Medical Assistant

CURRICULUM VITAE (RESUME)

name: Ndubueze C. J. Okereke, MD; MPH

Phone (Cell) #: (201) 873 – 3098

e-mail address: **********@***.***

PROFILE:

High energy leader who inspires and challenges others to excellence.

Sharp analytical and versatile mind with extensive medical background.

Diplomatic and tactful and yet reliable with Professionals and Non-Professionals at all levels.

Genuine concerns for and sensitivity for Clinical trial subjects’ and patients’ well-being.

Enjoys and works well as a member of any Health Team.

Strongly committed to promoting wellness and disease prevention.

Maintains good sense of humor under pressure.

Have ability to function at top performance levels throughout a 24-hour period.

Motivated and competent as a Professional.

Socially well rounded with admirable interpersonal skills.

research and/or professional experience:

Professional/Working Experience:

06/2017 till date: Continued processing of cases with Crown Pharmacovigilance Limited, London, U.K.

06/2017-01/2018 Drug Safety Training Internship in Oracle Argus Safety Software 8.0 at Sollers’ Institute, Edison, NJ

Advanced Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance Certificate course.

2002-2013 Attending Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Ob/Gyn. PC; St, Barnabas Hospital, 4422 Third Ave; Bronx, NY 10457

Consulting and seeing out-patients in the Prenatal and Gynecology Clinics, doing Colposcopy; managing in-patients in the Gynecology Ward, Labor & Delivery and consulting on my specialty patients in other Hospital Wards and the Emergency Department; performing Cesarean Sections; performing Gynecological surgeries including Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy; Call duty responsibilities; Clinical Ward Rounds; Supervision of Residents, Medical students, Physician Assistant students & Nursing students as outlined below.

2005-2012 Clinical Coordinator, Residents/Medical Students Rotations, Obstetrics/Gynecology Dept., St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY. Directly in-charge of Residents, Medical students and Physician Assistant students who are doing their Obstetrics/Gynecology rotation in the Department, doing their scheduling for Calls, arranging their lectures, supervising and mentoring them.

2003-2010 Clinical Assistant Professor of Ob/Gynecology, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine

2005-2012 Clinical Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, PA

2007-2013 Clinical Assistant Professor, Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences, Kansas City, MO 64106

Note: My Responsibilities overlap for overseeing all the Medical students from the various Medical Schools above:

Mentoring & Supervision of Medical students from these Medical Schools who are doing their Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinical rotations. Teaching topics in this specialty of Medicine; consulting on patients in the Prenatal and Gynecology Clinics with these students; Performing Cesarean Sections and other Gynecological operations; Doing Call duties in Labor & Delivery – taking care of pregnant women in labor until they deliver; doing Gynecological Calls in the Clinical Wards & Emergency Department; Participation in Clinical Conferences, Morbidity & Mortality Conferences and Grand Rounds.

Positions at Case Western University & MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH overlap:

07/2000-02/2002 Instructor, Dept. of Ob-Gynecology/Reproductive Medicine & Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

2000-2002 Biomedical Research Physician, Dept. of Ob-Gyn, MetroHealth Medical Center @ Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 44109 (National Institute of Health Women Reproductive Health Scholars Research program)

Participation in Research involving Human subjects in Gestational Diabetes. Literature search for Research.

1998-99 Chief Resident, Dept. of Ob/Gynecology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC

Final year of Specialist Training. Seeing Obstetrics & Gynecology in- & out-patients, performing Gynecological operations including Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy, performing Cesarean sections, doing Ward Rounds all under the supervision of Attendings. Participation in Clinical Conferences, Morbidity & Mortality Conferences. Supervision of junior Residents.

1997-99 Residency in Ob/Gynecology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC. 20060

Residency (Specialist Training in Obstetrics & Gynecology)

1995-97 Residency in Ob/Gynecology, St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, St. Paul, MN.

Residency (Specialist Training in Obstetrics & Gynecology)

1993-95 Internship, Family Medicine/Ob-Gynecology, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC. 20060

Rotating Internship in Family Medicine, and then changed program to Obstetrics & Gynecology.

1990-93 Research Assistant, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. MN 55455.

Assisted in Research while a student in the School. Did a lot of Literature searches and write-ups..

1987-90 Senior Registrar in Ob/Gynecology, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Maseru, Lesotho, Southern Africa.

Consulted in Prenatal & Gynecology Clinics, Performed Cesarean Sections, gynecological surgeries, participated in Clinical Conferences.

1986-87 Deputy Medical Director/Senior Medical Officer, Heartland Hospital, Umuahia, Nigeria

. Consulted in the General Outpatient Clinic, managed inpatients of all specialties, performed Cesarean sections, myomectomy, Appendectomy and Herniorrhaphy.

1985-86 Research Assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

Literature Search and interview of Research participants.

1981-85 Residency Training in Ob/Gynecology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria.

Specialist Training in Obstetrics & Gynecology

1980-81 Medical Doctor, Nigerian National Youth Service Corps-Maternal & Child Health Center, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, Nigeria. Consulted in General Adult & Pediatric Outpatient Clinics and Prenatal/Gynecology Clinics

1979-80 Internship (12-month Rotating)-University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria

Did 3 months each Internship in Surgery, Medicine, Pediatrics & Obstetrics/Gynecology.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Institution and Location

Degree

Year

Field of Study

Sollers’ Institute, 100 Menlo Drive, Suite 550, Edison, NJ 08837

Certificate in Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance

2017

Professional dev; adv. drug safety & pharmacovigilance

Howard University Hospital,

Washington, D.C. 20060

Board Eligible,

ABOG

1999

Obstetrics & gynecology

University of Minnesota,

Minneapolis, MN 55455

M.P.H

1993

PUBLIC HEALTH (Maternal and Child health)

Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, Philadelphia, PA 19104

MD (ECFMG Certification)

1992

Medicine

College of Medicine

University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus.

B.M; B.Ch

1979

Medicine

University of Ife,

Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Pre-Medicine

1974

Pre-medicine

Awards and Committees:

1965-72 Eastern Nigerian Government Scholar (High School)

1974-79 Nigerian Government National Award (University)

1980 Fully Registered Practitioner, Nigerian Medical Council

1982 Associate Fellow, West African College of Obstetrics/Gynecology

1984 Associate Fellow, Nigerian College of Obstetrics & Gynecology

1988 Fully Registered Practitioner, Lesotho Medical & Dental Council

1989 Member, Lesotho Ministry of Health Committee on Traditional Birth Attendants.

1989 Member, Lesotho Queen Elizabeth II Hospital Committee on ORT/Family Planning

1993 ECFMG Certified MD

1999 Board Eligible, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology

2000- 02 NIH Fellow, Women Reproductive Health Research, MHMC @CWRU, Cleveland, OH

Membership in Professional Societies:

1999-2012 JFP, American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG)

1996-date Member, American Society for Cervical Colposcopy & Pathology (ASCCP)

1993-date Member, American Medical Association (AMA)

1994-date Member, American Public Health Association (APHA)

1988-1990 Member, Lesotho Medical & Dental Association

1994-date Member, Rotary Club International

1980-date Member, Nigerian Medical Association.

Bibliography:

Okereke NC; Huston-Presley; Amini SB; Kalhan S; Catalano PM

Longitudinal changes in energy expenditure and body composition in obese women with normal and impaired glucose tolerance.

Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2004 Sep; 287(3):E472-9

Okereke NC et al: The effect of gender and gestational diabetes on cord leptin concentration

Am J Obstet Gynecol 2002; 187: 798-803

Splett, PL et al ADA Nutrition Intervention Project: Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Nutrition Care

Hixson, P; Okereke, NC: Nutrition Intervention in Prenatal Care. J Am Dietetics Assoc. Vol. 91(11): S21-S26, 1991.

Okereke, NC. M.P.H project (unpublished): The impact of increasing maternal age on the outcome of pregnancy.

Okereke, NC. M.P.H. Thesis (unpublished) two-tier-

(1). INFERTILITY: The psychosocial impact of Infertility, an emerging Public Health problem (unpublished). The goal was to use Infertility to highlight the menacing effects of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and hence emphasize the need to fund STD Clinics.

(2). A descriptive baseline study of Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) in Bauchi State of Nigeria. This was intended to assist the State Ministry of Health in its planning of Maternity care in the State and so ultimately help in reducing maternal and Infant mortality.

Okereke, NC: Effective Communication of Family Planning/Population Control - Messages to Practicing Journalists at Maseru, Lesotho, Southern Africa

Paper Presented: Contraceptive Technology, Health Rationale for Family Planning, Myths and Misconceptions (Aug. 1-5, 1988 unpublished

Okereke, NC: Family Planning Communication Conference organized by the Center for African Family Studies (CAFS), Nairobi, Kenya & Lesotho Planned Parenthood Association (LPPA)

Paper Presented: Health Rationale for Family Planning (April 11 - May 6, 1988).

Abstracts:

Okereke NC, Huston-Presley L, Amini SB, Catalano PM:

The effect of Diabetes and Gender on cord Leptin concentration. Presented at the 48th Annual meeting of the Society for Gynecological Investigation, Toronto, Canada. March 14-17, 2001.

Okereke NC et al. Longitudinal changes in energy expenditure and body composition in obese women with gestational diabetes (GDM) and normal glucose tolerance (NGT). Presented at the 2002 Society for Gynecological Investigation 49th Annual meeting at Los Angeles, CA 20-23 March 2000.

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