Dr Dwaine Cooke

MBBS, DM (Neurosurgery), FACS

Consultant Neurosurgery

Medical Services

Neurosurgery

Locations

George Town Hospital, Smith Road Medical Centre, Faith Hospital

Language

English

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About Me

Dr Dwaine Cooke is a Consultant Neurosurgeon (Brain and Spine Surgeon) offering services to the Health Services Authority in the Cayman Islands Hospital.

Dr Cooke has done thousands of surgeries prior to his tenure at the HSA. He received his medical degree from the University of the West Indies- Mona, Jamaica, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery having received numerous honors and distinctions. He earned his Doctor of Medicine in Neurosurgery at the University of the West Indies-Mona along with an Enfolded Fellowship in Neurosurgery at the Halifax Health Sciences, Nova Scotia, Canada. He also completed an Epilepsy Surgery Fellowship at Yale New Haven Hospital, Connecticut, USA.

He worked as a neurosurgeon in Jamaica at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), Bustamante Childrens Hospital (BCH), Andrews Memorial and Medical Associates Hospital. His position as a neurosurgeon allowed him to perform groundbreaking neurosurgical procedures and train residents and medical students.

He served as Joint Head of the Epilepsy Surgery Programme at KPH and BCH where he established an epilepsy surgery programme and commenced the multidisciplinary management of potential surgical treatment of drug resistant epilepsy candidates, the first of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean. He has served as the Caribbean representative of the Young Epilepsy Section (International League Against Epilepsy) and presently serves as the vice president of the Epilepsy Society of the Caribbean. He is also a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Neurosurgery is my passion. Although operating on the brain and spinal cord involves many complex procedures, I perform every surgery with precision, patience, skill, temperance and with my patients future in mind, noted Dr Cooke. Its a pleasure to join the medical team at the HSA. I am touched by the positive feedback Ive received from my patients and colleagues.

Dr Cooke treats multiple diseases affecting the brain and spine including tumours and infections, head injuries, seizures, intracranial bleeding and swelling, degenerative diseases of the spine, such as a slipped disc, back pain and nerve pain. He specialises in epilepsy surgery, which seeks to surgically remove tumours and other causes of seizures that are unresponsive to regular treatment.

Prior to joining the HSA, Dr Cooke led a medical team that successfully performed a groundbreaking brain surgery in June 2020 on a patient at the Kingston Public Hospital who had a tumour sitting on the brain over the area that controls speech. He and his team performed the surgery with the patient fully awake, allowing them to communicate with her throughout the procedure. The outcome was the successful preservation of the patients speech and her ability to sing.

Education

2000-2005

University of the West Indies Mona
MBBS Jamaica
2007-2016

University of the West Indies Mona
DM (Neurosurgery) Jamaica

Credentials and Certifications

Residencies:

Neurosurgery (Brain and Spine)

Fellowships:

Epilepsy Surgery (Yale College of Medicine, Connecticut) Enfolded Fellowship Neuro-oncology, Neurovascular, Spine (Dalhousie, Nova Scotia)

Board Certifications:

University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences Medical Council of Jamaica

Conditions Treated

Degenerative Disorders of the Spine including Disc Disease, Sciatica, Facet arthropathy
Tumors of the brain and spine
Abscess, Discitis, Osteomyelitis of the Spine
Brain Abscess
Hydrocephalus
Congenital Malformations of the Brain and Spine including Chiari, Encephalocele, Meningomyelocele
Epilepsy Disorders Requiring Surgery
Intracranial Hemorrhage, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Berry Aneurysms and other Vascular Malformations
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Compression Fractures of Spine
Spinal Cord Compression
Syringomyelia
Head Trauma- Skull Fracture, Epidural, Subdural Hematoma, Brain Contusions
Spine Trauma- Spinal Cord Injury, Spine Fracture, Spine Dislocations, Spine Hematoma

Procedures Performed

Craniotomy for tumor, aneurysm, hematoma,
Craniectomy for raised intracranial pressure, trauma
Burr hole for Subdural Hematoma, Abscess, Biopsy
Trans-sphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Tumor
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Insertion
Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus
Occipito cervical depression for Arnold Chiari malformation
Placement of Intracranial Pressure Monitor, External Ventricular Drain
Posterior Cervical Laminoplasty, Laminectomy, Laminotomy, Foraminotomy, Instrumented Fusion
Anterior Cervical Corpectomy, Discectomy and disc replacement, or fusion
Posterior Thoracic Laminectomy, Laminotomy, Foraminotomy, Instrumented Fusion
Lumbar Laminectomy, Discectomy, Laminotomy, Foraminotomy, Instrumented Fusion
Minimally invasive Lumbar Discectomy
Percutaneous Vertebraoplasty/Kyphoplasty
Lumbo-peritoneal Shunt
Insertion of Lumbar Drain
Therapeutic or Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture
Resection of Spinal Tumor
Repair of Meningomyelocele/Encephalocele
Craniotomy and Lesionectomy of Epilepsy Focus
Corpus Callosotomy for Epilepsy
Awake Craniotomy
Microvascular Decompression
Cranioplasty

Locations and Directions

Hospital

George Town Hospital

95 Hospital Road
George Town, George Town

Call (345) 949-8600 Map

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Specialty Care

Smith Road Medical Centre

150 Smith Road
George Town, Grand Cayman

Call (345) 244-2530 Map

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Hospital

Faith Hospital

215 Dennis Foster Road
Stake Bay, Cayman Brac

Call (345) 948-2243 Map

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