Professor Samuel
Achilefu
Professor
Samuel Achilefu is a Nigerian-born Scientist and medical researcher who invented
high-tech infrared goggles to enable surgeons to see cancer cells during
surgery. He is the Professor of
Radiology and Vice Chair for Innovation
and Entrepreneurship at the Mallinckrodt
Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine. He holds
joint appointments as a Professor of
Medicine, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering.
He currently serves as the Director of the Washington University Molecular
Imaging Center.
Professor
Achilefu is a world-renowned specialist in the development and use of
light-sensitive drugs for cancer detection, imaging, and therapy. He also
discovered a novel treatment paradigm for cancer using a special type of light
and non-pharmacological doses of drugs to selectively trigger cancer cell death
without harming healthy tissue. These and many other innovations have resulted
in 59 issued US patents.
Dr. Bankole A.
Johnson
Dr.
Bankole Johnson is a licensed physician and board-certified psychiatrist
throughout Europe and the United States who served as Alumni Professor and
Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the
University of Virginia. He is a respected global authority in psychiatry,
substance use, psychopharmacology, neuroscience, psychopharmacology of
medications for treating addictions.
In
2002, he received the Distinguished Senior Scholar of Distinction Award from
the National Medical Association. He was inducted into the Texas Hall of Fame
in 2003 for his contributions to science, mathematics, and technology. In 2004,
Johnson accepted an appointment to serve as Alumni Professor and Chairman of
the Department of Psychiatric and in 2019 he was named as a recipient of the
American Society of Addiction Medicines (ASAM) Brinkley Smithers Distinguished
Scientist Award.
Dr. Obinna
Chukwudi Igwilo
Dr.
Obinna Chukwudi Igwilo, from Abia State, is a pioneer of the robotic surgery,
which he had been working on since 2014. He cemented Africa's place in the
field of medicine after performing groundbreaking first major robotic surgery
in the United States of America. Dr Igwillo is an Assistant Professor of
Medicine with Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Igwilos
robotic surgery remains a historic event being the very first to be performed
in the 80 years history of Fayetteville VAMC.
Dr. Olakunle
Akinboboye
Dr. Olakunle
Akinboboye is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Sleep Medicine. He
is an Associate Professor of Clinical
Medicine at the Weill Medical
College of Cornell University, New York. He is also the Medical Director of
Queens Heart Institute/Laurelton Heart Specialist P.C. in Rosedale, Queens, New
York.
The
award-winning nuclear cardiologist is listed among the top doctors in the
United State by leading US medical publications. Dr. Olakunle Akinboboye is a
member of the American Board of Internal Medicines (ABIM) Council and he is the
first black Chair of the Cardiovascular Disease Board
Dr. Oluyemi
Badero
Dr. Olurotimi
John Badero is recognised as the world's first and only fully trained
cardio-nephrologist (heart and kidney specialist). He performed the first
trans-radial cardiac catheterization and coronary angioplasty at CMMC Hospital
Mississippi and has authored many peer-reviewed journals. Over the years, Dr. Badero
has become one of the Nigerian-American most celebrated Doctors as well as one
of the best Cardiologist, Nephrologist in United States of America.
Presently,
Dr Badero is the Executive Director, Cardiac Renal & Vascular Associates.
He is also the Medical Director of St. Joseph Hospice and also Assistant
Professor of Clinical Medicine, at the State University of New York Health
Sciences Center in Brooklyn. He is the President and CEO, Cardiac Specialists
of Brooklyn, LLC
For
his outstanding work and medical contributions, he has been recognized in the
US, UK, and Africa. Some of his numerous recognitions includes: The Association
of Black Cardiologists scholarship award for the Best Cardiology Fellow in the
U.S.Few years ago, the 108th session of the US Congress praised Baderos
outstanding accomplishments in the field of medicine, and one of the very few
African-American specialists in his field.
Dr. Oluyinka
Olutoye
Nigerian
Surgeon, Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye, is renowned for removing baby from Her mother’s
womb, operated on her tumor and returned her back .The operation was carried on
the baby at 23rd week. The baby healed and continued to grow until she was born
again at 36 weeks. Years later, he was appointed as the surgeon-in-chief at
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio, one of the largest and most comprehensive
pediatrics hospitals and research institutes in the World
Dr. Oluseun Alli
Dr. Oluseun
Alli a Nigerian doctor with Novant Health Presbyterian Hospital is the first
health expert to implant 100 patients with Watchman device. The device is
inserted into patients to help them deal with stroke .The device has been
hailed for saving lives and has been implanted in almost 1 million people
around the world in a one-time procedure.
Dr. Godwin Maduka
Dr.
Godwin Maduka is a billionaire Nigerian-American doctor based in the United
States of America. He is the Owner/CEO and Medical Director of the Las Vegas Pain Institute & Medical
Center, the largest pain treatment center in Nevada. He was certified by
the American Board of Anesthesiology in 1998 and fulfills the role of Medical
Doctor for the Nevada State Board of
Medical Examiners.
According
to records, Dr. Maduka bought seven residential properties in Nevada for more
than $7 million and spent nearly $4 million on the two buildings that house the
Las Vegas Pain Institute, where he employs 80 people. He has also built a
15-storey building edifice, which is expected to be equipped with
state-of-the-art facilities in medical science and will be the first of its
kind in Africa.
Professor Bennet
Ifeakandu Omalu
Bennet
Ifeakandu Omalu is a Nigerian American physician, forensic pathologist, and
neuropathologist who was the first to discover and publish findings of chronic
traumatic encephalopathy in American football players. He later became the
chief medical examiner for San Joaquin County, California, and is a professor
at the University of California, Davis, department of medical pathology and
laboratory medicine. Omalu holds seven advanced degrees and board
certifications.
Dr. Nwando
Olayiwola
Dr.
Nwando Olayiwola is a family physician, as well as an Associate Director of the
Center for Excellence in Primary Care and Assistant Professor in the Department
of Family and Community Medicine at University of California, San Francisco. Prior
to this, Dr. Olayiwola served as the Chief Medical Officer of the largest
Federally Qualified Health Center system in Connecticut, Community Health
Center, Inc. (CHCI)
Since
2007, Dr. Olayiwola has been named one of America’s Top Family Doctors by the
Consumers Research Council of America annually. In October 2008, she was one of
three physicians in the nation to receive the Emerging Leaders Award from the
Family Medicine Education Consortium . In the summer of 2011, Dr. Olayiwola was
named one of the Top 40 Physicians Under 40 by the National Medical Association
before the age of 40”.
She is
presently the Chief Clinical Transformation Officer of RubiconMD, a leading
technology company that provides electronic consultations. She currently
provides clinical care at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital’s
Family Health Center.
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