Roshan Akash Parasram (born May 8, 1978) is a

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and public health consultant, who is the current Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for

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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

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, alongside Health Minister

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and Communications Minister

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Early life and education

Parasram, the nephew of religious leader and medical doctor

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, and son of Lakshmipersad Parasram and Indra Parasram, studied at

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. Following this, he was educated at the

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(M.B.,B.S., 2002) and the

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, 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.

Career

Government

Parasram worked as a

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from 2002 to 2004;

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(PCP) at the North Central Regional Health Authority; District Medical Officer (DMO); specialist medical officer, head of department of Insect Vector Control Division and county medical officer of health (CMOH) at the Ministry of Health of

Chief Medical Officer for Trinidad and Tobago

Parasram has been taking a lead role in the Trinidad and Tobago Government's response to the

. Parasram took part in his first Trinidad and Tobago Government press briefing on 12 March 2020 alongside Health Minister

, National Security Minister, Stuart Young and Communications Minister,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Parasram, Roshan Living people University of the West Indies alumni Osgoode Hall Law School alumni Alumni of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 1978 births 21st-century Trinidad and Tobago physicians Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian people People educated at Presentation College, Chaguanas