Christopher Chigbo Ekwempu

Background

Ekwempu, Christopher Chigbo was born on March 7, 1936 in Awka, Anambra, Nigeria. Son of Isiah Osekwe and Beatrice Warri (Eribevbe) Ekwempu.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University College London, 1963.

Career

Registrar obstetrics-gynecology., Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, England, 1967-1969; consultant, Pumwani Maternity, Nairobi, Kenya, 1969-1974; lecturer, associate professor, professor, Ahmadu Bello U., Zaria, Nigeria, 1974-1992; consultant, head obstetrics-gynecology. department, Goroka (Papua New Guinea) Base Hospital, since 1992. Project director Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in ReproductiveHealth, Baltimore, 1979-1982. Consultant I.P.A.S., Canboro, North Carolina, 1990-1992, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, New Delhi, India, 1992.

Achievements

• Christopher Chigbo Ekwempu has been listed as a noteworthy Obstetric-gynocologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal College Ob-Gyn. Member British Medical Association, Society Ob-Gyn. Nigeria (examiner 1979-1990).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, travel, horticulture, collecting classical music recordings.

Connections

Married Faith Sonachi Okoli, March 19, 1966. Children: Chinedu, Ebele, Ndubisi.

Father:

Isiah Osekwe Ekwempu

Mother:

Beatrice Warri (Eribevbe) Ekwempu

Spouse:

Faith Sonachi Okoli

child:

Ndubisi Ekwempu

child:

Ebele Ekwempu

child:

Chinedu Ekwempu