TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: Emuobor ODEGHE

POSITION: Senior Lecturer                           SPECIALISATION: Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology)

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

 Personal Statement

I am a senior lecturer at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria, where I teach undergraduate students, and postgraduate residents and fellows in Medicine and Gastroenterology. I conduct clinical research, and my research interests include hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cirrhosis, viral hepatitis, gastrointestinal endoscopy, and gastrointestinal bleeding. I am also a gastroenterologist practising at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, Nigeria where I provide specialist outpatient, emergency and in-patient care to patients with gastrointestinal (GI) and liver diseases such as chronic viral hepatitis, liver fibrosis, liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, peptic ulcers and GI bleeding. I am proficient in specialty-based investigations that evaluate the presence of GI and liver disease such as liver biopsy, liver aspiration, transient elastography, and GI endoscopy. I am a member of the Lagos State Viral Hepatitis Control Technical Working Group, whose aim is to eliminate viral hepatitis in Lagos state. In addition, I participate in community outreach programmes that increase awareness of viral hepatitis and its complications.

  Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

●     Member, Lagos State Viral Hepatitis Control Technical Working Group, August 2024 to date.

●     Member, Society on Liver Disease in Africa, January 2021 to date.

●     Fogarty trainee: Masters of Science in Health Analytics, Northwestern University, USA, June 2020 to June 2023.

●     Member, Women in Hepatitis, Africa, January 2017 to date.

●     Member, Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, December 2013 to date.

●     Auditor II, Society for Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Nigeria, July 2023 to date.

●     Member, Nigerian Medical Association, March 1999 to date.

●     Merit award for outstanding Youth Corper, Surulere LGA, National Youth Services Corps, 2003.

●     Journal reviewer (Journal of Clinical Sciences; Nigerian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Cureus Journal of Medicine; Tropical Medicine & International Health; BMC Gastroenterology; Health Science Reports; Journal of Global Infectious Diseases; Scientific Reports.

  Selected Most Recent Publications  /Contributions to Knowledge 

1. Odeghe, E., Oyeleke, G., Odofin, M., Duguru, M., Davwar, P., Nyam, D., Lesi, O., Okeke, E., Adelabu, H., Odukoya, O., Akanmu, A., Adeyemo, W., Abdulkareem, F., Imade, G., Joyce, B., Khan, I., Chandler, A., Sagay, A., Murphy, R., Hou, L., & Hawkins, C. (2024). “Hepatitis B and C virus co-infection and their association with liver disease in persons with HIV in Nigeria”, J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care, 23, 23259582241292511. doi: 10.1177/23259582241292511
2. Asaolu, O.  I., Odeghe, E.A., Oyeleke, G. K., Onyekwere, C. A., & Lesi, O. A. (2024). “Hepatitis B virus serology in first-degree relatives and spouses of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma at a Nigerian hospital”, Niger J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 16(1), 1-7
3. Odeghe, E. A., Owoseni, O. O., Chukwudike, E. S., Adeniyi, O. F., Adigun, B. E., Oyeleke, G. K., Oluyemi, A. O., & Lesi, O. A. (2023). “Appropriateness and diagnostic yield of open access gastroscopy in two tertiary centers in South-western Nigeria”, African Health Sci, 23(2), 386–392.
4. Odeghe, E., Oluyemi, A., Oyeleke, G., Adeniyi, O., & Nwude, V. (2023). “Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy findings in adults with dyspepsia younger than 60 years in Lagos, Nigeria”, Niger J Gastroenter Hepatol, 15(2), 38-42
5. Davwar, P. M., Okeke, E., Duguru, M., Nyam, D., Bell, K., Odeghe, E. A., Oyeleke, G., Lesi, O. A., Singh, R., Kim, K. Y., Imade, G., Akanmu, A. S., Sagay, A. S., Ogunsola, F. T., Peters, M. G., Roberts, L. R., Hou, L., Murphy, R. L., & Hawkins, C. A. (2023). “Hepatocellular carcinoma presentation and prognosis among Nigerian adults with and without HIV”, PLoS One, 18(3), e0282539.

Collaborators/ Networks

i.      Dr. Claudia Hawkins, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

ii.     Prof. Edith Okeke, Department of Medicine, University of Jos & Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.

iii.    Prof. Lifang Hou, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

iv.   Dr. Aderemi Oluyemi, ReMay Medical Consultancy, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.

v.     African Hepatitis B/HIV-HBV Co-infection Clinical Research Network (AHBCRN).