Dr. Ross Downes completed his postgraduate training at the University of The West Indies and received additional training in Laparoscopic Surgery for which he holds multiple certificates. Downes is the pioneer of single incision better known as scarless laparoscopic surgery in the Bahamas and serves as consultant staff at Doctors Hospital in New Providence; Bahamas.

He is a member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and actively participates with The Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons. He is also a member of the editorial board for the Academic Journal Clinics in Surgery and now serves as our knowledgeable leader and the Managing Director here at Phoenix Medical Centre; a premier ambulatory day surgery facility in central Nassau.