Professional profile

Career level:
Executive (Director/Head of Department)

Status as medical specialist:
Accredited medical specialist

Medical specialty, field of interest:
Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Public Health

Research profile:
1. Onyeaghala CA, Alasia DD, Eyaru O, Nsirimobu P, Maduka O, Osemwegie N. et al Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) in an adolescent Nigerian girl with COVID-19: A call for vigilance in Africa. Int J Infect Dis 2021 Apr;105: 124-129 doi: 10. 1016/j. ijid.2021.02.017. 2. Migliori GB, Visca D, Van den Boom M, Tiberi S, Silva D, Centis R, et al Tuberculosis, COVID-19 and hospital admission: consensus on pros and cons based on a review of the evidence. Pulmonology Volume 27, Issue 3, June 2021, pages 248-256 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pulmoe.2020.12.016 3. Global Tuberculosis Network. Long-term outcomes of the global TB and COVID-19 coinfection cohort. Euro Resp Journal. http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00925-2023 4. Jeremy Walker, Todd McCarty, Gerald McGwin, Eloy E Ordaya, Paschalis Vergidis, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner et al. Description of Cryptococcosis following SARS-CoV-2 infection: A disease survey through the Mycosis Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSG-19).

Current (last) position held

Current employer company:
University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital
Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Job title:
Senior Registrar, Infectious diseases unit

Duration:
16 October 2019 - 04 November 2023

Work experience

Roles & Responsibilities:
Academic
• Supervises case presentations and bedside teachings/training of resident doctors in the department
• Coordinates postgraduate seminars in the Infectious Diseases unit, done by resident doctors and house officers

• Teaches medical students, intern doctors, and resident doctors rotating through the unit.
• Undertakes presentations in departmental meetings, symposia, and national and international conferences
• Engages in several capacity-strengthening programs and activities geared towards pandemic preparedness and response

Clinical
• Infectious Diseases Specialist outpatient clinic consultations
• Consultant in charge of inpatient management of infectious diseases, advanced HIV diseases, and other general medical conditions in the ID unit
• Coordinates the Adult HIV clinic and addresses issues of drug poor adherence, drug adverse effects, treatment failure, opportunistic infections & complications
• Isolation/Treatment center physician in charge of managing high-consequence infectious diseases such as COVID-19, DR-TB, Mpox, Lassa fever & other emerging infectious diseases

Research
• Designs and implements various clinical and epidemiologic studies on behalf of the Infectious Diseases unit
• Lead Clinician, LSTM-funded Nigeria Mpox clinical characterization study (UPTH site)
• Sub-investigator for the WHO Solidarity plus Clinical trial (UPTH site)
• Site physician in the WHO-funded B STREAM Regimen at the DR-TB center (UPTH site)
• Supervises master’s theses for postgraduate students
• Reviews dissertation research projects for Part 2 fellows

Community/Public Health Service
• Supports infectious disease outbreak response, management, and policy in support of national response programs.
• Supports community engagement and good participatory practice aimed at addressing emerging infectious diseases of significant public health importance.
• Community-based health advocacy for infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, SARS-CoV-2, Lassa fever, mpox, hepatitis, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases.
• Coordinates NGO supported community based medical outreaches/interventions.

Leadership

• Served in several committees of international and national infectious diseases societies:
• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Fellows Subcommittee (member) 2022 to 2023
• Nigerian Infectious Diseases Society (NIDS) Epidemic/Outbreak Preparedness Committee (member) 2022-date.
• NIDS Research Priority Subcommittee (member) 2022-date
• Member, National Technical Working Group (TWG) on Mpox 2024 to date
• Member, National Mpox Vaccine Deployment Team
• Member, WHO AMR Community of Practice 2022 to date
• Secretary, IPC/AMS Committee, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 2023 to date
• Facility Lead/Coordinator, US-CDC-funded HIV/AIDS Program
• Secretary, NMA National Committee on Infectious Diseases
• Coordinator, US-CDC-funded HIV Care and Treatment Program

2016-2023 Resident Doctor, Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, University of Port-Harcourt Teaching Hospital
During the residency training, I served in the following positions:
• NARD Fundraising Committee (member) 2021-2022.
• NARD Research Collaborative Network (4th Batch) 2021-2023
• NARD Research and Statistics Committee UPTH chapter (secretary) 2021-2022
• Chief Resident, Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) 2021-2022

2017-Date Adult HIV/TB Physician, US CDC-funded HIV Programme, University of Port-Harcourt Teaching Hospital.