{"id":10837,"date":"2017-02-17T11:49:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T10:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10837"},"modified":"2017-05-16T11:54:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:54:53","slug":"okoro-prof-anezionwu-nwankwo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okoro-prof-anezionwu-nwankwo\/","title":{"rendered":"OKORO, Prof. Anezionwu Nwankwo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LRCP, MRCS, MB, Ch.B, physician, dermatologist, writer; Born: May 17, 1929; Place: Arondizuogu, Imo; Married: Eseohe Ayodele Olumese, 1971; No of Children: two sons, three daughters. Education: Methodist college, Uzuakoli, 1941-45,Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, 1946-47, University College, Ibadan, 1948-52, University of Bristol, UK, 1953-56;House Surgeon\/House Physician, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 1956-57; Institute of Dermatology, Lisle Street, London, 1961-62; Royal Infirmary, Edinburh, Scotland, 1962-63; Career : Appointed House Surgeon, House physician, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 1956-57; Medical Officer, Federal Ministry of Health, Lagos, 1957-58;Medical Officer, Creek Hospital, Lagos, 1958; Medical Officer, Victoria &#038; Mamfe, S. Cameroons, 1958-60; Medical Officer, General Hospital, Lagos, 1960-63; Medical Officer, (Special Grade: In Dermatology), General Hospital, Lagos, 1963-65; associate lecturer, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, 1964-66; Consultant Dermatologist, General Hospital, Lagos, 1965-66; Consultant, Dermatologist, Ministry of Health, Enugu, 1966- 72; Senior Consultant, Dermatologist, Ministry of Health, Enugu, 1972-74; Senior Lecturer in Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu, 1967-74; Reader in Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu, 1974-75; Professor of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu, 1975-91; Professor of Dermatology, King Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 1989-95; member, Nigerian Medical Association; member, Association of Physicians of Nigeria; member, West African College of Physicians; vice president, African Association for Dermatology, 1981-86; president, African Association for Dermatology, 1986-91; member, British Association of Dermatologists; member, American Academy of Dermatology; member, Board of Directors, International Society of Dermatology, 1989-94; member, Editorial Board, Int. J. Dermatoly, 1989-94; member, American Dermatological Association; member,Organizing Committee, 18th World Congress of Dermatology, 1992; member\/ chairman, Workshop on Disability from Skin Disease; member, International Leprosy Association; member, Albino Fellowship &#8211; Glasgow, Scotland, U.K; member\/Advisor, National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; member, Albino Association of Nigeria; member, National Geographic Society; Publications: The Village School, African University Press, 1966; The Village Headmaster, African University Press, 1967; One Week, One Trouble, African University Press, 1973; Febechi In Cave Adventure, Nwarnife, 1971; Febechi Down The Niger, Nwamife, 1975; Dr. Amadi&#8217;s Postings, Ethiope, 1975; Pictorial Handbook of Common Skin Diseases, Macmillan, London, 1981; Education is Great, Fourth Dimension, 1986; Chukwuka Dibia (A look into Igbo Traditional Medicine), Imo State Government Press, Owerri, 1988; Double Trouble, African Universities Press, Ibadan, 1990; Pariah Earth and Other stories, Pent land Press Limited, Durham, U.K, 1994; plus numerous articles, papers and journals; Official Address: Skin Clinic, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria; Telephone: 042-250-408; Home: 3, Otas Street, G.R.A, P.O. Box 941, Enugu, Nige ria; Tel\/Fax: 042-254-389.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10837","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10839,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10837\/revisions\/10839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10837"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}