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Wahab Idris AREMU
Orthopaedic And Trauma Surgeon
Department Of Orthoapaedics And Trauma, Federal Medical Centre, Bisi Onabanjo Way, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta,Ogun
Summary
To significantly contribute towards the prevention of preventable deaths, disabilities and help people live a healthy and productive life, I update my knowledge base despite years of cognate experience in orthopaedics and trauma surgery and I am enthusiastic to seek and maintain maintain job placement that offers professional challenges, with a view to utilizing sound professional skills, interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Head, Accident and Emergency Unit
Federal Medical Centre,
Abeokuta
01.2021 - Current
- Clinically and administratively supervises accident and emergency care in a 33-bedded A&E complex
- Liaise with the top management in planning and implementation of hospital policies
- Assists in staffing, training, and assessment of intern, residents, medical officers, nurses, paramedics, and other members of health care team
- Performs clinical audits, responds to enquiries, and writes reports
- Participates in MDT meetings, theatre users' committee and hospital’s epidemic & infection control committee.
Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon
Federal Medical, Centre
Abeokuta
12.2018 - Current
- Provides general orthopaedics specialist care for inpatients and outpatients (runs ward rounds, preoperative and postoperative rounds, general orthopaedic clinics and subspecialty clinics)
- Performs emergency and elective orthopaedic procedures like, debridement, external fixations, arthrotomies, reduction of joint dislocations, non-operative management of fractures, decompression, plate and screw osteosynthesis, DHS, nailing of long bone fractures, corrective osteotomies, sequestrectomies, limb ablative surgeries, soft tissue releases, etc.
- Performs office procedures like needle releases, intraarticular injections, steroid injections etc.
- Leads trauma team calls and a ends daily trauma meetings
- Provides limited subspecialty care in Arthroplasty, Paediatric orthopaedics, Spine, and complex trauma
- Actively involved in training of residents, interns, paramedics, and plaster technicians
- Participates actively in multidisciplinary team meetings and collaborates with allied healthcare professionals like physiotherapists, prosthesists & orthotists, plaster technicians, clinical psychologists etc.
- Provides community services in health promotion, road safety, injury prevention and campaign against quackery
- Conducts research and collaborates with other researchers.
Senior Registrar 1
Federal Medical Centre
Abeokuta
07.2018 - 11.2018
- Ensured smooth running of orthopaedic clinics, ward rounds, and orthopaedic wards and trauma calls under supervision of on-call consultants
- Prepared patients for surgery, actively participated in emergencies, elective surgeries as well as post operative care
- Participated actively in all training programs of the department
- Wrote referral letters, transfer notes, discharge summaries, death certificates, audit reports and so on.
Senior Registrar
Department Of Orthopaedics And Traumatology, University Of Ilorin Teaching Hospital(UITH)
Ilorin
10.2014 - 06.2018
- Carried out smooth running of ward rounds, general orthopaedic clinics, orthopaedic subspecialty clinics in Arthroplasty, Spine unit, Paediatric orthopaedic and Limb lengthening & deformity correction
- Conducted preoperative and postoperative rounds
- Coordinated call duties by supervising nurses, interns, junior residents and liaised with the on- call consultants
- Participated in daily trauma meetings, ground rounds, morbidity and mortality reviews, seminars, clinico-radiologic meetings, clinico-pathologic meetings, journal reviews and so on
- Actively involved in departmental research works.
Chief Resident
Department Of Orthopaedics And Traumatology, University Of Ilorin Teaching Hospital(UITH)
Ilorin
04.2015 - 06.2017
- Organized roster for doctors’ call duty, clinical rotation of residents & interns, intradepartmental and external training programs under the directive of consultants and the head of department.
- Led different cadre of medical doctors and support staff in day-to-day clinical activities of patient care and patient relatives engagement.
- Worked with pharmaceutical representatives and consumables manufacturers to organise drugs and products presentations.
- Managed conflicts between doctors, doctors-patient conflicts and doctors-other members of heath care team conflicts.
- Educated and mentored a number of medical students.
- Represented the department in some hospital programs.
Registrar
Surgery Department, University Of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH)
Ilorin
09.2011 - 09.2014
- Actively involved in patient management, emergency, and elective theatre sessions during clinical rotations in Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, General surgery, Burns & Plastic surgery, Urological surgery, Cardiovascular & Thoracic surgery, Paediatric surgery, Casualty & Emergency posting, Rural surgery posting, and Anaesthesia posting
- Participated actively in the training programs of each division and the department.
- Learnt good clinical practices and applied patient-centered care
Medical Officer
Ogo Oluwa Hospital
Bacita
07.2011 - 08.2011
- Assisted the medical director and other senior physicians in the care of diverse groups of patients under managed care system.
- Confirmed consistent and accurate medical record keeping practices.
Medical Officer on National Youth Service Corps
State Hospital Ila,
Ila-Orangun
07.2010 - 01.2011
- Supervised and coordinated the midwives, nurses, technicians, and other support staff to deliver patient-centered care in the hospital, essentially at primary health care level
- Participated in community development services.
- Completed patient referrals to other level care in specialist and teaching hospitals
- Conducted pre-school admission medical screening
- Monitored routine children immunization program
Medical Officer on Locum
Ringim Gunduma General Hospital,
Ringim
04.2010 - 06.2010
- Actively involved in the resuscitations of accident victims and medical emergencies.
- Worked with senior medical officers, and visiting specialists to assess and treat patients including surgical interventions.
- Ensured prompt referral and accompanied patient in few instances.
Intern Doctor
University Of Ilorin Teaching Hospital(UITH)
Ilorin
03.2009 - 03.2010
- Participated in all round care of patients during clinical rotations in Surgery, Internal medicine, Paediatrics & Child health, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Phlebotomy and Accident & Emergency
- Ordered and executed various tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient condition.
- Provided emergent medical care and treatment for life-threatening injuries and illnesses as the first on call.
Education
Membership Certificate (MRCSEd) -
Royal College of Surgeons Of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 09.2022 - 03.2023
Certificate in Leadership And Management in Health -
University of Washington
Washington DC, United State America. 04.2020 - 06.2020
Fellowship Certificate (FWACS) - Orthopaedics And Trauma Surgery
West African College of Surgeons (WACS)
Lagos, Nigeria 09.2011 - 10.2018
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB; BS) - Medicine And Surgery
University of Ilorin
Ilorin, Nigeria 05.2002 - 01.2009
Skills
Sound Communication skills Good leadership skills and teamwork spirit Indebt appreciation of fundamental human rights Competence in Information and communication Technology (ICT)
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with my team in reducing patient waiting time at the Accident & Emergency point of care, clinics and elective operation booking time.
Affiliations
Member, Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), 2018 - to present.
Member, Nigerian Orthopaedic Association (NOA) 2014 – to present.
Member, SICOT 2019 – to present.
Member, AO Trauma 2020 – to present.
Member, Islamic Medical Associa on of Nigeria (IMAN) 2011 – to present.
Interests
Additional Information
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
· Medical student lectures and tutorials, UITH, Ilorin
· Nurses’ postgraduate seminars (Study Day), Nursing service Department, UITH, Ilorin
· Didactics lectures and Tutorials, School of Orthopaedic Cast Technology, UITH, Ilorin
PUBLICATIONS & ONGOING RESEARCH
· Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Oko –Erin Community on Malaria Prevention (Undergraduate Dissertation, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health,
University of Ilorin)
· Autologous Anterior Iliac Crest Bone Graft: Determinants of Donor Site Morbidity in UITH, Ilorin (WACS Fellowship Dissertation)
· Orthopaedics Sub-specialization in a Developing Country- Surgical Outpatient Outlook (The journal of Surgery and Surgical Sciences, Volume2, No1, April 2019)
· The Challenges and Outcome of Operative Management of Acetabular fracture in UITH, Ilorin (Due for Publication in West Africa Journal of Medicine)
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
AO ALLIANCE Workshop on Non operative Management of Fractures, Ondo 2016, Ondo, Nigeria
AO ALLIANCE Basic Principle of Fracture Management course 2018, Kigali, Rwanda
59th Annual Scientific and All Fellow Conference of WACS, Dakar 2019, Senegal
Nigeria Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Conferences and General Meetings 2021 and 2022
REFEREES
DR A.A FADIMU
Consultant Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon,
Ag Head of Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta.
Tel: +2348030610274, email: bidemifadimu@yahoo.com
DR OLADOSU WALIU.O.
Consultant Chemical Pathologist and Andrologist
Head of Department of Chemical Pathology, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta.
Tel: +2347039894960, email: waliumed@yahoo.com
DR MURITALA SULAIMON
Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and aesthetics surgeon, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta.
Tel: +2348059365777, email: m_sulaimon@yahoo.com
Timeline
Membership Certificate (MRCSEd) -
Royal College of Surgeons Of Edinburgh
09.2022 - 03.2023
Head, Accident and Emergency Unit
Federal Medical Centre,
01.2021 - Current
Certificate in Leadership And Management in Health -
University of Washington
04.2020 - 06.2020
Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon
Federal Medical, Centre
12.2018 - Current
Senior Registrar 1
Federal Medical Centre
07.2018 - 11.2018
Chief Resident
Department Of Orthopaedics And Traumatology, University Of Ilorin Teaching Hospital(UITH)
04.2015 - 06.2017
Senior Registrar
Department Of Orthopaedics And Traumatology, University Of Ilorin Teaching Hospital(UITH)
10.2014 - 06.2018
Fellowship Certificate (FWACS) - Orthopaedics And Trauma Surgery
West African College of Surgeons (WACS)
09.2011 - 10.2018
Registrar
Surgery Department, University Of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH)
09.2011 - 09.2014
Medical Officer
Ogo Oluwa Hospital
07.2011 - 08.2011
Medical Officer on National Youth Service Corps
State Hospital Ila,
07.2010 - 01.2011
Medical Officer on Locum
Ringim Gunduma General Hospital,
04.2010 - 06.2010
Intern Doctor
University Of Ilorin Teaching Hospital(UITH)
03.2009 - 03.2010
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB; BS) - Medicine And Surgery
University of Ilorin
05.2002 - 01.2009
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