Charles Edet EFFIONG,

Paediatrician, University Lecturer

MB.BCh. MRCP. DCH, FWACP, FRCP: paediatrician, retired academic; b: October 15, 1930; ht: Oban, lga: Akamkpa; so: Cross River; m: Adiaha Akon Amana, 1968: nc: two s, three d; ed: St. Michael's School, Oban 1935-43; Sacred Heart School, Calabar 1944; St. Patrick's College, Ikot Ansa, Calabar, 1945-49; Woolwich Polytechnic College, London, England. 1955-58; University of Leeds Medical School 1958-63. cr: Snr. House Officer/Registrar, Paediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan 1965- 67; snr. House Officer, Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children. Great Ormond Street, London, 1967-68; Registrar, Thames Group or Hospitals, London, 1968-69; snr. Registrar. University College Hospital. Ibadan, 1970; Lecturer, University or Ibadan 1974-78; Lecturer, Makarere University, Kampala. Uganda, 1975; prof. Paediatrics, University of Ibadan, 1978-79; prof/Head, Department of Paediatrics, University of Calabar, 1979-87; acting Provost, College of Medical Sciences,University of Calabar, 1987-88; acting Deputy V-Chancellor. University or Calabar. 1982; retired as prof, of Paediatrics, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, 1996: mm: Royal College of Physicians, London, 1969; f: West…