Archibald McDonald confirmed as the new Principal of University of the West Indies (Mona Campus)

Archibald McDonald

The University of the West Indies (UWI) has announced that Professor Archibald McDonald has been selected to succeed Professor Gordon Shirley as Principal of the UWI, Mona Campus.

McDonald will assume the Office of the Principal on September 1 this year. He has been the Deputy Principal of the same campus for the past year.

Prof. McDonald is a surgeon and has practiced in Trauma and Emergency Medicine, and is the Chair of the Jamaican Research and Education Network, a member of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network and Chairman of the Board of St Joseph’s Hospital.

He has served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery (2002-2005) and then as Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mona Campus, from 2005 to 2012.