CALLISTUS UCHENNA NWACHUKWU

Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.

• Comparism of early postoperative complications between Mesh and Tissue repair of uncomplicated inguinal hernia in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Dr. Bello Muideen Abodunde, WACS DISSERTATION, 04/2023
• Effectiveness of use of Nerve stimulator in preventing recurrent laryngeal nerve injury during thyroidectomy in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Dr Mustapha Abdullahi Muhammed, WACS DISSERTATION, 10/2023
• Retrospective evaluation of pain outcome of endoscopic disectomy for symptomatic prolapsed lumbar intervertebral disc at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dala, Kano, Dr. Abdullahi Ibrahim Aliyu, Proposal for MSc Surgical Sciences

• Member of the Nigerian chapter of the European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.
• Member International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.
• Member, Association of Surgeons of Nigeria (ASON).
• Member, Nigeria Medical Association, Kano State branch.
• Member, Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, AKTH Branch.

• Date of Birth: 09/14/77
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married
• Religion: Christianity
• Place of Birth: Nru Umueze Oboama, Ezinihitte Mbaise, Imo State

• Awareness of and Attitude Towards Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Among Women Who Attended Immunization Clinic @ The Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano.
• Efficacy of POSSUM Scoring System in Predicting Mortality and Morbidity in Patients with Generalized Peritonitis at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano.
• Peritonitis Among Adolescents at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano. – An abstract submitted to the Association of Paediatric Surgeons of Nigeria (APSON) on the occasion of her 17th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference, KANO 2018.
• Splenic pseudocyst with splenocutaneous fistula: Case report and review of literature – Co-Author (Pyramid Journal of Medicine 2022; 5:177)
• Giant hepatic adenoma managed with anatomical right hepatectomy: A case report. Co-Author (Pyramid Journal of Medicine 2022;5:179)
• Routine sterile glove and instrument change at the time of abdominal wound closure to prevent surgical site infection (ChEETAh): a model-based cost effectiveness analysis of a pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial in seven low-income and middle-income countries. Co-Author (The Lancet Global Health).
• A prognostic model for use before elective surgery to estimate the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (GSU-Pulmonary Score): a development and validation study in three international cohorts. Co-Author (The Lancet Digital Health)

• 12/2024 - 02/2025, Observership in Liver Transplantation, Fortis Hospital, Noida, Gurugram and New Delhi, India
• 2023, Basic Life Support Training
• 2019, STATA statistical course for researchers
• 2019, International Oncology MDT Symposium by the African Research Group for Oncology (ARGO)
• 2018, Emergency Room Trauma Course of the International Committee of the Red Cross
• 2016, WACS 7TH Health Management and Ethics Course
• 2014, NPMCN Research Methodology
• 2013, WACS Manuscript Writing Workshop
• 2010, Basic Surgical Skills Course
• 2005, Skills Acquisition and Work Ethics
• 2005, HIV/AIDS Peer Education Training
• 2005, Post Abortion Care