In meeting the basic manpower needs of the country and the West African Sub-region, the Faculty has trained graduates that continue to excel globally in all facets of Medicine. The first ever open heart surgery in black Africa was undertaken by the Faculty, and as result of Pioneering work and effort of some members of the Faculty, our centre was designated as the Centre of Excellence in Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery in Nigeria. In addition, the Faculty carried out the first successful separation of Siamese twins by indigenous surgeons in Nigeria. On a global level, one of our graduates Dr. Bennet Omalu (1990 graduating class) undertook groundbreaking research that led to re-emergence of awareness of a neurologic condition associated with chronic head trauma called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE in American Football players. In a recently published Google Citation ranking, two of our graduates and Faculty members (Prof. Obinna Onwujekwe and Prof. Benjamin Uzochukwu) were among the top-10 most cited researchers in Nigeria. Other notable achievements are in the fields of infectious diseases, Cancer, Hypertension, Disorders of Sex Development (DSD), minimal access surgery, and Oesophageal atresia treatment.