Dr. CHIKANI MARK
Lecturer 1
PHONE NUMBERS: 08037151149, 08037431002
E-MAIL ADDRESS: markochikani@yahoo.com
INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED WITH DATES
UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA SECONDARY SCHOOL NSUKKA 1982-1988
UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA 1988-1995
EDUCTIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED WITH DATES
FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE 1982
WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE (WASC) 1988
MB: BS NIGERIA 1995
FELLOW WEST AFRICAN COLLEGE OF SURGOENS PART 1 2004
MEMBER PAN AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL
SCIENCES PANS 2007
ASSOCIATE MEMBER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
NEUROSURGEONS NANS 2007
FELLOW WEST AFRICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS PART 2 2008
WORKING EXPERIENCES
INTERNSHIP UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA TEACHING HOSPITAL
ENUGU 1995-1996
NATIONAL YOUTHS SERVICE CORP: OPOROMA GENERAL
HOSPITAL [SILGA] BAYELSA STATE 1996-1997
EMMERGENCY DOCTOR GLOBAL MARINE OIL SERVICING
COMPANY RIG 19 ESCRAVOS 1997-1998
RESIDENCY TRAINING UNTH ENUGU
JUNIOR RESIDENCY 1999-2004
SENIOR RESIDENCY IN UROLOGY 2004-2005
SENIOR RESIDENCY NEUROSURGERY 2005-2008
SENIOR REGISTRAR: MEMFYS HOSPITAL FOR NEUROSURGERY
ENUGU 2005-2008
LECTURER 1 2009 – 2012
SENIOR LECTURER 2012 – TILL DATE
CHIEF CONSULTANT NEUROSURGEON 2012 - TILL DATE
DESCRIPTION OF P REVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCES
HOUSE OFFICER: In-patient and outpatient care and feed back to my seniors.
YOUTH CORPER: Patient care in the general hospital Enlightenment campaign on AIDS, illegal abortion, immunization and basic hygiene.
REGISTRAR: Weekly clinical consultations, daily ward-rounds, presentations at clinical meetings and post-graduate seminars. Mortality reviews, teaching of medical students and supervising of house officers. Work-up patients for surgery, assist during surgery and follow-up in clinic.
SENIOR REGISTRAR: Supervise the day-to-day running of neurosurgical outpatient and in-patient care. Teaching of doctors and medical students under my care. Organization of clinical/academic conferences. Perform surgeries with and, or without my seniors’ assistance.
CONFERENCES/UP-DATES ATTENTED/PUBLICATIONS.
UP DATE COURSE BY WEST AFRICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS [WEST] IN JOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL 3rd 13th September 2001
38th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE NIGERIA SOCIETY OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCE [NSNS] IN ENUGU 31st MARCH 2006.
SHORT COURSE IN RESEARCH METHODS IN THE FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS FOR NATIONAL POST GRADUATE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF NIGERIA=-26 FEB-2ND MARCH, 2007.
WORKSHOP ON SAFE USE OF OPIOID ANALGESCIS BY SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF PAIN NIGERIA IN NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL ENUGU 23RD FEB., 2007.
39TH ANNUAL GENERAL AND SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF NSUS IN SOKOTO 15TH – 17THAUG, 2007.
40TH SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE AND GENERAL MEETING OF NSNS IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL [UCH] IBADAN 26TH – 29THMARCH, 2008.
PUBLICATIONS.
1. TITLE: CACHEXIA IN MEDICINE, REMINDER OF AETIOLOGY IN ERA OF HIV/ADIS.
INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE AT CALABAR, NIGERIA 6TH JUNE 2002.
AUTHORS: EZE J.C, CHIKANI M.C.
2. TITLE: EXPERIENCE WITH SUBACUTE AND CHRONIC SUBDURAL HAEMATOMA IN ENUGU, NIGERIA.
38TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF NIGERIA SOCEITY OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCE IN ENUGU 31ST MARCH 2006.
AUTHORS: CHIKANI M.C. OHAEGBULAM S.C.O. AMUTA .J.
3. TITLE: 2 – CASE REPORTS OF MALFUNCTIONING V-P SHUNTS WITH PSYCHOSIS
38TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF NIGERIA SOCIETY OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCE IN ENUGU 31ST MARCH 2006.
AUTHORS: CHIKANI M.C. OHAEGBULAM S.C.O. AMUTA .J.
4. NEUROIMAGING MRI WORKSHOP BY NSNS IN COLLABORATION WITH NATIONAL POST GRADUATE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF NIGERIA, FACULTY OF RADIOLOGY UCH IBADAN MARCH 27TH, 2008.
5 . TITLE: TUMOURS OF THE SELLAR REGION IN ENUGU, NIGERIA 17TH PAN AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCE SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE AUGUST 2008.
AUTHORS: OHAEGBULAM S.C.O. UCHE N, CHIKANI M.C., AMUTA J.
6 .TITLE: STROKE-MIMICS- A STUDY OF CT-IMAGES IN NIGERIA AFRICAN STROKE PATIENTS.
39TH ANNUAL GENERAL AND SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF NSNS IN SOKOTO AUGUST 2007.
AUTHORS: EZEALA B.A. OHAEGBULAM S.C.O. CHIKANI M.C. AMUTA .J.
7 .TITLE: CT-CHEST FINDINGS IN HEAD INJURED PATIENTS IN MEMFYS HOSPITAL FOR NEUROSURGERY ENUGU, NIGERIA
40TH SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE AND GENERAL MEETING OF NSNS IN UCH-IBADAN.
AUTHORS: CHIKANI M.C. OHAEGBULAM S.C.O. AMUTA .J.
8 .TUMORS OF THE SPINE SEEN IN MEMFYS HOSPITAL FOR NEUROSURGERY, ENUGU, NIGREIA BETWEEN January 2005 –October 2011
2ND SCIENTIC AND ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NIGERIAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS NANS IN ENUGU 2012.
AUTHOR: ONYIA E E, OHAEGBULAM S C, MEZUE W C, CHIKANI MC et al.
9 . DEMOGRAPHY AND OUTCOME OF INTRACRANIAL ABSCESSES MANAGED AT MEMFY’S HOSPITAL FOR NEUROSURGERY, ENUGU.
2ND SCIENTIC AND ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NANS IN ENUGU 2012
AUTHORS; NDUBISI C A, OHAEGBULAM SC , MEZUE WC, CHIKANI M C et al
10 . SECONDARY NEURONAL INJURY FOLLOWING CERVICAL SPINE TRAUMA- A STUDY OF 68 PATIENTS SEEN IN ENUGU.
2ND SCIENTIC AND ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NANS IN ENUGU 2012.
AUTHORS; ONYIA E E, MEZUE W C, CHIKANI M C el al.
11 . SURGICALLY MANAGED PROLAPSED LUMBER DISCS AT MEMFYS HOSPITAL ENUGU.
2ND SCIENTIC AND ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NANS IN ENUGU 2012.
AUTHORS; NDUBUISI C A, OHAEGBULAM S C, MEZUE W C, CHIKANI M C et al.
12 . CHRONIC SUBDURAL HAEMATOMA IN AN EMERGING NEUROSUGICAL UNIT; 18 MONTHS EXPERIENCE.
2ND SCIENTIC AND ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NANS IN ENUGU 2012.
AUTHORS; OZOR I J, CHIKANI M C.
13 . SEVERE CERVICAL BONE INJURY WITH INSIGNIFICANT NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT.
2ND SCIENTIC AND ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NANS IN ENUGU 2012
AUTHORS. CHIKANI M C, MEZUE W C, OHAEGBULAM S C et al.
14. PATTERNS AND PROBLEMS OF CONGENITAL ENCEPHALOCELES IN ENUGU, NIGERIA.
NIGERIAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE & AGM SOKOTO 2015
OKORIE EC, IKPEGBU IO, AMUTA DS, ANIAKU ID, OZOR I, ILOABACHIE I, ONYIA EE, UCHE EO, CHIKANI MC, MEZUE WC
15. Brain Abscess in Enugu, South Eastern Nigeria
CONTINENTAL ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN NEUROSURGEONS SOCIETIES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND THE 25TH SNSA MEETING 2016 JULY IN CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA
Chikani MC, Okorie E, Onyia EE, Ndubuisi CA, Ozor II, Iroegbu LU, Mezue MC, Ohaegbulam SC
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1. Mezue W C, Ohaegbulam S C, Chikani M C, Achebe D N (2011). Management of Giant Pituitary Tumours affecting Vision in Nigeria. World Neurosurg. (2011)nkkxx, x:xxx. DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2010.11.013. Available online: www.sciencedirect.com
2. Mezue W C, Ohaegbulam S C, Chikani M C, Erechukwu A U (2011). Changing Trends in Chronic Subdural Haematoma in Nigeria: Analysis of 130 consecutive cases in Memfys Hospital for Neurosurgery. African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences. 40: 15-18
3. Mezue W C, Erechukwu U A, Ndubuisi C, Ohaegbulam S C, Chikani M C. Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Managed with DecompressiveCraniectomy: A Case report. Nigeria Journal of Clinical Practice. 2012: 15(3): 369-371
4. Mezue W C, Ndubuisi C, Ohaegbulam S C, Chikani M C. Cranial bony decompressive craniotomy or craniectomy? Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice.
5. Bilateral Trans-orbital Penetrating Cranial Injury: Case Report and Literature Review. Chikani M C, Mezue W C, Okorie E C, Iloabachie I C. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jcm.v22i1.10
6. Mezue W C, Ohaegbulam S C, Ndubuisi C A, Chikani M C, Achebe S D. Intracranial Meningioma Managed at Memfys Hospital for Neurosurgery in Enugu, Nigeria. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
7. Mezue W C, Ohaegbulam S C, Ndubuisi C A, Chikani M C, Achebe S D. Management of Intracranial Meningiomas in Enugu, Nigeria. Surgical Neurology International
8. Ndubuisi C A, Mezue WC, Ohaegbulam SC, Chikani MC, Ekuma M, Onyia E. Neuroimaging findings in pediatric patients with seizure from an institution in Enugu. Niger J ClinPract 2016; 19:121-7
9. Onwuekwe I O, Ezeala-Adikaibe B A, Ohaegbulam S C, Chikani M C,Amuta J, Uloh H N. Stroke Mimics- A study of CT images in NigeriaAfrican stroke patients. J NeurolSci (Turk) 2008; 25:148-154.
10. Ezeala-Adikaibe B A, Ohaegbulam S C, Chikani M C, Uloh H; Stroke patterns in Enugu. A study of CT images in South East Nigeria. A preliminary report. Journal of College of Medicine, December, 2009(14) 2
11. Mezue W C, Ndubuisi C A, Chikani M C, Achebe S D, Ohaegbulam S C. Acute traumatic extradural hematoma in Enugu, Nigeria. Nig J Surg
12. Ezeala-Adikaibe B A, Ohaegbulam S C, Chikani M C. Diagnostic Yield of Computed Tomography of Brain in patients with First onset Generalized Tonic Clonic Seizures and no other focal neurological deficit in South East Nigeria. West Africa Journal of Radiology; April 2010 VOL 17 No. 1
13. Uche E O, Onyia E, Mezue U C, Okorie E, Ozor I I, Chikani M C. Determinants and Outcomes of Ventriculoperitonial shunt infections in Enugu, Nigeria. PediatrNeurosurg 2013; 49:75-80 DOI: 10.1159/000357384
14. Mezue W C, Ndubuisi C A, Chikani M C, Onyia E, Iroegbu I, Ohaegbulam S C. Epilepsy in primary intracranial tumors in a neurosurgical hospital in Enugu, South-East Nigeria. www.njconline.com DOI: 10.4103/1119-3077.158980
15. Mark Chukwunweike Chikani, Okwuoma Okwunodulu, Mesi Matthew,Chika C Ndubuisi. Surgically treated primary
Spinal cord neoplasms in southeastern Nigeria DOI: 10.4103/jnrp.jnrp _391_17
16. Ephraim Onyia, Mark Chikani, Wilfred Mezue, Emeka Okorie. Myelomeningocele in Nigeria: Has there been any change with improved Neurosurgery care? IJSBAR 32(1). May2018
17 Chikani MC, Mezue W, Okorie E, Mbachu C, Ndubisi C, Chikani UN. Subdural empyema:Clinical presentations and management options for an uncommon neurosurgical emergency in a developing country. Niger J Clin Pract 2017; 20:1221-5
18.Ephraim Onyia, Mark Chikani, Wilfred C Mezue Chuka Agunwa. Civilian Penetrating Gunshot Injury to the Neurocranium in Enugu DOI: 10.4103/1117.6806.205751.
19.Samuel Ohaegbulam, O Okwunodulu, Chika Ndubuisi, W Mezue, Mark Chikani et al. Vestibular schwannoma appears to be very rare in a region of sub-sahara Africa, DOI: 10.4103/sni.sni_ 100_17
20.Ikenna Kingsley Ndu, Josephat Chinawa, Mark Chikani, Roland Ibekwe,Isaac N Asinobi et al. Dandy walker malformation(variants): late presentation with childhood blindness DOI: 10.4314/njp.v42i1.17
21.Birinus A. Ezeala-Adikaibe, Chinwe Onyekonwu, Grace Okudo, Obinna Onodugo, Stella Ekenze et al. Prevalence of Primary Headaches in an Urban Slum in Enugu South East Nigeria: A Door-to- DoorSurvery. DOI: 10. 1111/head.12465
22.A. Ezeala- Adikaibe Birinus, U. Achor Justin, C. Nwabueze Augustine, O. Agomoh Afamefule, Mark Chikani. DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2014.08.003
23.Wilfred C Mezue, Ephraim Onyia, Izuchukwu Iloabachie, Mark Chikani, Samuel Ohaegbulam. Care Related and Transit Neuronal Injuries Following Cervical Spine Trauma: State of care and practice in Nigeria. DOI: 10.1089/neu.2012.2795