EDUCATION

Oct 1983 - June 1989: M.B.B.CH University of Calabar College of Medicine, Calabar, Nigeria

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

July 2001 – July 2002: Neuroanesthesia/Obstetric Anesthesia Fellowship, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland Medical Center

July 1998 – June 2001: Residency, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland Medical System

July 1997 – June 1998: Transitional Residency Program and Internship, Department of Medicine, Maryland General Hospital. Baltimore, Maryland

May – June 1997: Orientation for Internship Training, Department of Medicine, Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Feb 1995 – Dec 1995: Bon Secours Hospital, Baltimore. Externship Involving rotation in Emergency Medicine, Cardiology, General Medicine and Anesthesia

Dec 1991 – June 1993: Residency, Department of Pediatrics, University of Port-Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria

Aug 1989 – Aug 1990: Internship, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria (Involved three-month clinical rotations each in Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology)

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

7/01/04 – present: Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

7/16/02 – 6/30/04: Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

WORK EXPERIENCE

Jan 1996 – April 1997: Clinical Coordinator, Awele Treatment & Rehabilitation Services, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Jan 1994 – June 1994: Staff Physician, Emile Hospital for Children, Festac Town, Lagos, Nigeria

Oct 1990 – Sept 1991: National Youth Service, Comprehensive Health Center, Port Harcourt, Nigeria