Roshan Parasram
Trinidadian physician and public health consultant
Roshan Akash Parasram (born May 8, 1978) is a Trinidadian physician and public health consultant, who is the current Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Trinidad and Tobago since 2013/14. Prior to his appointment as Chief Medical Officer, Parasram was a Primary Care Physician II (PCP II); a District Medical Officer (DMO); a County Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) at the Ministry of Health and the former Specialist Medical Officer (SMO), Insect Vector Control Division.
Parasram has been taking a leading role in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Trinidad and Tobago, alongside Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh and Communications Minister Donna Cox.
Early life and education
Parasram, the nephew of religious leader and medical doctor Rampersad Parasram, and son of Lakshmipersad Parasram and Indra Parasram, studied at Presentation College, Chaguanas. Following this, he was educated at the Faculty of Medicine, University of the West Indies at St. Augustine (M.B.,B.S., 2002) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London (P.G.Dip. Public Health, 2007; M.Sc. Public Health, 2009). He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH, UK). Parasram holds a certificate in Public Procurement Law and Practice.
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