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 Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:30 am Post subject: Dr. Christian Nwankwo - Physician Honoured |
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Nigerian Physician Honoured
A Nigerian physician of 21 years practice, Dr. Christian Nwankwo was among fifty influential minorities in business recently honoured at the 3rd Annual Awards Luncheon of the Minority Business and Professional Network, Inc.
The impressive ceremony which attracted the cream of business community in Washington and its environ took place recently at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Nwankwo is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Primary Care, Inc. located in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
A 1980 medical graduate of University of Ibadan, the premier medical school in Nigeria and Africa, Dr. Nwankwo did his Master of Public Health at Johns Hopkins Medical Institute in Baltimore, Maryland and residency programme at Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C. In addition, he is a follow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
Dr. Nwankwo set up the Capital Primary Care Mentor Protege Programme to encourage new nurses and doctors especially foreign trained immigrant physicians. Beneficiaries of the programme include medical, nursing and physician assistant students at Howard University.
An active philanthropist, Dr. Nwankwo is involved in Health Education and Community Campaign for African immigrants and provides food and free medical services to the poor and indigent communities of Montgomery and Price Georges' counties here in the United States.
Back home in his native country Nigeria, Dr. Nwankwo's foundation provides scholarships for university education as well as sponsor a large library programme for local medical students. He runs a free two-week clinic in his hometown twice a year.
Dr. Nwankwo is married to Dr. Cecilia Nwankwo, a pediatrician and are both blessed with four children.
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