Integra Apprentices Commence Their Journey

We couldn’t be more excited to welcome our 5 new Integra Apprentices this morning as they commence their journey into a rewarding and stimulating career in healthcare. Dr Francisco Martinez, Dr Sara Watkin, Cindi Roper and Vivian Zavala were joined by our lovely partners in the programme from WORC, Ms Kimon, Ms Sheena and Ms Raquel, to ensure that the apprentices now how much we are all looking forward to working together on their exciting journey.

The Integra Apprentices Programme is part of our commitment to ensuring that we grow more and more Caymanian healthcare staff and prepare them for a worthwhile and stimulating career. They will receive both on-the-job training and a formal, recognised professional qualification all whilst being paid throughout that journey.

Dr Francisco Martinez, one of the originating founders of Integra said “Good companies invest in staff and we wanted to do this from the very beginnings of careers by offering our Integra Apprentices Programme. Today is an exciting day after lots of work to get to this point.”

Dr Sara Watkin, another founder of Integra added “Today is all about the apprentices though. It’s a big day for them and we want them to know how much we are looking forward to seeing them grow and how committed we are to helping them.”

So, a warm welcome to Joyzel and Jeimy, who join us in a medical billing capacity and to Virginia, Layysha and Ashley who start their journey as Healthcare Assistants. We know you’ll do great and we’re very proud and humbled you’ve put your trust in us.

Integra Healthcare Joins Forces with Doctors Hospital to Create Cayman’s Most Comprehensive Private Healthcare Group

GRAND CAYMAN – May 6th, 2022 – Doctors Hospital (“DH”) has announced its acquisition of Integra Healthcare Ltd with a view to co-developing next-generation healthcare for patients in Cayman. DH and Integra share a commitment to evidence-based medicine delivered by leading tertiary medical and nursing staff. Under the Doctors Hospital umbrella, the combined group will work towards developing a seamless approach to clinical healthcare, including primary care, specialist care, diagnostics, and more.  

Dr Yaron Rado, Chief Radiologist and Chairman of the Board for Doctors Hospital, explained, “Our deep Cayman roots – spanning more than two decades – have provided us with the privilege of helping shape the healthcare system here. We’ve proudly dedicated significant resources and innovations to the support of our community. We continue to invest in our facilities, top-of-the-line technology, and the clinical talent that will help further elevate healthcare delivery locally, without the need for patients to travel abroad for medical treatment. In alignment with this, the team of professionals at Integra brings years of experience and an impressive set of credentials to the DH family. We are genuinely excited to welcome them and what we can achieve together for our patients.”

Speaking about the future, Dr Francisco Martinez, Medical Director at Integra, said, “Integra has built an unrivalled reputation for care, delivered by a highly respected team. Primary care is the gateway to hospital services, and when patients need hospital care, that need is often urgent. This collaboration will help support improved speed and coordination of care for patients, ensuring that our patients are provided with a service that is truly extraordinary.”

Dr Sara Watkin, Consultant Paediatrician, Neonatologist, and Clinical Director of Care for Maternity and Paediatrics, added, “At Integra, we already have the Cayman Islands’ most comprehensive combined women’s and children’s service. We will now be able to co-develop these services hand-in-hand with Doctors Hospital, ensuring that maternity, neonatal, and paediatric care and facilities are designed and evolved with care quality, patient experience, and exceptional service at their heart. I am passionate about all of these dimensions, so this was just too exciting an opportunity to pass up.”

Andrew Vincent, Director at Integra, shared his perspective, “Our view has always been you can either lead the changes we need to see happening in healthcare or be subject to the changes others decide for you. We have always favoured the former, and notice the same tendency in Doctors Hospital too. DH is an organisation that has demonstrated tremendous resilience, an increasing commitment to the same ideals as Integra around quality and levels of care and has the financial resources and commitment to invest in best-in-class facilities and equipment, too. I believe we can do truly breath-taking things together that will benefit the entire population of Cayman. I know we have a combined team committed to and excited by the challenge of creating an enviable standard of care and services that is accessible to all and supports a healthy future for the Cayman Islands.”

The combined group puts primary care, office-based specialist care, diagnostics, urgent care, hospital medicine, and surgery within the same organisation, creating the Cayman Islands’ most comprehensive private healthcare group.

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About Integra Healthcare Ltd

Integra Healthcare Ltd is the largest non-hospital private clinic in the Cayman Islands, based out of Grand Pavilion on West Bay Road, currently with 10 doctors across Women’s, Children’s and Family Medicine, with Dermatology. With a strong history in investing in latest technology, they were the first clinic in the whole Americas region to bring the latest Artificial Intelligence FotoFinder for assisting in the detection of Skin Cancer, as well as a new nanophotonic diagnostic technology platform to help in the fight against global pandemics. The practice is a champion for implementing evidence-based care and preventative, personalised medicine, built around 4 core values of Excellence, Integrity, Commitment & Passion.

About Doctors Hospital

As the leading private health care provider in Cayman, Doctors Hospital (DH) has been providing exceptional medical care to Cayman’s diverse communities for over 20 years. They are transforming healthcare through cutting-edge technology and state-of-the-art medical, surgical, and diagnostic services backed by an experienced team of resident and visiting Principal List specialists. Guided by evidence-based clinical pathways and the highest international standards and practices, DH partners with patients to help optimise their health and live a vibrant, healthier, and longer life.

The Integra Team were privileged to be invited onto Business Buzz with the lovely Anita Khan, to discuss the Attomarker Covid-19 Antibody Immunity Testing on Radio Cayman. Some really interesting questions asked (and hopefully addressed!!).

For more information on the test and booking an appointment, visit:

Covid-19 Antibody Immunity Testing from Integra

Integra Strengthens Newborn Paediatric Team with Additional Tertiary Consultant

Integra Healthcare Ltd is delighted to announce the further strengthening of its neonatal intensive care, newborn care and paediatrics with the addition of Dr Siobhan Jaques, Consultant Neonatologist & Paediatrician. Dr Jaques joins from the prestigious and World-renowned Evelina Children’s Hospital, part of the equally renowned Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London.

Dr Jaques is based at the Integra Grand Pavilion site with admitting rights in both CTMH Doctors Hospital and Cayman Islands Hospital in George Town. She brings the number of newborn-focused and qualified paediatricians at Integra to four, cementing their position as the largest paediatric practice in the Cayman Islands and the only one with two London Teaching Hospital Consultant Neonatologists, experienced in caring for babies from 23+ weeks gestation, as well as older babies with complex problems.

Speaking about the addition, Dr Sara Watkin, Consultant Neonatologist & Paediatrician, said; “I could not be more delighted to have an individual of this calibre joining me. It is fabulous for Integra but also for the Cayman Islands. Around 14% of deliveries here have some kind of complication or need admitting to the neonatal unit (NICU), and just because we’re a relatively small Island Nation doesn’t mean we don’t get our share of 24-week gestation infants, for instance. The experience of the individual and being able to cope with the high demands that neonatal care places on the team, are critical to achieving good, safe outcomes for sick newborns, whether due to prematurity or because of a birth complication. Siobhan is a true asset to the Cayman Islands, and we are delighted and humbled by the team we now have. I am also delighted for parents, who can book a pregnancy with Integra in the absolute confidence that whatever nature might throw, whether in pregnancy or around birth, the right calibre of individual is always available, as OBGYN, in fetal medicine and in neonatal care, and as a team.”

Dr Jaques joins Integra directly from Evelina Children’s Hospital, where she was a consultant for 5 years, but her experience and training also encompasses St George’s Hospital, Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney Australia, St Mary’s Hospital and Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, representing some of the biggest, most famous and well-respected hospitals for tertiary newborn care in London and Australia. In Evelina, she was responsible for care of preterm from 23 weeks onwards, through to term infants with complex problems, and including infants with significant complex disease, ongoing paediatric problems, developmental paediatrics and including the follow up of both relatively well and sometimes very complex infants from a paediatric standpoint, including children who have been challenged by congenital and genetic issues, developmental delay and other paediatric challenges.

Dr Jaques is equally delighted to be joining Integra in the Cayman Islands, explaining her career move; “I wanted to join a team that obviously had a newborn focus, alongside general paediatrics, and was committed to the highest of modern care standards. I definitely found that in Integra. We saw a lot of high-risk pregnancies in London, and so I know just how important it is to have the right team and expertise. I’m delighted to be able to join a neonatal team that works so closely with its two tertiary obstetricians, one of whom is a fully accredited maternal-fetal medicine specialist. That’s the standard of care we’ve come to expect in modern maternity services in big London centres, but it is amazing to have that same standard and set of capabilities in the team at Integra.”

Dr Madhavi Manoharan, Consultant OBGYN, and Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist at Integra, echoed the team sentiment; “Besides our regular pregnancies, we obviously attract our fair share of higher-risk or especially precious pregnancies at Integra because my colleague, Dr Lisa Joels, is an OBGYN who is also a tertiary fertility specialist, and of course I am the only accredited Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist in Cayman Islands. Having a true tertiary neonatal team, now with the additional capacity and capabilities of Dr Jaques as well, is a real privilege, both for me, and for all our parents too.”

Additional Information

Dr Jaques is now accepting appointments, which can be booked online or through the reception team on 745 7450.

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On Tuesday 1st February 2022, Integra was privileged to host some of our most important hospitality industry and major business leaders, as we launched what we know to be an immensely important step in the move towards returning to business and tourism as normal – knowing the immunity status of individuals, companies and the population.

For an individual, this is invaluable information. In early testing, we have already helped someone discover their antibody levels had dropped below the level providing immunity, when in fact they thought they’d be better protected. That’s allowed them to schedule a booster, whilst avoiding situations more likely to cause transmission until it has had time to have its effect.

We invite you to watch the speeches and discover what all of the excitement is about.

More information about the Attomarker Covid-19 Antibody Immunity Test can be found at:
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