{"id":14219,"date":"2017-03-07T15:02:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T14:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14219"},"modified":"2017-11-23T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T12:59:09","slug":"osuaeor-dr-thomas-okwudili-kanu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/osuaeor-dr-thomas-okwudili-kanu\/","title":{"rendered":"OSUAFOR, Dr.Thomas Okwudili Kanu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M.B B.S, medical practitioner, educationist, &#8216;administrator, born November 9, 1945, Aguluezechukwu, Anambra State; married, five children; Education: St. John&#8217;s Cen tral School, Ekwulobia, 1959, Anglican Grammar School, Oraukwu, 1960-64, Den nis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha, 1966, University of Ibadan Medical School, 1970-75, University ofNigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, 1977-83, Royal Free Hos pital, University of London, 1982-83; Ca reer: Appointed School Teacher, Nnamdi Azikiwe Grammar School, Abagana, 1967- 70; Pre-Registration House Officer, Univer sity of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, (UNTH), Enugu, 1975-76; National Youth Service Corps, Medical Officer, General Hospital, Otta, Ogun State, 1976-77; Senior House Officer, University ofNigeriaTeaching Hos pital, Enugu, 1977-78; Registrar, UNTH, Enugu, 1978-80; Senior Registrar, Univer sityofNigeria Teaching Hospital, (UNTH), Enugu, 1980-86; Senior Lecturer, Consult ant Physician and Gastroenterologist, Col lege of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Nigeria, 1991; Consultant Physician &#038; Chief Consultant Physician, Park Lane General Hospital, Enugu, 1986-91; Senior Lecturer, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe Univer sity, Nnewi Campus; Honorary Consultant Physician, Academic Department of Medi cine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, (NAUTH), Nnewi, 1991-date; Head,(Academic)Departmentof Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hos pital,Nnewi, 1993-95; Head, Department of Immunology College of Health Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi campus; 1995-97; Head, (Academic), Department of MedicineCollege of HealthScience,Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, 1997- date; Consultant Physician and Gastroenter ologist, College ofHealth Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Nige ria, 1995-date; fellow, West African College of Physicians; member, New York Academy of Science; member, Nigerian Medical As sociation; member, Association of Physicians ofNigeria; member, West African Society of Gastroenterology; member, International Association for the Study ofdie Liver; mem ber, Pan African Diabetes Study Group; member, Nigeria Association for the Study of the Liver; Alumnus, Japan International Corporation Agency; External Examiner in Internal Medicine, M.B.B.S, Usman Danfodio University, 1990-date; Chairman, Faculty Seminar Committee on Medicine; Awards\/Honours: Conferred with Man of the Year \\ 1997, by the International Board of Research of the American Biographical Institute, North Carolina, USA; recipient, Rotary Vocational Service Award by Rotary Club of Awka, 1998; recipient, Invested Knight of St.Christopher, Anglican Diocese of Nnewi; Listed in Five Hundred Leaders of Influence by the American Biographical Institute, North Carolina, USA; Listed in Worlds Who&#8217;s Who Hall of Fame, by the I.B.C, Cambridge, UK; recipient, 1998 World Life-Time Achievement Award bythe A.B.I, North Carolina, U.S.A;Listed, Lead ing Intellectuals of the World by the A.B.I, USA; Publications: Minimizing Out-Of- Stock Syndrome And Improving Medicine In Developing Countries; A Compendium of Common Medical Diseases For The Educa tion of The Public; Sudden Death Syndrome; Major Problems ofMarriage, 1990; Couple s Companion, 1993; The Essence of Life, 1998; plus several other publications in learned journals, paper presentation and ar ticles; Official Address: Academic Depart ment of Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe Uni versity, Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nige ria; Home: St. James Anglican Church, Aguluezechukwu, Box 15, Aguata, Anambra State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,1505,174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14219","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-educationist","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14219","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\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14219"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}