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Vice-president's Message
In building the foundation of a secured future, certain points are borne in mind:
Goal: The choice of a career
Objective: Learning everything about the chosen career
Faith: A strong belief in your dream
Drive: The motivation to make it happen
Perseverance: The courage to see it materialized.
Here at Spartan Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, you will be offered an education that will fuel your continued faith and drive which shall lead to successful fruition of your career.
Spartan Health Sciences University is a growing institution and has unlimited potential for improvement and expansion. The goal of this University is to train the best Physicians for the betterment and benefit of the world in the delivery of healthcare. The outlook for the future is bright and optimistic. You are invited to be instrumental in this great vision.
In these days of expanding knowledge in all facets of medicine, Spartan Health Sciences University shall guide and train you to your hearts' desire for a successful career.
J.M. Parbhoo, M.D.
Dean's Message
The medical profession is a career for those prepared for a lifetime service to the ill and needy. This requires motivation, maturity, compassion, dedication, integration and commitment.
Spartan Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, represents excellence in teaching state of the art medicine. It offers students a completely integrated program of theory and practice as an ideal teaching module.
Our medical school is geared toward developing excellent basic and clinical science programs. We make students understand and acquire knowledge of key concepts with emphasis on principles and mechanism of health, disease and mode of therapy. We have dedicated, devoted and determined faculty.
The people of St. Lucia are very friendly and accommodating. During your pleasant stay here you will experience a high degree of diversity in terms of language, religion and custom.
The faculty, administration, staff and fellow students are here to guide you through this challenging and rewarding experience. We welcome you and wish you good luck.
Gurumurthy, MBBS
Message from Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
Medicine is the art and science of diagnosis, treatment, prevention of disease and the maintenance of good health which is advancing the biologic science and technology at a staggering rate. To acquire and master the knowledge essential to medical practice and work with fellow human being who needs medical care, requires not only motivation, commitment, dedication and persistence but also a good environment of training and education.
The campus of Spartan Health Sciences University, School of Medicine is located on the island of St. Lucia which is very scenic and beautiful by nature and has nice and friendly people. The medical school has qualified teaching staff capable of teaching with efficiency and ensures students understand and absorb the medical information adequately.
The administration is prepared and willing to provide ample opportunity for the students to be trained competitively and be ready to meet the challenges ahead. Therefore, if you wish to become physician and willing to work hard, I welcome you to come and join us in this endeavor. We are here to help you achieve your goal. Be sure to take advantage of this learning opportunity to gain the knowledge that makes you successful in your professional life. Your success is our success.
Abdul Sharifzad, M.D.
Message from Director of Students Services
The dream to become a physician is a noble one, which requires a very high level of dedication, motivation and support of your peers. The multi-cultural and ethnic diversity of the University epitomizes its uniqueness. This makes the Spartan Health Sciences University a household name that welcomes everybody, irrespective of one’s race, religion and ethnic background.
I work in conjunction with all student organizations such as S.G.A. (Student Government Association), Spartan Chapter of A.M.S.A. (American Medical Student Association) and the Heart Beat (on-campus student newsletter).
The S.G.A. elects their representatives to deal with any student problems, issues and grievances among themselves with my guidance.
Through A.M.S.A., students are encouraged to develop humanitarian aspect of the medical profession by engaging in community service activities like Free Health Fairs and Health related Lectures as well as donation of items to under- privileged St. Lucian community.
The Heart Beat Newsletter serves as a medium among the students to express themselves in writing and communication skills in relation to various campus activities besides studying medicine.
As Director of Students Services, I want to ensure student’s safety to the utmost and help to accommodate them in St. Lucia within school’s recommended surroundings and stipulated safety regulations.
Benjamin Alemina, M.D.
Welcome Message From The Honourable Prime Minister of St Lucia
It is not often that a Parliamentary Representative is given an opportunity to welcome students of a school of higher learning to his constituency. Not only is higher education a rare commodity, but perhaps, because of its scarcity, it is also extremely expensive. By extension, therefore, it also means that the caliber and quality of persons who work and study at such institutions are also very rare.
It is for this reason that the Spartan Medical School holds a special place in my heart as the Parliamentary Representative for Vieux Fort South. I see the school, its staff and its students as an important addition to the Vieux Fort family. For this reason, it gives me special pleasure to welcome the newest members of the Spartan Medical School to Vieux Fort.
Before I invite you to enjoy the delights of Vieux Fort and St Lucia as a whole, it is necessary that I explain to you more clearly what I hope to convey when I describe you as a rare and special addition to the Vieux Fort family.
As someone who lived and worked for a very long time as an academic at the University of the West Indies in Barbados, I have grown to appreciate the way in which a body of academics and students can contribute to the intellectual and social life of the society in which they operate. I have always believed that St Lucia, being very small, and having to grapple constantly with a largely untrained and under-qualified workforce, would benefit tremendously from the presence of a cadre of academics and researchers on its soil.
I welcome you, therefore, as part of the growing cadre of intellectuals and researchers in St Lucia and I entreat you to participate fully and meaningfully in the intellectual life of St Lucia and to lend your talents and skills to the development of our small country.
I want to take this opportunity also to thank the directors of the Spartan medical School for having the confidence to establish this institution on St Lucian soil. I must enphasize that the Spartan Medical School has also contributed significantly to the economic life of Vieux Fort. Several homeowners in the Vieux Fort have taken the opportunity to expand their houses to provide landlord services to the students of this facility. Undoubtedly, the restaurants, supermarkets and retail outlets of the Vieux Fort area have also benefited tremendously from the presence of the medical school. I wish, therefore, to thank its Principals for investing in View Fort and I urge them to continue in this partnership of mutual growth and benefit.
Finally, let me urge the new students to discover, not only Vieux Fort, but also the whole of St Lucia. An Aladdin’s cave of breathtaking sights and majestic scenery is there for your enjoyment, for as long as you remain with us.
More importantly, the warmth and friendliness of the St Lucian people is there to embrace the visiting students in the moments when they may feel overwhelmed by their studies and if they grow lonely and homesick.
On behalf of the People of Vieux Fort and St Lucia, I welcome the latest group of students to St Lucia. I wish them a productive period of research, learning and intellectual and personal growth and I urge them to allow themselves to feel at home with our people and our landscape.
Thank you.
Dr. Kenny Anthony
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