Dr Juliet Skinner
Dr Juliet Skinner was born in Barbados and awarded a Barbados scholarship on A levels. She completed her undergraduate medical training at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Women’s health was of special interest to her from early on in her training. Following internship she did specialization training at the prestigious Coombe Women’s Hospital, Dublin in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Successfully completing professional membership examinations for both Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London (MRCOG) , and the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (MRCPI).
Following membership she took on the role of a Perinatal Research Fellow. During this time she developed and evaluated a number of ultrasound diagnostic tests both for fertility and for obstetrics. In 1999 she returned home to Barbados where she dedicated her time to expanding the medical care options to women on the island and within the Caribbean. Fertility and IVF then became the main focus of her interest with the opening of the islands first In Vitro Fertilisation unit in 2002.
Dr. Skinner was instrumental in developing Barbados Fertility Center from a start up unit with the goal of becoming one of the best in the world. From the beginning the mission was to create a center, which would maximise each and every couple’s chance of success by offering the latest technology and the best facilities and by ensuring attention to every detail. The centre was established to treat local, regional and international patients. Barbados Fertility Centre has become the forefront of the fertility medical tourist destination – with 95% of patients being nonresidents. The clinic is the regions only JCI accredited IVF unit and joins a handful of medical facilities with JCI accreditation in the Caricom region. Our patients have come from all over the world and thousands of babies have been born worldwide from treatment at BFC.
Barbados Fertility Centre has a satellite unit in Trinidad since 2009 and in 2019 opened a second IVF facility in Cayman – Cayman Facility Centre. Dr Skinner was highly involved in the design and development of these units. She remains the Medical Director of Barbados and will continue on the board of management and advisor to Cayman Fertility Center.
In 2021 Dr Skinner was awarded ‘the Order of the Republic (OR)” as part of the independence honors of Barbados, in recognition of her contribution to the medical field in Barbados and globally.