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Committee Approves Resolution Honoring Dr. Alfred L. Andouz for Medical and Cultural Contributions
Summary
The committee voted to send a resolution honoring ophthalmologist and author Dr. Alfred L. Andouz to Rules and Judiciary after witnesses described his decades of surgical work, academic publications and community service across the territory and abroad.
The committee voted Sept. 22 to report favorably a resolution honoring Dr. Alfred L. Andouz for “outstanding achievements and significant contributions to medicine, science, public health and community empowerment.” Supporters described his long surgical career in ophthalmology, scholarly publications and community health work in the Virgin Islands and internationally.
Nut graf: Witnesses — including judges, longtime friends, patients and family members — portrayed Dr. Andouz as a clinician, researcher and educator whose work spans ophthalmology, integrative medicine and cultural scholarship; several speakers said he remains active in clinical practice and continuing research.
Testimony noted Dr. Andouz’s MD from Howard University (1974), ophthalmology residency training at institutions including Walter Reed and Georgetown affiliates, later study in integrative and herbal medicine and an ongoing pattern of publishing and lecturing. Several witnesses credited him with developing or refining surgical techniques (including pterygium/pterygium‑related methods) adopted regionally, and with performing life‑restoring ophthalmic surgeries for patients the witnesses represented.
The committee endorsed the resolution and will forward it to Rules and Judiciary for final vetting. Witnesses and legislators emphasized the value of honoring a living practitioner whose public work includes teaching, publications and charitable patient care.
Ending: Dr. Andouz joined the hearing by video and closed by thanking colleagues and by acknowledging mentors and family. Committee members praised the resolution and ordered it forwarded to Rules.
