Hedda Dyer
Associate Professor
Clinical Medicine
Ross University School of Medicine
Dominica
Biography
Hedda Dyer, MBChB (Ed), MRCS (Ed), MBA, graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School with a Bachelor of Medical Sciences (Honours) and a Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB), and is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCS Ed), the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), the American Society of Breast Surgeons, the Dominica Medical Association, and the Dominica Cancer Society Advisory Board. She is also registered with the Barbados Medical Board and the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom. In addition to her other degrees, she holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a concentration in Health Services from Keller Graduate School of Management.
Research Interest
Breast Surgical Oncology Teaching Clinical Medicine Clinical research in Improving Early Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Limited Resource Countries Encouraging Medical Student Participation in Clinical Research Health Sciences Management
Publications
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George S, Hurley J, Donenberg T, Dyer H, Milea A, Shaw PA. Origins of ovarian cancer, the biology of premalignancy, and cancer health disparities. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2014;23 Abstract nr PL03-01. Doi:10.1158/1538-7755.
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George S, Donenberg T, Akbari M, Alexis C, Wharfe G, Yin S, Dyer H, Turnquest T, DeGennaro V, Ali J, Narod SA, Hurley J. (2015) Demographics of breast cancer in a small cohort of women in the Caribbean. West Indian Medical Journal 2015;64(Supplement 2):48.
