MB, B.Sc,M.Ch,orthopaedicsurgeon, born June 21/1929, Opobo Town, Rivers Statemarried Annette Esuku 1955, three sons, two daughters; Education: Methodist School, Opobo (now Ikot Abasi), 1934-42, King's College, Lagos, 1943-48, University College, Ibadan, 1948-52, Universityof Oxford, UK, 1952-55;Career: Appointed House Officer, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford; Senior House Officer, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 1957-58;Registrar in Surgery, UCH, Ibadan, 1959-60; Registrar in Surgery, Queen Eliza beth Hospital and Accident Hospital, Bir mingham, UK, 1960-61; Registrar in ortho paedic Surgery, United Liverpool Hospital and Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Ortho paedic Hospital, Oswestry, 1962-63;Lecturer inOrthopaedic Surgery, University of Ibadan, 1963-65; appointed ConsultantOrthopaedic Surgeon, University College Hospital, since 1963; Senior Lecturer,Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ibadan, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and University of Lagos, 1965-74; appointed Associate Professor of Surgery (Orthopaedics), University of Lagos, 1974- 77; appointed Professor of Surgery (Ortho paedics), Universityof Lagos, since October 1977; member, Royal College of Surgeons, England, 1955; member, British Medical As sociation, since 1956; fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, England, since 1961; fellow, Association ofSurgeons of West Africa, since 1964, Treasurer, 1979-82; fellow, Nigerian MedicalCollegein Surgery, since 1971;foun dation fellow, West African College of Sur geons, since 1973; fellow, British Ortho paedic Association, since 1974; First Vice- President, World OrthopaedicConcern, 1977; Publications: Co-editor, Principles and Practice ofSurgery including Pathology in the Tropics, _Gharia Publishing Corporation, Accra, 1986; Principles and Managementof AcuteOrthopaedicTrauma, Institute of Edu cational Press, ABU, Zaria, 1998; in addi tion to several articles in national and inter national medical journals; Hobbies: fishing, table tennis, current affairs; Official Address: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, King George Hospital, Ilford, Essex, England; Telephone: 0181-970-8165; Home: 30, Pamela Road, Northfield, Birmingham, En gland; Telephone: 0121-608-9935.
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