David Anthony Strisiver, M.D.
Medical Director, Trinidad & TobagoDr. Strisiver is a highly respected General Practitioner (GP) and Surgeon with some 30-years of medical practice experience and a relentless commitment to the development of medical infrastructure and managed care systems in Trinidad.
Educated in Scotland, Dr Strisiver is a rare medical professional whose expertise range from general and family medicine to trauma and cardiac surgery. He is a healthcare visionary that co-founded “Health First”, a general family practice (1982); founding member of the first cardiac surgery team in Trinidad (Caribbean Heart Care) and co-founder of St Augustine, Hospital (1955), a 50-bed acute care facility with 50 beds, 5 operating rooms and 6-ICU beds.
Dr Strisiver has recently sold his shares in the hospital and continues to operate “Health-First. He serves as Medical Director of International-Triage, LLC in Trinidad and Tobago.
Key Professional Accomplishments:
| 1983 – Present | Private practice and medical entrepreneur |
| 1981 – 1982 | Ministry of Health, Trinidad General Hospital Junior Registrar, General Surgery focus on E.R./Truam and general medicine + outpatient clinics. |
| 1980 – 1981 | Salford Area Health Authority Salford Royal Hospital & Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Senior House Officer, Orthopedics |
Professional Education:
| 1972 – 1975 | BSc., Medical Science St. Andrews University, Scotland |
| 1975 – 1978 | MB, ChB. University of Manchester, England |
• Numerous continuing education courses:
• Advanced Trauma Life Support
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Training at Bristol Royal Infirmary
• ICU Training at Bristol Royal Infirmary