Dr Rhonda Hutson is a native of Georgetown, Guyana. She received the Bachelors of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB.BS) degree from the University of the West Indies (1996) and later the Master of Science (2001) and the Doctor of Medicine degrees in Emergency Medicine (2002). In 2009 she received a Master of Science in Sports Medicine.
She is currently employed as a Consultant Emergency Physician at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) and Associate Lecturer at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Jamaica. She is the co-ordinator of the Emergency Medicine Clerkship for medical students and the Stage 2 (Years 4 and 5) coordinator of the MBBS programme at Mona, Jamaica.
Dr Hutson was the team physician to the Jamaican athletes for local and international games (Central and American Games (Puerto Rico 2010), Pan American Games (Guadalajara 2011, Toronto 2015 and Lima 2019), Commonwealth Games (Glasgow 2014).
Since December 2021 has led the Executive of the Jamaican Association of Sports Medicine in the inauguration of innovative programmes, as well as in the continuation of service to the sports community of Jamaica.
Professionally, her areas of interest consist of the management of sexual assault cases, ECGs and toxicology.