Dr Simone French

Physician/Business Owner
BSc (Biochem UWI), MB,BS, M.Sc/DM Emergency Medicine (UWI)

Dr. French has been engaged in general practice for the past 19 years, and is one of the first persons in Jamaica’s to be trained as a specialist emergency medicine physician. She is the owner and a member of the clinical team at Imara Medical Centre. She has over a decade of experience at the University Hospital of the West Indies’ Emergency Medicine Division, where she is presently the Medical Director and member of the COVID 19 Task force. A few of her achievements are:

• Trainer for basic and advanced Cardiac Life Support courses

• ECG enthusiast

• Pioneer and teacher in the use of Point of Care Ultrasound in patient care.

• Expert trainer for the MOH in emergency department triage using the Emergency severity index

• Director of the Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Services Unit which trains Emergency Medical Technicians from to 2010-2017

• Venue operations manager for the local Medical and Health Committee for Cricket World cup 2007.

• Guest on  The Susan Show 2018 discussing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

• Author of several original research papers and case reports in medical journals 

• Presenter at numerous conferences 

• Appeared on several television and radio programs discussing various aspects of healthcare.

Under her leadership Imara Medical is uniquely positioned to provide urgent care. 

CV available upon request.