Background
Okeahialam, Theodore Chukwunyere was born on July 4, 1931 in Ahiara-Mbiase, Imo State, Nigeria. Son of Paul Okeahialam and Eugenia Chileguka (Ihuoma) Okeahialam.
Okeahialam, Theodore Chukwunyere was born on July 4, 1931 in Ahiara-Mbiase, Imo State, Nigeria. Son of Paul Okeahialam and Eugenia Chileguka (Ihuoma) Okeahialam.
Student, University Ibadan, Nigeria, 1955. Doctor Child Health, University London, 1962. Doctor Tropical Medicine and Health, University Liverpool, England, 1962.
Medical officer General Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria, 1960-1961. Postgraduate training Hospital for Sick Children, London, 1961-1962, University London Postgraduate School Medicine-Hammersmith Hospital, 1962, University Liverpool School Tropical Medicine, 1962. Registrar Banbury Cross Hospital, Oxfordshire, England, 1993.
Specialist in pediatrics Massey Street Children's Hospital, Lagos, 1964-1966. Specialist in charge Nigerian sick children during civil war Hospital for Children, Libreville, Gabon, 1968-1970. Senior lecturer, consultant pediatrician University Dar es Salaam Medical School, Tanzania, 1970-1974.
Associate professor, then professor Enugu Campus, University Nigeria College Medicine, 1974-1989. Senior consultant, pediatrician Asir Central Hospital, Ministry Health, Abha, Saudi Arabia, 1989-1994, Sarat Abeidah (Saudi Arabia) Hospital, Ministry Health, since 1995. Consultant United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, Lagos, part-time 1985-1988.
Fellow Royal College Physicians (Edinburgh), Postgraduate Medical College, West African College Physicians. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pediatric Society Nigeria (treasurer 1975-1977, president 1978-1979), New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Maria Philomena Dozie, March 12, 1960. 4 children.