Dr Gertie Chimeka, other Akalites partner with Nigerian doctors.
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Dr Gertie Chimeka-Anyakwoke, an Umuaka born consultant physician, infectious disease specialist and her team in the United States and the Americas have come to the rescue of the Nigerian doctors and medical practice. According to the fillers the Umuaka Times correspondent in America gathered, the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas ANPA, in a sound collaboration with the Federal Medical Centre FMC, Abuja will be building the capacity of Nigerian medical practitioners on Covid19 and other general medical challenges.
Every month, ANPA will engage Nigerian doctors via a Zoom meeting to discuss and offer her contributions to the Nigerian doctors on several capacities.
Umuaka Times gathered that the program has since last week, kick started. There are also other American based doctors from Umuaka who are members of the group. Such members include Doctor Uche Ojiaku, Dr Ifeanyi Amuzie and Dr Mrs Anyakudo (married in Ekwe).
The program which has been christened Collaborative Grand Round has as main event discussions on “current trends in the management of aortic stenosis including transcatheter aortic value replacement (TAVR).
When Umuaka Times spoke with Dr Gertie Chimeka-Anyakwoke about the program in a recent interview, she expressed happiness that Nigerian doctors in America and their counterparts in Nigeria will use this opportunity to reach out to many Nigerians who are in dare need of such medical information. Dr Gertie Chimeka-Anyakwoke had already moderated the last week segment of the program which was held on September 24, 2021. The next Zoom meeting according to the details Umuaka Times gathered will be held in October.
