Nigerian Medical Journal

Editor-in-Chief

Professor Datonye Dennis Alasia

Professor of Internal Medicine and Consultant Physician at the University of Port Harcourt College of Health Sciences and Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He is a Past Editor in Chief of the Nigerian Journal of Medicine and The Nigerian Health Journal.

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Deputy Editor

Professor Abdulgafar Jimoh

Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria.

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Associate Editors


Professor Eyo Ekpe	Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria and Editor of the Ibom, Medical Journal. Email: [email protected]
Dr Tope Adeyemi	Dental Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at the College of Medical Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria Email: [email protected]
Dr Emmanuel Effa	Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Calabar, Nigeria and Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG) Editor and Senior Research Associate with Cochrane Nigeria. Email: [email protected]
Professor Abdulgafar Jimoh	Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria. Email: [email protected]
Professor Kelechi Okonta	Professor of Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Email: [email protected]
Professor Chinawa Josephat.	Professor of Paediatrics Cardiology at the University of Nigeria, Nigeria. Email: [email protected]
Professor Aliyu Mohamed Kodiya	Professor of Otology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria. Email: [email protected]
Dr Owa Olorunfemi Oludele.	Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Lecturer in Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo State, Nigeria. Email: [email protected]
Dr Abubakar Umar Musa	Associate Professor, Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Usman Dan-Fodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria. Email: [email protected]
Dr Bilqis Wuraola Alatishe-Muhamad	Public health specialist at the Kwara State Ministry of Health, Ilorin and Lincoln University College, Nigeria. Email: [email protected]
Dr Angela Ogechukwu Ugwu	Senior Lecturer and Consultant Physician in Haematology and Immunology at the University of Nigeria, Nigeria. Email: [email protected]

Editorial Advisers


Professor Iyopu Siminiayi	Nigeria	Professor of Pharmacology, at the College of Health Sciences and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Development of the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Professor Francis Uba	Nigeria	Professor of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Jos, Nigeria and a past Editor of the Nigerian Medical Journal.
Professor Darren Green	UK	Consultant in Nephrology Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine in the United Kingdom. He is a Member, Editorial Board International Journal of Drug Discovery, and Pharmacology
Professor Augustine Umoh	Nigeria	Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Uyo, Nigeria and a past Editor of the Nigerian Medical Journal.
Professor David J. Solomon	USA	Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University, with an interest in Medical Education and Open Access Publishing.
Professor Ifeoma Ulasi	Nigeria	Professor of Medicine and Nephrology at the University of Nigeria, Nigeria. She has vast Academic, Research and Editorial experience.
Professor Ibi Erekosima	UK	Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow University of Manchester Medical School and a Visiting Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Professor Rafique M. Moosa	South Africa	Professor and Executive Head, Department of Medicine, University of Stellenbosch and Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa.
Professor Venyir Mamzhi Ramyil	Nigeria	Professor of Surgery and Urology at the University of Jos, Nigeria.
Seyed Hossein Shahcheraghi	Iran	Infectious Diseases Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

Editorial Assistant & Office Manager

Ndubuisi Opurum	Editorial Assistant	[email protected]
Vincent Uba	Editorial Office Manager