Prof. Obinna D. Onodugo

Prof. Obinna D. Onodugo is the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu. He holds an MBBS degree, Membership of the West African College of Physicians, Fellowship of the West African College of Physicians, an MBA in Business Administration, and a Fellowship in Public Administration. Before he became the CMD of UNTH Ituku-Ozalla, he had been a Lecturer and Consultant Nephrologist with the College of Medicine of the University of Nigeria (UNN) and UNTH Ituku-Ozalla. He is very hard working and focused, and has held numerous positions of trust.

He is a past chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) Enugu State; a former National Executive Council member of the national NMA, and national NMA chairman, Committee on Telemedicine. He is a former chairman of the UNTH Hospital Accreditation Committee, which tirelessly oversaw the continuous accreditation of the different clinical and non-clinical units and departments of the hospital. He has held other committee positions both at the College of Medicine, UNN, and UNTH Ituku-Ozalla.

Prof. Onodugo was the initiator and co-founder of the Consortium for Advocacy and Research (CADRE). He was an Executive member (Ex-officio) of the Nigerian Association of Nephrologists, a Member of the African Association of Nephrologists, and a Member of the International Society of Nephrology. He remains the Patron of the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS), and staff adviser to the Medical Students Research and Humanitarian Society (MEDRHUS). He has received numerous community service awards stemming from many community-based activities, and from founding and chairing many youth groups. He has delivered numerous public health enlightenment seminars for communities, schools, churches and media houses, and has a number of peer reviewed publications in local and international journals.

Before joining the top management of UNTH Ituku-Ozalla, he was the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) of UNTH Ituku-Ozalla and sat in for the CMD at different periods over four years. He had also been the Director of Clinical Services and a Board member of UNTH Ituku-Ozalla. He is happily married to Nkiruka Onodugo, a Specialist Dermatologist, and they are blessed with children.

His passion is to see UNTH Ituku-Ozalla become the best in West Africa, and a global competitor in health care delivery.