarten 1973-1976 The Queen’s Preparatory School 1976–1983 Calabar High School 1984–1989 Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI, Mona 1992–1995 DM Residency Programme in General Surgery, UWI, Mona 1995–1998 DM Residency Programme in Urology, UWI, Mona Page 4 2004-2011 Postgraduate diploma and MSc Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE 1998 - present Consultant Urologist, University Hospital of the West Indies 1997–1998 Chief Resident in Urology, The UWI DM Urology Residency Programme, University Hospital of the West Indies 1996–1997 Registrar in Urology Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 1995-1996 DM-Part II Resident in the newly established UWI DM Urology Residency Programme 1994–1995 DM-Part II Resident in General Surgery, The UWI DM General Surgery Programme 1992–1994 Rotating Junior Resident in The UWI DM General Surgery Programme 1992 Registrar in General Surgery (six months), Kingston Public Hospital 1992 Junior Resident in Neurosurgery (three months), Kingston Public Hospital 1991 Junior Resident in Plastic Surgery (three months), Kingston Public Hospital 1991 Registrar in Pathology (three months), Kingston Public Hospital 1991 Intern, Pathology Elective (three months) University Hospital of the West Indies 1991 Intern, Stony Hill Health Centre (three months) University Hospital of the West Indies 1990 Intern, Accident and Emergency Department (three months) Kingston Public Hospital Page 5 1990 Intern in Pathology (three months) Kingston Public Hospital 1990 Intern, Paediatric Medicine (three months) Bustamante Hospital for Children 1990 Intern in Internal Medicine (three months) University Hospital of the West Indies 1989 Intern in General Surgery (three months) Cornwall Regional Hospital 1989 Intern in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (three months) Cornwall Regional Hospital POSTGRADUATE TRAINING 1992-1994 DM programme – Part I in General Surgery, The University of the West Indies 1994-1995 DM programme – Part II in General Surgery, The University of the West Indies 1995-1996 DM programme – Part II in Urology, The University of the West Indies 1996-1997 DM programme – Part II in Urology, The University of the West Indies, elective year spent at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., on a Commonwealth Scholarship. 1997-1998 DM programme – Part II in Urology, final year as Chief Resident at The University of the West Indies 2004 – 2011 MSc. Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London Page 6 DISTINCTIONS, HONOURS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS 1. Honours in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, final UWI MBBS examination, 1989 2. Commonwealth Scholarship in Urology, 1996, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland 3. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Scholarship in Urology, Japan, 2000 4. Jamaica Medical Foundation Award for outstanding contribution to Urology in Jamaica, 2008 5. Dean’s cash prize for best oral presentation at the FMS Annual Research Day, 2012 6. Association of Surgeons in Jamaica cash prize for the best surgical research presented at the UWI Mona, Faculty of Medical Sciences Annual Research Day, 2012 7. The Principal’s Research Award for the “Best Research Publication (Article) Faculty of Medical Sciences” in 2012; Research Days 2013 8. The Principal’s Research Award for the “Best Research Publication (Article) Faculty of Medical Sciences” in 2013; Research Days 2014 9. The Principal’s Research Award for “Research Project with the Greatest Multidisciplinary/Cross Faculty Collaboration (Article) Faculty of Medical Sciences” in 2013; Research Days 2014 The UWI, Mona Campus 10. The Principal’s Research Award for “Best Research Publication (Article)” in 2018 Faculty of Medical Sciences; Research Days 2019 The UWI, Mona Campus Page 7 PUBLICATIONS My citation indices below obtained online on April 9, 2020 from Google Scholar at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bjog8rUAAAAJ&hl=en Since All 2015 Citations 580 364 h-index 14 13 i10-index 19 14 BOOKS: DM Urology casebook, 1998 W. Aiken CHAPTERS IN BOOKS: 1. Penile Fractures WD Aiken Andrology for the Clinician, eds Wolf-Bernhard Schill, Frank H. Comaire, Timothy B. Hargreave. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg NY, 2006: 1.7.3: pgs164 – 166. ISBN: 3 – 540 – 23171 - 4 (A European Textbook, with International, mostly European contributors) Published in 2006 by Springer Verlag (book cited 45 times) 2. Prostate Cancer in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean: A serious and growing problem WD Aiken Sexual and Reproductive Health in Jamaica Eds. Joseph Frederick, Pansy Hamilton, John Meade Pelican Publishers Ltd, Kingston, Jamaica, 2013: pgs. 215 - 220. ISBN: 978-976-8240-08-8 JOURNAL ARTICLES 1. Trends in Prostate Pathology at the University Hospital of the West Indies Jamaica over the last 10 years WD Aiken West Indian Medical Journal (2002) 51; 4: 278 – 279 (IF: 0.224; cited 0 times) Page 8 2. Herbal preparation use among patients with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia attending a urology clinic in Jamaica, West Indies [Letter to Editor] M Gossell – Williams, A Davis, W Aiken, R Mayhew West Indian Medical Journal January 2008; 57(1): 75 - 76 (IF: 0.224; cited 0 times) 3. Prostate Cancer Incidence in Jamaica before and after the Introduction of Prostate-Specific Antigen WD Aiken West Indian Medical J 2011; 60 (5): 597 (IF: 0.224; cited 1 time) 4. Haemopneumothorax - Self Assessment Corner A. McDonald, DIG Mitchell, W. Aiken and P.R. Fletcher Postgrad. Med. J. (1995) 71: 635 – 638 (IF: 2.078; cited 0 times) 5. E – Cadherin polymorphisms and haplotypes influence risk for prostate cancer C Bonilla, T Mason, L Long, C Ahaghotu, W Chen, A Zhao, A Coulibaly, F Bennett, W Aiken, T Tulloch, K Coard, V Freeman, R Kittles Prostate (2005, Dec): vol. 66, issue 5: 546 – 556 (IF: 3.565; cited 35 times) 6. A Reasoned Approach to the Emergency Room Management of Ureteric Colic J. William-Johnson, W. Aiken, A. McDonald Postgraduate Doctor Caribbean 2005, Vol. 20 (4): 123 (IF: none found; cited 0 times) 7. Admixture and population stratification in African Caribbean populations J Benn-Torres, C Bonilla, CM Robbins, L Waterman, TY Moses, W Hernandez, ER Santos, F Bennett, W Aiken, T Tulloch, K Coard, A Hennis, S Wu, B Nemesure, MC Leske, V Freenan, J Carpten, RA Kittles. Ann. Hum. Genetics 2008 January; 72 (1): 90 – 8 (IF: 2.215; cited 76 times) 8. Leiomyosarcoma of the kidney W Aiken, T Gibson, S Williams, D Gaskin West Indian Medical Journal March 2009; 58 (2): 183 (IF: 0.224; cited 1 time) 9. Body size and risk of prostate cancer in Jamaican men M Jackson, S Walker, C Smith, N McFarlane-Anderson, F Bennett, K Coard, W Aiken, T Tulloch, T Paul, R Wan Cancer Causes and Control, 2010; Vol. 21: 909–917 (IF: 2.735; cited 19 times) 10. Radical Prostatectomy Outcomes at the University Hospital of the West Indies: 2000 - 2007 B Morrison, K Coard, G Strachan, R Miller, W Aiken, R Mayhew West Indian Medical J January 2011; 60 (1): 68–72 (IF: 0.224; cited 10 times) Page 9 11. Female Urinary retention at the University Hospital of the West Indies B Morrison, D Montague, W Aiken, M Reid West Indian Medical J January 2011; 60 (1): 102 (IF:0.224; cited 1 time) 12. Factors affecting prostate cancer screening behaviour in a discrete population of doctors at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica D. McNaughton, W. Aiken, D McGrowder Asian Pacific J Cancer Prev 2011 Vol 12, 1 - 5 (IF: 1.5; cited 16 times) 13. Impact of the National Health Fund policy on hormone treatment for prostate cancer in Jamaica BF Morrison, WD Aiken, ME Reid Rev Panam Salud Publica 2011 Vol. 29(6): 404-8 (IF: 0.539; cited 3 times) 14. Bone mineral density in Jamaican men on androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer BF Morrison, IE Burrowes, WD Aiken, RG Mayhew, HM Fletcher, ME Reid Infectious agents and cancer. 2011, 6(Suppl 2): S7 (IF: 1.718; cited 11 times) 15. Historical determinants of contemporary attributes of African descendants in the Americas: the androgen receptor holds the key WD Aiken Medical Hypotheses. 2011 Dec;77(6): 1121-4.