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Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
ACS Fellow Since 2000

Derek Ian Gerard Mitchell, MB BS FACS

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Clinic

General Surgery

Department of Surgery

University Hospital of the West Indies

Mona

Kingston

Jamaica

Contact Information

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Breast Disease/Cancer

  • benign breast disease
  • breast cancer
  • breast cancer reconstruction
  • lumpectomy
  • lymph node biopsy

Abdomen and Digestion Disorder/Procedure

  • abdominal pain
  • appendectomy
  • peritonitis

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

  • bile duct malignancies
  • bile duct surgery
  • biliary tract disease
  • cholecystectomy
  • hepatobiliary surgery
  • laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • liver/hepatic disease
  • pancreatic cancer
  • pancreatic cysts
  • pancreatitis

Anal-rectal Disorders/Procedures

  • anal abscess
  • anal fissure
  • anal fistula
  • anal tears
  • anal warts
  • hemorrhoid problems
  • rectal bleeding
  • rectal prolapse
  • sphincter repair

Colon and Rectal Disorders/Cancer

  • anal cancer
  • biopsy of tumors
  • colon surgery
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • colonic polyps
  • colostomy
  • diverticular disease
  • gastrointestinal cancer
  • ileostomy
  • intussusception
  • laparoscopic colon surgery
  • Meckel's diverticulum
  • small bowel syndrome
  • stomach cancer

Surgical Oncology (Cancer/Tumors)

  • biopsy of tumors
  • breast cancer
  • breast masses
  • colon/rectal cancer
  • melanoma
  • neurofibromatosis
  • skin cancer
  • stomach cancer/tumors
  • thyroid cancer/nodules

Trauma/Injury Procedures

  • amputation

Hospital Appointments

University Hospital of the West Indies

Kingston, St Andrew,

Senior Consultant

01/1994—Present

Academic Appointments

University of the West Indies

Lecturer