CLAVIS FRASER-TAPPIN, who secured her MD in Cuba in 2013, has completed her post-graduate studies in Internal Medicine at the University of Medical Sciences of Matanzas, Cuba, and is back in Guyana to serve.

Fraser-Tappin hails from West Coast Berbice. She first went to Cuba in 2006 and studied at the University of Medical Sciences of Havana, where she obtained her MD.

Having served in multiple capacities at New Amsterdam Hospital, Port Mourant Hospital, Skeldon District Hospital, and Fort Wellington Hospital between 2013 and 2019, she was awarded a Government of Guyana scholarship to pursue post-graduate studies in Cuba.

The newly graduated Internal Medicine Specialist is an aspiring Rheumatologist and has already commenced post-graduate studies online at the University of South Wales in the United Kingdom. She emphasised the necessity for such a speciality in Guyana.

Tappin-Fraser explained that Rheumatology is a sub-speciality in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics that deals with diseases affecting joints and soft tissues, autoimmune diseases and heritable connective tissue disorders. Some common rheumatology conditions are lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, osteoporosis, and chronic back pain.

During her medical programme in Cuba, Dr Tappin-Fraser also secured two additional International Certificates for her participation in the Internal Medicine Global Summit in Mexico in September 2021 and the Cardiovascular Disease Congress in Columbia in November 2021.

Additionally, she attended multiple Certification Courses, including the National Hypertension Congress in Santiago in November 2019.