Professor Charles Denbow Young Clinician Award

The Professor Charles Denbow Young Clinician Award is an annual competition in which young clinicians are invited to submit a clinical case related to the cardiovascular system in which the resident or student was involved, that demonstrates good clinical skills and clinical decision making. Although primarily aimed at internal medicine residents, submissions from other specialties with cardiac related cases are highly encouraged e.g. CardioObstetrics/ Anaesthesia/Cardiooncology/Emergency Medicine . From the obstetrics resident with a peripartum cardiomyopathy case to the surgery resident with a peripheral embolism case, all trainees are invited to make their submissions of a cardiovascular case for an opportunity to win US$500.

Deadline – 15 June 2025!

Abstract Submission Form:

https://forms.gle/zm9MLzYaNBBs18BQ9

OR

Submit cases to caribbeancardiacsociety2024@gmail.com.

2024 Professor Charles Denbow Young Clinician Award Competition

Please see the general abstract submission guidelines page for full details, but note the following

Submission guidelines specific to the Award Competition

  • Presenting authors must meet certain eligibility requirements to be considered for the competition:
  • Presenters should be residents (registered in a post graduate medical programme, or junior doctor under the level of senior registrar, specialist registrar or fellow) or medical students.
  • The presenter should have been involved with the management of the case being presented.
  • Investigators must submit an abstract as outlined in the format below, along with a recommendation from their programme director or head of department confirming the presenter’s eligibility as outlined above.
  • The use of tables and graphics within the additional manuscript is limited to a maximum of 1 graphic or 1 table

Content should be structured into the following four (4) sections:

  • Clinical Presentation
  • Diagnostic evaluation
  • Management and Case outcome
  • Summary/Discussion

Content

  • ·Character limit – Please limit the abstract to 250 words. This includes the text but not the title or authors.
  • ·Tables/Graphics – The use of high-quality tables and graphics are encouraged if they are relevant to the topic. Each abstract may include 1 table or 1 graphic
  • ·Abbreviations – A maximum of five (5) unique abbreviations is allowed within the body of the abstract. No abbreviations should appear in the title. Place abbreviations in parentheses after the full word or phrase the first time it appears.

· Do not include:

  • References, key words, credits, or grant support in your submission.
  • Names or personal information of the patient. If you do, the abstract will not be considered for presentation. Please peruse all graphics to ensure that the patient’s name is removed.

Abstract Publication

  • Clinical cases accepted for presentation are not published.

Presentation

  • All abstracts presented at the 37th Caribbean Cardiology Conference must conform to the eligibility criteria listed above and on the general abstract submission page.
  • The 2024 CCS conference committee will determine presentation time and format for all accepted work, based on the topic and relationship to others submitted.
  • All presentations and question-and-answer periods will be in English.

Each presenting author is expected to disclose to the audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the continuing medical education activity. This pertains to relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic.

Presenters are required to make disclosure of any financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization(s) that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of their presentation subject matter.

Copyright

The submitter acts on behalf of all co-authors and in submitting an abstract, transfers to CCS the copyright and all other rights in the material comprising the abstract if the abstract is accepted. Co-authors reserve the following: All proprietary rights other than copyright, such as patent rights; and the right to use all or part of the abstract in future works of their own.

CCS as holder of the copyright of the accepted abstract, reserves all rights of reproduction, distribution, performance, display, and the right to create derivative works in both print and digital formats.

Submission deadline: 1 May 2024, 11.59PM

Submit abstracts to:

Caribbeancardiacsociety2024@gmail.com

Or upload abstracts to:

https://forms.gle/Cfu7ebnQ5XYRrj8cA

About Professor Charles Denbow

Charles Denbow was professor of medicine at the University of the West Indies. He was born in Georgetown, Guyana, the son of Claude Hicks Augustus Denbow, a dental surgeon and his wife Kathleen Maude née Griffith, who was a musician. His grandfather, the first Charles Egerton Denbow, was chief county sergeant major in the British Guiana Police Force – an unusually senior position for a black Guianese at that time. Charles’ father, Claude, also overcame predjudice when he left his job as a train conductor to travel to Howard University, Washington and qualify as a dentist.

On his return to the West Indies in 1979 he proceeded to lecture in medicine – and particularly cardiology – at the University of the West Indies. He was appointed professor of medicine in 2000. Among other University posts were those of vice dean (clinical medicine), head of the department of medicine (1998-2004), chairman of the accreditation committee and of the faculty sub-committee on graduate studies. His academic work was largely concentrated on patient focused clinical cardiology and he published widely on new techniques such as intracoronary stent implantation, ambulatory echocardiography, balloon mitral valvuloplasty and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. He also wrote a history of cardiology in Jamaica and of medical education in the Caribbean.

He was elected a fellow of the American College of Cardiology in 1981, the first physician practising in Jamaica to be so honoured. Other international honours followed and he was visiting professor in cardiology in Atlanta, Georgia and external examiner for the final MB BS examination at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’s Medical School at the University of London in June 1999. He was a founding member of the Caribbean Cardiac Society and on the board of directors of the Association of Black Cardiologists, Atlanta. In 2008 the Jamaican government awarded him the Order of Distinction with the rank of Commander.

The Caribbean Cardiac Society honours Professor Denbow and his many accomplishments by giving a scholarship in his name every year.