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Colonel
FERREIRA,
Antonio Abayomi Jorge
Abayomi Jorge
MB, BS, retired military of ficer, surgeon, administrator, born August 1, 1938, Port Harcourt, Rivers State; married Esther Ayodele Idowu Olayinka 1966, five sons, one daughter; Education: St Paul's (Breadfruit) School, Lagos 1944-51, Christ's School, Ado-Ekiti, 1952-56, University of Ibadan, 1957-65, Lister Institute, Edinburgh Post Graduate Board of Medicine, 1971-73, Nigerian Defence Academy, 1978; Regimental Medical Officer, 68 AFM, Yaba, July 1967; Regimental Medical Officer, 2 Fd, Amb, August 1967; Commanding Officer,. 3 Amb Divisional Surgeon, 3 Marine Commando Division, Nigerian Army; acting Asistant Director of Medical Services, 1969; Regimental Medical Officer, Lagos Car Organisation, May 1970; Commanding Officer, 78 Armed Forces Hospital, Lagos, July 1970; appointed Consul tant Surgeon, 44 Armed Forces Hospital, Kaduna, October 1974; Commanding Officer, Military Hospital, Benin City, 1975; Senior Consultant Surgeon, Military Hospital, Benin City, July 1978; Chief Consultant Surgeon, since 1981; commissioned in the Nigerian Ar my — Direct Regular Commission, July 1967; promoted S/Captain, October 1966; T/Major, 1969; S/Major, July 1973; T/Lieutenant- Colonel, September 1976; S/Lieutenant- Colonel, May 1979; retired from the Nigerian Army as a Lieutenant-Colonel, October 1981; Part-time associate Lecturer (Honorarium), University of Benin, 1981-83; Medical Director and founder, Ilupeju Medical Centre, Lagos; member, Nigerian Medical Association; fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1973; fellow, Nigerian Medical Col lege in Surgery, 1976; fellow, West African College of Surgeons, 1978; fellow, Interna tional College of Angiology, 1985; member, New York Academy of Sciences; member, Nigerian Institute of Management; one-time General Secretary, Preparatory Committee of the Pan African Students Movement, 1961: President, Nigerian Union in Scotland, 1972-73; Political Party: member, defunct Socialist Workers and Farmers' Party of Nigeria, 1961-66; National Decorations: Reci pient, Forces Service Star, fss, 1980; Foreign Decoration: Lenin Centenary Medal, USSR, 1970; Publications: "Surgical Care in War fare" in "Care of the Injured, " 1977, in addi tion to several articles on general medicine and surgery in international medical journals; Hobbies:*squash, swimming; Official address: Ilupeju Medical Centre, 26 Town Planning Way, Ilupeju, GPO Box 2303, Marina, Lagos; Telephone: (01) 961789; Home: 10 Lawanson Crescent, Onipanu, Palm-Grove, Lagos.
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