Okonjo-Iweala’s son, Uchechi, breaks medical record in the US

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Okonjo-Iweala’s son, Uchechi, breaks medical record in the US

The WTO boss, Okonjo-Iweala, announced that her son was one of the first spinal surgeons in Maryland to perform a successful navigated lumbar spinal fusion using a robot. The proud mother took to her Twitter account to share the good news, as she congratulated and encouraged her son on his medical feat.

Here are a few facts about Dr. Iweala:

  • Dr Uchechi Iweala is the son of the Director-General, World Trade Organization, WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
  • He grew up in Maryland and attended St. Albans in DC.
  • He later obtained Bachelor’s and Masters’s Degrees from Harvard University.
  • He completed his residency training in orthopaedic surgery at George Washington University.
  • He has a fellowship in spine surgery at New York University.
  • Dr. Iweala broke the record as one of the first spinal surgeons in Maryland to perform a successfully navigated lumbar spinal fusion using a robot.
  • He majors in Robotic Spine Surgery, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Cervical and Lumbar Disc Replacement, Spinal Fusion/Arthrodesis, Nerve Releases, etc.
  • Dr Iweala has published numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed academic papers, including the International Journal of Spine Surgery and the Journal of Orthopaedics.
  • He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Lumbar Spine
  • Research Society and the North American Spine Society
  • He has worked on health projects in South Africa and Ghana.
  • Dr. Iweala recently co-founded a surgery centre in Nigeria with his father, a trained neurosurgeon.

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