{"id":8439,"date":"2017-01-19T16:05:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T15:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8439"},"modified":"2017-06-01T13:28:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T12:28:09","slug":"ofili-dr-francis-nkedishuka","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ofili-dr-francis-nkedishuka\/","title":{"rendered":"OFILI, Dr. Francis Nkedishuka"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BSc, MB.ChaB, BAO, FHCS, medical consultant, special surgeon; born February 5, 1948, Ibadan, Oyo State; married Henrietta Nkechionye Egbuchua, 1978; three sons, one daughter.<br \/>\nEducation: St. Patrick&#8217;s Catholic School, Yaba, Lagos, 1954-61; Government College, Ughelli, 1961-67; Federal School of Science, Onikan, Lagos, 1968-69; University of Ibadan, 1969-72; University of Ireland, Trinity College, Dublin, 1972-77; University of Vienna, Austria, 1985-86; Hungarian Post-graduate Medical College, Budapest, 1986-87.<br \/>\nCareer: Freelance Journalist, Daily Times of Nigeria, Lagos, 1967- 69; Science Teacher, Anglican Grammar School, Ubulu-Uku, 1972; Medical House Officer, Specialist Hospital, Benin City, 1977-78; Medical Officer of Health-in-charge, Ifesowapo Local Government Area, Ondo State, 1978-79; Senior House Officer, Department of Surgery, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin-City, 1979-80; Registrar, 1980-83; Senior Medical Officer Surgery, Delta Steel Hospital, Warri, 1983-85; Medical Specialist, Surgery, 1986-87; Consultant Surgeon, 1987-90; Consultant Surgeon, Head of Department, Surgery\/Anaesthesia, 1990-93; Senior Consultant, Head of Department, Surgery, Central Hospital, Warri; Hospitals Management Board, Asaba, 1993-95; Medical Director\/Chief Consultant Surgeon, since 1996; retired; Private Medical Practitioner, currently member, Bendel State Sports Medicine Association, during Bendel &#8217;81 Sports Festival; Team Doctor, Steel Pioneers Football Club, Delta Steel Company Limited Ovwain-Aladja, 1985-93; Chairman, Disciplinary Committee, Central Hospital, Warri, 1994; Chairman, Nigeria Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, Delta State Chapter, 1998-2000; member, Nigerian Medical Association, since 1978; life member, American Medical Society of Vienna, since 1986; fellow, Hungarian College of Surgeons, 1986;Associate Alumnus, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1997, Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria; Social Club   member\/past President, Isunanmbogu social club Ibusa, 1987.<br \/>\nAward: Merit Award, Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria Hobbies: football, cricket, table tennis, snookers\/billiard, darts, reading, music, debating, lawn tennis, writing essays. Official Address: Surgery Department, Central Hospital, Warri, Delta State. Telephone: 053-251183. Home Ad dress: 19, Ughelli Cresent, Steel Township III, Orhuworun P.O. Box 2192, Warri, Delta State. Telephone: 053-621111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[174],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8439","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8439","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\/8439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8448,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8439\/revisions\/8448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8439"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}