Background
Chima, Sylvester Chidi was born on December 6, 1960 in Calabar, Cross Rivers State, Nigeria. Son of Paul Nwokocha and Virginia Ukauwa Chima.
Chima, Sylvester Chidi was born on December 6, 1960 in Calabar, Cross Rivers State, Nigeria. Son of Paul Nwokocha and Virginia Ukauwa Chima.
Bachelor of Medicine, BCh, University Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, 1984. Master of Laws in Medical Law, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, 2006.
Senior medical officer Muhktari Memorial Hospital, Kano, Nigeria, 1987—1989. Specialist registrar histopathology Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria, 1990—1992. Postgraduate physician pathology Howard University Hospital, Washington, 1993—1995.
Neuropathology resident Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1995—1996. Visiting associate National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1997—1999. Consultant pathologist Micro-T Medical Laboratories, Kaduna, Nigeria, since 1998.
Neuropathology fellow Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, 1999—2000. Collaborative researcher National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, 2000—2002. Associate professor St. Mathews University School Medicine, Georgetown, Cayman Islands, 2003—2004.
Postgraduate research scholar Northumbria University School Law, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 2004—2006. Independent medico-legal consultant London, since 2006.
Member Nigerian National Youth Service Corps, Kano, 1986—1987. Member of American Association Neuropathologists, American Medical Association, College American Pathologists, Science Advisory Board.
Married Augustina Obiamaka Maduagwu, November 30, 1990. Children: Bruno Chidiadi, Bianca Chizoba, Benjamin Chinedu.