| SUMMARY |
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Practicing Spine Surgeon with extensive leadership experience. Over 35 publications on Spine and Orthopaedic Surgery, with an excellent client satisfaction record spanning 11 years. Very innovative and results orientated, with a focus on bottom line results and a track record of achieving and exceeding the standards of performance set out for any task. |
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| CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS |
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- Successfully did presentations at the Global Spine Conference (San Francisco, USA, Barcelona, Spain, and Gothenburg, Sweden) between 2009 – 2011 on treatment of spinal cord injuries, thoracic spine kyphosis, and spinal sagittal alignment.
- Participated in conferences and Symposiums on spine surgery in France, Switzerland, China, Germany, UAE, UK, India, Austria, Nigeria, United States, Spain, and Belgium between 2006 – 2015.
- Written 35 research works reviewed and published by European Spine Journal, Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, African Journal of Trauma, Emergency Medicine: Open Access.
- Successfully undertake the first spine surgery in Bauchi State, Nigeria
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| CORE COMPETENCE |
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- Spine Surgery
- Project Planning
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- Risk Assessment
- Facilitation
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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SPINECARE HOSPITAL, GWAGWALADA ABUJA
Consultant Spine Surgeon June 2014-Date
UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA TEACHING HOSPITAL, ABUJA
Consultant Spine Surgeon August 2008- Date
ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, BAUCHI
Visiting Consultant Spine Surgeon January 2013- January 2014 |
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| EDUCATION |
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West Africa College of Surgeon
Fellow (FWACS) 2008
AOSpine International
Fellow (AOSpine) 2006
University of Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria
MB, BS 1997 |
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| VISITED SPINE CENTERS/
FELLOWSHIPS |
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Khidi Fellowship (Endoscopic Spine Surgery) May –June 2018
- University of Leiden Medical Center
EANS Fellowship (Spine Sugery) Sept-October 2016
- Norton Leatherman Spine Center, Louisville, Kentucky USA
SRS Travelling Fellowship (Complex and Adult Spine Deformity) July 2013
- New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, USA
SRS Travelling Fellowship (Complex and Adult Spine Deformity) August 2010
- Paediatric University Hospital, Basel Switzerland
Synthes Spine Observership (Paediatric Spine Deformity) March 2009
- University Hospital Gent, Belgium
Spine Surgery Sep-Oct 2008
- Groote Schuur Hospital Cape Town, S/Africa
AOSpine Fellowship June 2007
- Inselspital Bern, Klinik fur OrthopadisheChirugie, Bern, Switzerland
Spine Surgery Oct-Dec 2006
- SchulthessKlinik, Zurich, Switzerland
Spine Surgery July-Sep 2006 |
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| MEMBERSHIPS |
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- AOSpine International
- Nigerian Orthopaedic Association
- West Africa Spine and Scoliosis Society
- South Africa Spine Society
- European Spine Society
- North American Spine Society
- European Association of Neurosurgical Society
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| REFEREES |
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Available on request. |
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