Curriculum Vitae
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Dr. Kim Natasha Jebodhsingh
General Ophthalmologist and Oculoplastic Surgeon
The Eye Clinic
Glen Avon, #5, 6th Avenue, Belleville, St. Michael, Barbados
Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon
Queen Elizabeth Hospital St. Michael, Barbados
Associate Scientific Staff
Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Kim Natasha Jebodhsingh
“Glen Avon” #5, 6th Avenue Belleville, St. Michael, Barbados Tel: +1 246-435-7901
Email: kimjebodhsingh@hotmail.com
Education
2007 - 2009 Fellowship
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons - University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Eyelid, Lacrimal and Orbital Surgery
2004 – 2007 Ophthalmology Residency
Henry Ford Hospital - Detroit, Michigan, USA
2003 - 2004 Internship: Transitional Year
Henry Ford Hospital - Detroit, Michigan, USA
2000 - 2002 Internship
Ministry of Health - Kingston, Jamaica
1995 - 2000 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery University of the West Indies – Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
1992-1995 Bachelor of Science
University of Waterloo – Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Dean’s Honour List
Hospital Affiliations
2009 – present
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, St. Michael, Barbados Oculoplastics Consultant
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Associate Scientific Staff 2007 – 2009
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Oculoplastics Fellow St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Oculoplastics Fellow McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Oculoplastics Fellow Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Oculoplastics Fellow 2003 – 2007
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA Intern / Ophthalmology Resident
2000-2002
Kingston Public Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica Intern Bustamante Children’s Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica Intern Victoria Jubilee Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica Intern
National Chest Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica Intern
Qualifications
Spring 2014 Fellow American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2007 Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology D.A.B.O 2000 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery M.B; B.S
1995 Bachelor of Science, BSc
Awards
2013 Professor Walrond Research Day Symposium, University of the West Indies
First Prize Research Project. Hinds A, Jebodhsingh K
2013 Leadership Development Progamme, Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology.
Elected as candidate at OSWI 2013, identifying potential leaders in ophthalmology.
2011 Professor Walrond Research Day Symposium, University of the West Indies
First Prize Research Project. Hinds A, Jebodhsingh K
2011 Ophthalmology Society of the West Indies
First Prize Resident Research Project. Hinds A, Jebodhsingh K
2009 Gillingham Pan-American Scholarship
Pan-American association Ophthalmology
1997 Pre-Clinical Award: First Prize in Community Health, Public Health and Psychiatry
University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
1995 Honours in Pharmacology. University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica 1995 Honours in Community Health, Public Health and Psychiatry
University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
1992-1995 Dean’s Honours List.
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1991 3 Awards (Gold, Silver, Bronze) in Art
National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (N. I.F.C.A) Barbados
1990 First Prize Caribbean Examination Council (C.X.C)
Regional Award for First Prize in the Caribbean for the “Most Outstanding Work of Art”
Publications
Book Chapters “Fasanella-Servat Procedure for Ptosis” in Evaluation and Management of Blepharoptosis.
Jebodhsingh K, Harvey J.T., Oestreicher JCh. 21, Pg. 197, 2011, Springer New York, Dordrecht, Heidelburg, London.
Thesis Microscopic Analysis of The Aging Orbital Septum Jebodhsingh K, Harvey JT, Gaskin D, Hinds A, Oestreicher J, DeAngelis D. University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. May 1, 2013
Journal Articles The Recurrence Rates of Basal Cell Carcinoma in Specimens Taken Using Frozen Sections Versus Permanent Sections. Jebodhsingh K, Harvey J, Calafati J. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology Volume 47, Issue 2, April 2012, Pages 181–184
The Psychosocial Impact of Monocular Vision. Hinds A, Jebodhsingh K, BAMP Bulletin May/June 2012 vol. 176 p13-15
Indications for Orbital Imaging by Oculoplastic Surgeon Wu AY, Jebodhsingh K, Le T, et al Ophthalmic Plastic Reconstructive Surgery. 2011; 27: 260-2
Aspects of Paediatric Oculoplastics Trauma: Floor Fractures and Canalicular Lacerations. Jebodhsingh K, DeAngelis D. Ophthalmology Rounds. Nov/Dec 2008, vol 6, issue 6
Posters Optic Disc Topography and Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer Thickness in Pseudotumor Cerebri.
Jebodhsingh K, Trick G.L. Investigative Ophthalmology Vision Science 2004; 45
Thickening of Hard Palate Mucous Membrane Grafts Used for Lower Eyelid Elevation.
Jebodhsingh K, Oestreicher J International Orbital Society Symposium.
Letter to the Editor
The Latest Updates in Ophthalmology Subspecialty Conference.Jebodhsingh K, BAMP Bulletin Feb/ Mar 2013, vol. 180 p24
Current Research Studies
Obesity and Glaucoma. Cadogan S, Jebodhsingh K
Orbital Sarcoidosis in Barbados. Cadogan S, Jebodhsingh K
Factors Associated with Lacrimal Abscess Formation. Jebodhsingh K, Hinds A
Hyperglycaemia and Cataract Surgery. Jebodhsingh K, Jones W
Clinical Trial: A New Technique in Pterygium Surgery. Jebodhsingh K, Hinds A, Noumeh N
Academic Activities
2017
2016
2015
2014
Course Director and Coordinator
Latest Updates in Ophthalmology Subspecialty Conference, Bridgetown
Course Director and Coordinator
Latest Updates in Ophthalmology Subspecialty Conference, Bridgetown
Consultancy for the Barbados Ministry of Health. Strengthening Primary Health Care in Barbados.
Co- founder of Caribbean Ophthalmology Research Foundation C.O.R.F
2013 84 Continuing Professional Education (C.P.E) Credits awarded for academic activity in 2012 by the Barbados Medical Council (20 required)
2013-2016 Coordinator Ophthalmology Research Subspecialty Journal Club
Department of Ophthalmology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, Barbados
2013 Chairperson, Professor Walrond Research Day Symposium
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, Barbados
2012 Assistant, Clinical skills Fundoscopy Course
Department of Ophthalmology. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, Barbados
2012 Examiner for OSCE in the mock exam for FRC Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, Barbados
2012 Chairperson, Professor Walrond Research Day Symposium
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, Barbados
2012 Course Director and Coordinator
Latest Updates in Ophthalmology Subspecialty Conference, Bridgetown, Barbados
2011 Course Director and Coordinator
Latest Updates in Ophthalmology Sub-specialty Conference, Bridgetown, Barbados
2011 Coordinator Oculoplastic Lecture Series
Department of Ophthalmology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, Barbados
2010 Course Director and Coordinator
Latest Updates in Ophthalmology, Subspecialty Conference, Bridgetown, Barbados
2010 - 2014 Associate Lecturer
Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados
2010 - present Associate Scientific Staff
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2009 Instructor/ Lecturer TORIC course
Ophthalmology Residency 6 week Clinical Skills Course and Anatomy Dissection Lab, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2007-2009 Ophthalmology Undergraduate Clerkship Lecturer
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
1994, 1995 University of the West Indies, School of Continuing Studies, Barbados Chemistry Instructor
Lectures
Invited Lectureships November 2017
June 2016
April 2012
October 2011
Innovate Barbados. Barbados Investment Development Cooperation
Ophthalmology Lecturer. Barbados Diabetic Society. How diabetes mellitus affects the eye. Visiting Professor of Ophthalmology, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Visiting Lecturer 10th Annual Sir Arnott Cato Lecture Symposium, Benign and Malignant Eyelid Lesions, St. Vincent.
Scholarly Lectures
February 2017
July 2016
February 2016
February 2015
February 2014
January 2014
March 2013
Latest Updates in Opthalmology Subspeciality Conference, Barbados
Ophthalmology Society of the West Indies (OSWI). Oculoplastics Workshop. Trinidad and Tobago
Latest Updates in Opthalmology Subspeciality Conference, Pediatric Trauma, Barbados Latest Updates in Opthalmology Subspeciality Conference. Retinoblastoma. Barbados Latest Updates in Opthalmology Subspeciality Conference. Imaging the Orbit. Barbados Primary care ophthalmology Lecture Series. Oculoplastics in a nutshell. Barbados Medical Student Lecture Series. Tumours. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados
February 2013 Latest Updates in Ophthalmology Subspecialty Conference. Ptosis, Barbados.
January 2013 Paediatric Lecture Series. Paediatric Eyelid Conditions. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados. July 2012 Ophthalmology Society of the West Indies (OSWI). Oculoplastics Workshop. Trinidad and
Tobago
February 2012 Latest Updates in Ophthalmology Subspecialty Conference. Oculoplastics for the Cataract Surgeon.
Bridgetown, Barbados
July 2011 Ophthalmology Society of the West Indies (OSWI). Oculoplastics Workshop. St. Lucia
May 2011 Ophthalmic Assistant Lecture Series. Drugs, Shields and Patches. Lawrence N, Jebodhsingh K Bridgetown, Barbados
February 2011 Latest Updates in Ophthalmology Subspecialty Conference. Congenital ptosis. Jebodhsingh K, Austin A, Gopwani J. Bridgetown, Barbados
October 2010 UWI Alumni 10th Medical Conference. The Prevalence of Amblyopia in Patients with Congenital Ptosis without Surgical Intervention. Jebodhsingh K, Gopwani J, Austin A. Bridgetown, Barbados
June 2009 University of Toronto, Sick Kids Lecture Series. Paediatric Oculoplastics, Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction. Jebodhsingh K. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 2009 University of Toronto, Oculoplastic Lecture. Cataract Surgery and Oculoplastic Procedures.
Oestreicher J, Jebodhsingh K. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 2009 Canadian Ophthalmological Society Meeting. The Indications For Orbital Imaging in the Oculoplastic Surgeon. Jebodhsingh K, Harvey J, Tucker N, DeAngelis D, Oestreicher J, Le T. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
January 2009 University of Toronto. Resident Oculoplastic Lecture Series. Enucleation and Evisceration.
Jebodhsingh K, Kazden M Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 2008 University of Toronto. Resident Oculoplastic Lecture Series. Entropion and Ectropion, Jebodhsingh K, Pashby R. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
June 2008
July 2008
Toric Course Lecturer. Oculoplastics Clinical Skills. Jebodhsingh K, Gill H, Oestreicher J. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ophthalmology Society of the West Indies (OSWI). A Case of Non-resolving Cellulitis, Prostate Metastasis to the Orbit. Gill H, Jebodhsingh K, DeAngelis D. Montego Bay, Jamaica.
September 2008 Toronto Oculoplastic Society. Oculoplastic Case Presentations. Jebodhsingh K. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
November 2008 Toronto Oculoplastic Society. Oculoplastic Case Presentations. Jebodhsingh K. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 2008 Canadian Ophthalmological Society Meeting. The Recurrence Rates of Basal Cell Carcinoma in Specimens Taken Using Frozen Sections Versus Permanent Sections. Jebodhsingh K, Harvey J, Calafati J. Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
November 2007 University of Toronto. Resident Oculoplastic Lecture Series. Orbital Imaging. Oestreicher. J, Jebodhsingh K. Toronto, Ontario, Canada
January 2007 Ophthalmology Grand Rounds. Dermoid Cysts. Henry Ford Hospital. Detroit, Michigan, USA May 2007 Henry Ford Alumni Day Brasky Resident Research. Central Corneal Thickness in Horner's
Syndrome. Jebodhsingh K, Skarf B. Detroit, Michigan, USA
April 2007 Paediatric Lecture Series. Exotropias. Henry Ford Hospital. Detroit, Michigan, USA September 2006 Henry Ford Hospital. Morbidity and Mortality Rounds. Optic Neuropathy. Detroit, Michigan,
USA
February 2006 Ophthalmology Grand Rounds. Carotid Cavernous Fistula. Henry Ford Hospital. Detroit, Michigan, USA
Community Lectures & Activities
April 2017
February 2016
April 2016
April 2013-2016
Eye Diseases and the Elderly, James Street Methodist Church, Bridgetown, Barbados
World Cancer Day. Mornin Barbados
Q in the community
Volunteer Ophthalmologist. Eye Screening Special Olympics. Bridgetown, Barbados
April 2013 Lecture at St. Gabriel’s School Reception Class. “How to keep your good eyesight”, Bridgetown, Barbados
March 2013-2016 Volunteer Ophthalmologist. Glaucoma Screening World Glaucoma Week, Bridgetown, Barbados
March 2013 Volunteer Ophthalmologist. Glaucoma Screening. Barbados Heart Association Health Fair, Bridgetown, Barbados
January 2013 Lecture at Ellerton Wesleyan Holiness Church. Eye diseases in our Community, St. George, Barbados
October 2012-2015 Organizer Health and Vision Screening. St. Gabriel’s Fair, Bridgetown, Barbados August 2012 Pro bono Surgeon. Bustamante Hospital for Children, Kingston, Jamaica
June 2012 Lecture at the Society for the Blind. Kids and their eyes, Bridgetown, Barbados
April 2012 Volunteer Ophthalmologist. Eye Screening Special Olympics, Bridgetown, Barbados March 2012 Volunteer Ophthalmologist. Glaucoma Screening, World Glaucoma Week, Bridgetown,
Barbados
March 2012 Lecture at St. Leonard’s Anglican Church. Eye disease of the Elderly, Bridgetown, Barbados December 2011 Pro bono Surgeon. Bustamante Hospital for Children, Kingston, Jamaica
June 2011 Lecture at the Society for the Blind. Kids and their eyes, Bridgetown, Barbados
March 2011 Volunteer Ophthalmologist. Glaucoma Screening, World Glaucoma Week, Bridgetown, Barbados
August 2002- April
2003
Volunteer at UNICEF Houston, Texas, USA
December 2001 Coordinator of donations to medical wards at Kingston Public Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica June 2001 Volunteer Doctor, Missionaries of the Poor, Kingston, Jamaica
July 2000, May 2001 Coordinator of Charity Drive for Bustamante Hospital for Children, Kingston, Jamaica Dec.1998-2000 Volunteer at John Golding Rehabilitation Centre, Kingston, Jamaica
July–Sept.1995 Volunteer at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Paediatric Wards, Bridgetown, Barbados
Medical Licenses
Barbados, Jamaica, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Michigan USA
Professional Memberships
2011- present Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners 2008 - present Ophthalmology Society of the West Indies 2008 - present Pan American Association of Ophthalmology 2003 -present American Academy of Ophthalmology
Oculoplastic: Eyelid, Lacrimal & Orbit Surgical Skills
Eyelid Blepharoptosis repair
Ectropion and Entropion Repair
Blepharoplasty (upper and lower eyelids, functional and aesthetic)
Eyelid reconstruction (following congenital defects, trauma or tumour excision) Repair of trichiasis (cryoablation, lid split and excision, mucous membrane graft) Eyelid retraction repair
Management of upper face and brow conditions including brow ptosis repair Conjunctivoplasty
Enucleation, evisceration, exenteration, secondary implants of the orbit
Orbit
Orbitotomy for exploration, biopsy, and tumour removal using anterior, lateral, medial and superior approaches and orbital reconstruction
Dacryocystorhinostomy endonasal and external and other lacrimal procedures
Lacrimal Turbinectomy and nasal surgery as related to the management of lacrimal and periorbital processes
Nasal endoscopy as related to the management of lacrimal and periorbital processes. Sinus surgery and endoscopy as related to periorbital and lacrimal processes
Trauma Trauma and laceration repairs
Fracture repair of bones involving the periorbital region and orbit
Tissue transfer, grafts and flap
Oncology
Other
Excision of tumours involving the periorbital and adjacent regions-benign and malignant Orbital tumours
Frozen sections
Facial flaps including temporal, midface, lower face/neck for functional and aesthetic conditions related to the management of periorbital processes. Rhytidectomy including the periobital and adjacent areas
Use of neuromodulators (botulinum toxin), dermal fillers, other technologies (eg. laser) and chemical/pharmaceutical agents for the management of contour and skin quality abnormalities (functional and aesthetic)
General Ophthalmology Surgical Training
Cataract
Laser Surgery
Corneal Surgery Paediatric Surgery
Glaucoma Retinal Vitreous Trauma
Phacoemulsification, extracapsular, intracapsular extraction, combined cataract and glaucoma surgery, combined cataract and keratoplasty, combined cataract and vitrectomy
YAG capsulotomy, argon laser trabeculoplasty, laser Iridotomy, panretinal laser photocoagulation,
macular grid and focal laser
Keratoplasty, pterygium, keratorefractive surgery Strabismus
Filtering/shunting Procedures, trabeculectomy, drainage shunt, surgical iridectomy, express shunt
Intravitreal Injection, vitrectomy
Ruptured Globe repair, anterior chamber washout