Medical Physician

Canadian Citizen; Canadian SIPPA-residency trained; CCFP/EM

ATLS-certified; ACLS-certified; DHA Eligible

**-**** *********, ******** *** GENERAL MEDICINE PRACTICE HISTORY

Job Description:

•Provides comprehensive Emergency and General Medicine care to patients according to current best evidence-based standards, using best judgement at all times and in accordance with the North American boards of Emergency Medicine and Family practice guidelines.

•Participates equitably in the on-call roster for the outpatient clinics and Hospital emergency department.

•Participates in the oversight and professional developments of any junior medical staff in the departments including medical students and residents doctors in training.

•Participate in the educational activities of the medical staff as a whole.

•Conducts clinical audit in line with medical advisory committee requirements.

•Participate in review and planning activities relevant to the development of the Emergency department and of the healthcare facility as a whole.

•Participate in activities and opportunities to promote the department of Emergency and General Internal Medicine to the general public and wider medical community of North America.

•Fulfils professional requirements for continuing maintenance of competency in all aspects of Emergency, Hospital, and General Medicine

•Carries out other assigned duties within the appropriate scope of knowledge, skills and abilities of the position as an Emergency and General Medicine physician.

•Responsible for providing comprehensive consultant level patient care in Emergency, Hospital and General Medicine.

•Liaises with patients, families, medical staff, nursing staff, other clinical staff and referring doctors.

•Demonstrates commitment to continuing medical education.

•Demonstrates ability to deliver quality patient care.

•Demonstrates ability to work in a multidisciplinary team in the spirit of team efforts.

•Demonstrates commitment to quality improvement for better health outcomes.

•Accountable to ensure patient safety by practicing ethical medical practices as per local regulations.

•Reach an informed diagnosis based on patients medical history, physical examinations and appropriate laboratory and radiological tests and results.

•Order and interpret lab tests to obtain more information for underlying pathologies.

•Prescribe medications or drugs and provide comprehensive instructions for administration to nursing staff, allied health care staff and patients.

•Make professional, autonomous decisions per role as Clinical Emergency and Hospital Consultant in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from another healthcare professional.

•Offer expert clinical opinions relating to patients of all age groups as they present in the Emergency Department and during their staff in the hospital medical floors by taking independent responsibility for the clinical care of such patients.

•Develop & administer healthcare management plans in consultation with patients and in line with current treatment and management protocols.

•Provide holistic care and health education per clinical practice guidelines.

•Admit or discharge patients to and from the caseload, ensuring referrals are made to other healthcare professionals and providers as appropriate.

•Carry out comprehensive and systematic assessments of patients and manage them based on clinical guidelines and evidence based practice.

•Work alongside and maintain good communication channels with other specialist services to optimize patient care and treatment outcomes.

•Prescribing in accordance with the practice based system, guidelines and protocols.

•Undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a consultant Emergency, Hospitalist, and Family Medicine working alongside primary care providers.

Job Experience:

01/2014 to present

Emergency, Hospital, and General Medicine Consultant Physician, Department of Emergency and Family Medicine, Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region, Regina, SK.

ER and Hospital Physician in Saskatchewan (Moosomin, Melfort, Porcupine Plain, Nopawin) and,

ER and Hospital PhysicianAlberta (Carstairs, Claresholm, Didsbury)

08/2013

SIPPA Emergency, Hospital, and General Physician Candidate, Melfort Union Hospital, Melfort, Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan SIPPA Residency Program

CCFP

08/2011 – 08/2013

●Held position as Emergency and Hospital Physician at Regina Mundi Catholic Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

●Held position as Emergency and Hospital Attending Physician, New Ikeja Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

02/2010-08/2010

Prior to starting my Emergency AND Hospital Practice postgraduate training in 08/2013, worked as an Emergency Physician at the Regina Mundi Catholic Hospital in Lagos Nigeria for 6 months. I returned to this same hospital after completing my postgraduate training in 08/2011 as a full time Emergency room physician while practicing Hospital Medicine as well.

Extensive working experience in developing country with heavy trauma and emergency room cases. Managing most complex multi-trauma cases and high traffic.

US AND CANADA MEDICAL BOARD EXAMINATIONS AND ECFMG CERTIFICATION

2012-2016 Medical Council of Canada Evaluation Exam, MCCEE - 382 (01/2012) -Passed

Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Exam I, MCCQE I- 391- 10/201-Passed

Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Exam II, MCCQE II – 12/2013 -Passed

LMCC Certified- 12/2013 -Passed

NAC OSCE – PASSED 03/2015

CCFP (CANADA) - PASSED in 2017 - Consultant Family and Emergency Physician

United States Medical Licensing Examinations, USMLE/ECFMG Certified

USMLE Step 1 - Basic Medical Science- 229 (07/2012) -Passed

USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge - 219- (01/2012) -Passed

USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills - Pass-( 03/2012)

USMLE Step 3 - 214 (Passed)

June 2020 Passed source verification with the DHA and Dataflow and passed the DHA CBT exam on September 16, 2020 -DHA Eligibility

U.S./CANADA EXTERNSHIPS AND OBSERVERSHIPS

04/2013 – 07/2013 POSTGRADUATION EXTERN while keeping position as GP in Nigeria, Orthopedic surgery and Sports Medicine, Texas Bone and Joint Center, Irving, TX

Under direct clinical supervision of Dr. Deepak Chavda and Dr. Mahendra Patel

Observed patient care in clinics and partook in clinical history taking, examination and clinician-supervised intra-articular joint injections. This was intended to help my residency application in the US.

04/2012 – 05/2012 POSTGRADUATION EXTERN while keeping position as GP in Nigeria, Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Under direct supervision of Dr. Mona Pevil-Ulysse observing patient care in clinic and partook in clinic history taking, clinical examination and management including intra-articular joint injections

05/2012 – 06/2012 POSTGRADUATION EXTERN, Internal Medicine and Family medicine, Brooklyn, New York

Under direct clinical supervision of Dr. Emmanuel Valerie observing and partaking in clinical history taking, clinical examination and management in an outpatient and inpatient setting under the New York Methodist hospital setting.

06/2012 - -7/2012 POSTGRADUATION EXTERN, Internal Medicine, Hospital and Critical Care Medicine, Floyd Medical Center, Rome, Georgia

Under the direct clinical supervision of Dr. Brij Singh, I did observe and partook in clinical history taking, clinical examination and management in an inpatient setting. Dr. Singh as the supervising attending discussed all cases with me and we worked out management plans after discussing various pathophysiology underlying the medical conditions presenting.

08/2009 Medical Student Observer, Pediatric Surgery, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital and Clinic, Miami, FL

●Observed patient care in clinics, the operating room, and inpatient wards

●Attended clinical meetings and grand rounds

●Took part in clinical presentations

01/2009 Medical Student Elective, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Toronto East General Hospital, University of

Toronto, Toronto, Canada (01/09)

Assisted residents with patient management duties in both the inpatient unit and outpatient clinics

Assessed patients referred for consultation under the direct supervision of the attending physicians

Gained experience in the operating room, where I had the opportunity to assist the residents and attending physicians

Attended academic meetings and presentations.

INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PRACTICE TRAINING

2011 Medical House Officer, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria (08/2010-08/2011)

●Worked in the capacity of a General practitioner with patient management duties at the in-patient, outpatient, Emergency room, ICU; attended clinics and assessed and managed patients referred.

●Assisted in the operating rooms, prepared and presented didactic lectures and seminars

●Attended academic events including conferences, academic ground rounds, and journal clubs

●Worked in the specialties of Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, and psychiatry.

MEDICAL EDUCATION

2010 M.B.B.S. / MD, November 2009, Licensed JANUARY 2010, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria (03/2003- 11/2009)

PREMED AND MEDICAL CURRICULUM: (03/03-04/04)

Biology, Physics, Chemistry Advanced Mathematics

Graduating GPA of 4.5/5.0

POST GRADUATE GENERAL PRACTICE TRAINING: (08/2010-08/2011)

Medicine (8 weeks); Surgery (12weeks); Pediatrics (12weeks); Ob/Gynecology (8weeks); Psychiatry (8 weeks)

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Provost Hematology Award, 2009

Best Graduating Student in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2009

CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND SYMPOSIA

2009 Presenter, the 16th Canadian Conference on Global Health, CSIH, Ottawa, ON, Canada

(10/25/09-10/28/09)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2008 Final Year Medical Student Researcher, University of Lagos College of Medicine, Lagos, Nigeria (2009)

●Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Women shop-owners in an Urban Market concerning Pap Smear; Supervised by Dr. Ebuehi, M.O

●Determining the Influence of Religion on the Knowledge and Attitude about HIV/AIDS and the Sexual Behavior of Secondary School Adolescents Attending Public and Missionary Schools in Nigeria; Supervised by Dr. Ayankogbe O.O

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Izekor, I.T; Borire, A.A, et al. "Determining Influence of Religion on Knowledge and Attitude about HIV

And Sexual Behavior of Secondary School Adolescents Attending Public/ Missionary Schools in

Nigeria.” Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine Vol. 18, No. 4, Oct-Dec 2008

Izekor, Imafidon. “The Knowledge, attitude and practice of market women in an urban market concerning cervical

Cancer and its screening methods In Lagos, Nigeria.” The 16th Canadian Conference on International

Health in Ottawa, Canada, 2009. Presentation

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

2007 Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA) (2007-present)

Action Group on Adolescent Health (2007-present)

Saskatchewan Medical Association

Canadian Medical Association

Canadian Medical Protective Association

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan

CERTIFICATIONS

2012. Basic HIPAA Online Training Certificate (02/12)

ACLS Certification 01/2013 -up-to-date

ATLS - Up-to-date

U.S. Pre-Clinical Healthcare Acculturation Certificate, AmeriClerkships Medical Society, Irvine, CA (02/12)

UNITED STATES ECFMG Certification 07/2013

CANADA LMCC 12/2013

HOBBIES, INTERESTS, AND OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

●Playing chess with the grand-masters software as well as playing Scrabble and completing Sudoku puzzles

●Listening to Handel, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and other classical composers/works

●Watching professional and college soccer (I only wish I could play that well)

●Soccer/Football

●Scrabble

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