Courtenay Felix Bartholomew

Courtenay Felix Bartholomew (1931 – 7 May 2021) was a Trinidad and Tobago physician, scientist, and author. He was the founder and director of the Medical Research Foundation of Trinidad and Tobago. He attended Nelson Street Boys’ RC School and St. Mary’s College. In 1964, he obtained a specialty degree in gastroenterology from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, making him the first West Indian to obtain a degree in gastroenterology. In 1965, he obtained a Doctorate in Medicine from the National University of Ireland. He diagnosed the first case of AIDS in the English-speaking Caribbean.

Honours and awards University College Dublin Honorary Fellowship of the Faculty of Medicine Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago