{"id":17866,"date":"2017-03-28T13:05:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T12:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=17866"},"modified":"2017-11-08T15:37:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T14:37:49","slug":"nzeh-prof-donald-amasike","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nzeh-prof-donald-amasike\/","title":{"rendered":"NZEH, Prof. Donald Amasike"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MBBS, FWACS, FMCB; medical doctor, radiologist, academic; DOB; January 18, 1953. Hometown: Owerri; Married: Chioma Achionye, 1988; nc: one son, two daughters; EDUCATION: Government Demonstration School, Surulere, Lagos, 1958-65; St Finbar&#8217;s College, Lagos, 1966; Holy Ghost College, Owerri, 1970-72; University of Lagos, 1973-79; University College Hospital. Ibadan, 1981-86; Royal Infirmary of Edinburg, UK, 1984-85; St. Mary&#8217;s Hospital, Manchester, UK 1989-90. CAREER: House Officer, General Hospital Aba, Abia State, National Youth Service, 1979-80; Medical Officer, Comprehensive Health Centre, Iju-Itaogbolu, Ondo State, 1980; Medical Officer, Akure Local Government Maternity Centre and Dispensary, Akure, 1981; University College Hospital, Ibadan; snr. House Officer Radiology, 1981-82; Registrar, Radiology, 1982-84; Registrar, Radiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburg, Edinburg UK; Paediatric and Ultrasound Radiologist, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh 1985; Rotation in Neuroradiology and Computed Tomography, Department of Neuroradiology, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh UK, 1985; snr. Registrar, Radiology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 1984- 86; Consultant Radiologist, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, since 1986; Lecturer, University of Ilorin, Ilorin 1986-88; part time Radiologist Consultant, Baptist Medical Centre, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, 1989-93; snr. Lecturer, University of Ilorin, 1988-91; Reader, 1991-95; visiting Radiologist, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Arberdeen, UK, 1994; Visiting Radiologist, Addenbrooke&#8217;s Hospital, Cambridge UK, 1994; Research f: Department of Medical Radiology, University of Edinburgh and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK 1994- 95; Nigerian Medical Association, 1979; Association of Radiologists of West Africa, 1985; mm: European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, since 1990, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, since 1990, West African Medical Ultrasound Society; General Secretary since 1996; National Secretary for Nigeria, Mediterranean and African Society of Ultrasound since 1998; Associate Editor, Tropical Journal of Health Sciences, since 1993. Awards and Honours: Federal Government of Nigeria scholarship for undergraduate medical education 1976-79; Federal Government of Nigeria Sponsorshipfor Radiology Clinical Attachment at Royal Infirmary ofEdinburgh, UK, 1985; Commonwealth Medical fellowship, for Paediatric and Materno-foetai Radiology, St. Mary&#8217;s Hospital for Women and Children, Manchester and Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Manchester UK, 1989-90. Publication: Co-author, Childhood Pneumonia in the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital in Nigeria, Journal of Paediatrics 14, 1987; co-author, Pancreatic Calafication in Diabetes Millitus at Ilorin, Nigeria, Tropical Doctor 1990; co-author, Correlation of Blood Culture and Radiological Findings in lower Respiratory Tract Infections of the Newborn, Pediatric Radiology 20(5), 1990; co-author. Value of Ultrasound Placental Localisation in Pregnancy after Caesarean Section, Central African Journal of Medicine 36(8), 1990. sc: Past President, Squash Rackets Club, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 1984-86. hob: squash, off: Department of Radiology, University of Ilorin, P.M.B 1515, Ilorin. tel: 031-222076-9. res: Asa Road, GRA, Ilorin 174, Kwara State. tel: 031-220259.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-17866","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17866","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\/17866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17868,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17866\/revisions\/17868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17866"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=17866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}