{"id":6226,"date":"2016-11-10T11:03:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T10:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=6226"},"modified":"2017-11-27T12:20:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T11:20:55","slug":"amaechi-sylvanus-obichere","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/amaechi-sylvanus-obichere\/","title":{"rendered":"AMAECHI, Sylvanus Obichere"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Birth: 1939 State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Owerri North Village\/Town: Emekuku Contact Address: Christina Specialist Hospital, Egbu Dr Sylvanus Obichere Amaechi is a medical practitioner with micro specialization in the field of Orthopaedic Medical Services. He is the Chief Medical Director of Christina Specialist Hospital Egbu Owerri. the largest Privately owned Orthopaedic Centre in Nigeria. This 150-bed Hospital has many departments including Orthopaedics and Trauma. Internal Medicine. Paediatrics. Gynaecology and Obstetrics and Neurosurgery. Schools Attended include: \u2022 Our Lady Primary School Emekuku \u2022 Trinity High School Oguta 1955 -1959 \u2022 Emergency School ofScience Lagos, 1960 1962 Friendship University Medical School. Russia 1964-1970 \u2022 Catholic University Teaching Hospital Holland. (Residency Programme) 1970 1973 \u2022 University Teaching Hospital of Rotherham and Utrecht Holland. 1975 (Residency in Orthopaedic) \u2022 Obtained degree in Osteosynthesis and Implant from Germany and Switzerland. His working career in addition to the Residency Programmes, include \u2022 Orthopaedic Surgeon. Corisius Specialist Flospital Nymegen Holland. \u2022 Lecturer in Trauma and Orthopaedic at the University Teaching Hospital. Utrecht and Teaching and Centre for Trauma and Orthopaedic Tubingen Germany. He returned to Nigeria in 1970and picked up appointment with the \u2022 Federal Public Service Commission 1976 \u2022 National Orthopaedic Hospital Igbobi Lagos 1977 -1980 \u2022 Private Practice, in Laszos. 1980 1984 Established Christina Specialist Hospital Egbu Owerri 1984. \u2022 In concert with Rotary International . he jointly set up a project in the hospital handled free medical treatment for all known cases of poor and the underprivileged aswell asHIV\/AIDS Cases, carry out HIV\/AIDS Enlightenment Campaign and also conduct HIV\/AIDS free Tests. Currently, the Hospital istraining some Missionary Sisters in Nursing aspart ofanelaborate, but systematic plan toassist the Catholic Church toelTectively execute its philanthropic Projects in medical services todifferent parts ofthe country. Dr Amaechi was privy tothe formation ofOrthopaedic Association ofNigeria which has been in existence for the past 26 years.. \u2022 DrAmaechi hasolTered employment to doctors, nurses, laboratory scientists, etc DrAmaechi hasa very good book &#8211; The Management of Trauma in Orthopaedics He has also published several journal articles in local and international journals. Dr. Amaechi isa benefactor of many Catholic Priests in Nigeria and has also supported the training of many young doctors and nurses. He has been honoured with a few Chieftaincy Titles, \u2022 Ozo Oha Ndu Emekuku \u2022 Aka Nyiri Okpukpu from Ihitte Ogada community Through the Handmaids ofthe Floly Child Jesus. His Holiness. Pope John Paul 11. imparted his blessings on DrAmaechi and his family. \u2022 Vocational Services Award from Rotary Club of Aladinma Owerri 2002. !)r Amaechi is widely travelled. He has been to Canada. UK. US. etc. His membership of Professional Associations includes: \u2022 Member. Dutch and British Orthopaedic Association \u2022 Member. German and Dutch Society of Trauma Surgeons \u2022 Member. Nigeria Medical Association \u2022 Member. Nigerian Orthopaedic Association \u2022 Fellow. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. \u2022 He holds Fellowship Certificate in Surgery, from Holland \u2022 Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery from Germany \u2022 Fellowship in Trauma ( from Germany and Switzerland) Dr Amaechi is married to Janny, a Dutch national and they are blessed with children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-6226","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6226","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6226"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=6226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}