{"id":18446,"date":"2017-03-30T14:47:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T13:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18446"},"modified":"2017-05-31T14:17:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T13:17:20","slug":"ukpong-dr-ekanem-udo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ukpong-dr-ekanem-udo\/","title":{"rendered":"UKPONG, Dr. Ekanem Udo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MB, Ch.B. obstetrician and gynaecologist, born September 3, 1928, Ikot Obon Edong, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State; married Akon Essien Udo 1957, two sons, five daughters; Education Methodist Central School, Ikot Ekpene, 1935-40, Methodist College, Uzuakoli, 1941-45, Hope Waddell Training In stitution, 1946-47, University College, Ibadan, 1948-52, Leeds University, England, 1952-55; Medical Officer, Eastern Nigeria Government, 1955-57; Medical Officer, Special Grade, Eastern Nigeria Government, 1966-67; Consul tant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Eastern Nigeria Government, April-July 1967; Senior Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ministry of Health, Calabar, South Eastern State (now Cross River State), 1971-74; Chief Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ministry of Health, Calabar, 1974-75; ap pointed Controller of Medical Services, Cross River State 1975-79, retired voluntarily from the Public Service of Cross River State, January 23, 1979; Medical Direc tor\/Proprietor, Ukpong Specialist Clinic since 1980; member, Constituent Assembly, 1988; member, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, 1966; fellow, Nigerian Medical College in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1971; fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, 1982; member, Rotary International; Foun ding member, Rotary Club of Calabar and its President, 1984-85; Traditional Title: The Ete Idung of Ikot Ekpene; Hobbies: reading, walking; Official Address: Ukpong Specialist Clinic, 25, Atekong Drive, P O Box 1194, Calabar, Cross River State; Telephone: (087) 220548; Home: 25, Atekong Drive, Calabar, Cross River State; Telephone: (087) 220232. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18446","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18446","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18446"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}