Who We Are

Who exactly makes up the Salybia Mission Project (SMP)? Everyone from students, nurses, doctors, and professors. As a student-run organization, we pride ourselves in the various positions and responsibilities we hold in order to help coordinate our activities and carry out our mission.

Please see how we are organized! Click here for the Organizational Chart.

The Medical Team

The backbone of The Salybia Mission Project lies in the people that provide real care to real people. Physicians, nurses, and medical student volunteers operate our weekend clinics and health fairs. These are the people are instrumental in ensuring our services to the Carib community.

Dr. Worrel Sanford

Trained in both Cuba and the United States, Dr. Worrel Sanford is a Carib himself and a Dominican-licensed dermatologist. Working weekdays in Roseau in his practice and giving his time on given weekends for SMP clinics, Dr. Sanford is the Medical Director of the organization.

In 2002, while serving as a temporary professor at Ross University School of Medicine, Dr. Sanford challenged a group of students to conduct a clinic trip to the underserved Carib Territory. From this simple gesture was borne the idea of the Salybia Mission Project. He continues to provide care to the people of the community, as well as clinical exposure and invaluable education to medical students.

His tireless efforts inspire the student volunteers to do the work they do, and he is greatly appreciated and applauded.

Nurse Sylvie Warrington

Also affectionately referred to as “Nurse Paris,” Sylvie Warrington has been the guiding spirit of the weekend clinic trips held in the Carib Territory since 2002. Nurse Warrington is a long-time advocate of the general well being of the people of the Carib community, having worked also as a social worker for many years.

She has been heavily involved with regular clinics, Health Fairs, and the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) in the past years. Her nurturing care and determination are highly respected in the Carib Territory, and her willingness to work along students has inspired many a medical student working through SMP.

The Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is composed of the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer of the organization. Except for the power to amend the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, the Executive Committee has all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the intervals between meetings of the board.

For a complete description of the duties and responsibilities of the officers of the Executive Committee, please see the SMP Bylaws.

Current Executive Committee Members:

Treasurer
Dr. Mervin Riviere
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Secretary
Mr. Leslie Shillingford
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