Ikenna Ihim (born 27 October 1984), is a

Nigerian-American Nigerian Americans ( ig, Ṇ́dị́ Naìjíríyà n'Emerịkà; ha, Yan Najeriyar asalin Amurka; yo, Àwọn ọmọ Nàìjíríà Amẹ́ríkà) are an ethnic group of Americans who are of Nigerian ancestry. The number of Nigerian immigran ...

doctor and philanthropist best known for his work on nasogastric intubation. Since 2020, he has been working on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Education and career

Ihim graduated from University of Maryland, College Park with a degree in biology, before preceding to

St. Matthew's University St. Matthew's University (SMU) is a Private university, private For-profit higher education in the United States, for-profit offshore medical school, offshore medical school located in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands in the Caribbean. SMU has a Sc ...

where he studied medicine and graduated in 2014. From 2015 to 2018, he went to

Coney Island Hospital The hospital's Behavioral Health Clinic Coney Island Hospital is a public teaching hospital located in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It is owned by NYC Health + Hospitals, a public benefit corporation of the city. ...

for his residency in internal medicine. He later got his medical license in North Carolina and became a board certified internist and started practicing in

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. During his time in the medical school, he furthered to Davenport University where he got an MBA in healthcare management, graduating in 2017.

Awards and recognition

Ihim received a chieftaincy title as Nze Ikeoha 1 of

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Personal life

Ihim was born in Owerri,

Imo State Imo State ( ig, Ȯra Imo) is a States of Nigeria, state in the South East (Nigeria), South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered to the north by Anambra State, Rivers State to the west and south, and Abia State to the east. It takes its n ...

, Nigeria. He is from Amorji-Ugwu, Nkwerre, Imo State. His father is Nze O.F.N. Ihim, a business tycoon and a former governorship candidate in Imo State. His mother is Daisy Ihim.

References

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