Email address: okechukwu.onumaegbu@unn.edu.ng

 

Phone no: +2348037406218

 

Born on Wednesday September 16, 1970 at Onitsha Anambra State, Nigeria, Okechukwu started his primary education in 1976 in Ibadan, Oyo State and completed same in Lagos State, obtaining his First School Leaving Certificate in 1982. His secondary education was at the Federal Government College Ikot Ekpene Akwa Ibom State from 1982 to 1988. He graduated in 1988 when he obtained the West African Senior School Certificate (SSC), one of the pioneer set for this Certificate. His Undergraduate Medical Education at the University of Nigeria Nsukka/Enugu Campus was from 1988 to 1995. He obtained the Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 1995. His One-year internship was at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in 1995/96.  His one-year National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) was undertaken in 1996/97 in Cross River State. He thereafter undertook postgraduate medical education with the West African College of Surgeons in 1998 and obtained the Fellowship of the College (FWACS) in April 2006. He was appointed a Consultant Plastic Surgeon by Federal Medical Centre Umuahia, Abia State from October 2006 to March 2008. From April 2008, he was appointed Lecturer-1 with the Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria. He has served in the department as, inter alia, Undergraduate Training Coordinator 2013-2017, Undergraduate Postings Coordinator/ Exams Officer 2010-2013. He was appointed Senior Lecturer in October 2014. He has authored several articles in Peer-review Journals, as well as contributed chapters to a number of textbooks.

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

1.     Ekenze S.O., Ugwu J. O., Onumaegbu O. O. Evaluation of Neonatal Circumcision Training for Resident Doctors in a Developing Country. J Pediatr Uro. 2015; 11:263.e1-263.e6

 

2.     Onumaegbu O. O., Okechukwu O. C. Isolated Penile Degloving from Milling Machine Injury in a Child. Ann Med Health Sci Res. 2015;5:139-41

 

3.     Okechukwu O. Onumaegbu “Wound care” Commentary in: Meara J ed. Global Surgery and Anesthesia Manual: Providing Care in Resource-limited Settings. Boston MA. USA. 2014:427-428

 

4.     Ekenze S. O., Onumaegbu O. O., Nwankwo O. E. The Current Status of International Partnerships for Child Surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa. Int Surg. 2014;99:616-622

 

5.     Ekenze S.O., Adiri C.O., Igwilo I. O., Onumaegbu O. O. Virilized external genitalia in young girls: clinical characteristics and management challenges in a low-resource setting. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2014 ;27(1):6-9

 

6.     Onah I. I., Mba U.C., Onumaegbu O. O. Traumatic Radial Artery Aneurysm at National Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu. Nigerian Journal of Plastic Surgery 2013; 9(2):26-30.

 

7.     Otene C.I., Onumaegbu O.O. Post-burn Pruritus: Need for Standardization of Care in Nigeria. Annals of fire and Burn disasters 2013; 26(2):63-67.

 

8.     Onumaegbu O. O. and Nnabuko R. E., Wound Healing in: Nwankwo O. E., editor. Essentials of  Trauma Management and related principles of surgery. Enugu, Nigeria: Ezu Books Limited; 2011: pp 31-48

 

9.     Onumaegbu O. O., Metabolic Response to trauma in: Nwankwo O. E. editor Essentials of Trauma Management and related principles of surgery. Enugu, Nigeria: Ezu Books Limited; 2011: pp 17-30

 

10.  Onah I. I., Onumaegbu O. O. Extensive Calvarial Exposure and Full thickness Sequestration following Electrical Burn Injury Presenting After One Year: Case Report. Nigerian Journal of Plastic Surgery 2010; 6(2):69-74.

 

11.  Nzewuihe C. A. E., Onumaegbu O. O., Onah I. I. Pattern of Gunshot Injuries as Seen at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu: January 1999-December 2004. Nigerian Journal of Medicine 2007; 16(3):235-238.

 

12.  Onumaegbu O. O., Olaitan P. B., Onah I. I. et al. Adipofascial flap Coverage of Lower Limb Bony Defects. Nigerian Journal of Plastic Surgery 2006; 2(1):17-22.

 

13.  Onah I. I., Onumaegbu O. O. Case Report: Isolated Common Femoral Vein Injury from Motorcycle Accident. Nigerian Journal of Plastic Surgery 2005; 1(1):32-34.

 

 

 

Responsibilities

 

-Teaching of undergraduate medical students and Resident doctors and Fellows in Plastic Surgery

 

- Formative and summative assessment of Undergraduate medical students and             Resident doctors and Fellows in Plastic Surgery

 

- Research and Presentation of Research at Local and International Fora

 

- Administrative Duties (Undergraduate Training Coordinator)

 

 

 

Working Experience:

 

 

 

1. 2008 – Date: Lecturer-1 to Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, University of                     Nigeria, Nsukka

 

2. 2008 – Date: Consultant Plastic Surgeon, University of Nigeria Teaching                   Hospital, Enugu

 

3. 2006 – 2008: Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia.

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

 

1.     Member, Nigerian Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons                                     (NAPRAS)

 

2.     Member, Nigerian Burn Injuries Society (NBIS)

 

3.     Official: Pan African Burn Society (PABS)

 

4.     Member: Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)

 

5.     Founding Member: Nigerian Association for Cleft Lip and Palate (NACLP)

 

6.     Member: Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN)

 

 

 

FELLOWSHIPS/ AWARDS

 

1.     BAPRAS Overseas Fellowship : St. Andrew’s Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom, under the auspices of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. February- March 2010

 

2.     ASPS/PSF International Scholar 2011: American Society of Plastic Surgeons/ Plastic Surgery Foundation. Division of Plastic Surgery University of North Carolina Chapel Hill NC USA, February – April 2012; Division of Plastic Surgery Case Western Reserve University/ University Hospitals Case Medical Center Cleveland OH USA, April 2012; Division of Plastic Surgery University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX USA, May 2012.