Dr. Uchechi Iweala, the son of World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonji-Iweala, has set a medical record in Maryland, United States.
The WTO chief stated on Thursday that her son was one of the first spinal surgeons in Maryland to perform a successful navigated lumbar spinal fusion using a robot.
Dr. Iweala is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in spine surgery, according to the Center for Advanced Orthopeadics.
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The doctor earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Harvard, and his orthopaedic surgery residency training at George Washington University. Dr. Iweala also completed a spine surgery fellowship at New York University.
Robotic Spine Surgery, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Cervical and Lumbar Disc Replacement, Spinal Fusion/Arthrodesis, Nerve Releases, and other procedures are among his specialties.
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