Visiting Scholars and Scientists

Okechukwu Ogah

Lown Scholar

Global Health and Population

osogah56156@gmail.com


Overview

Dr Ogah is a Senior Lecturer in Cardiology at the Department of Medicine , University of Ibadan and Consultant Physician/Cardiologist in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. He holds Ph.D. in Medicine from the University of the Witwatersrand South Africa, and an MSc in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics and a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) both from the University of Ibadan. He is a fellow of the West African College of Physicians, Nigerian Cardiac Society, European Cardiac Society and American College of Cardiology.
He is a Bernard Lown visiting scholar at the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and the current President of the Nigerian Cardiac Society.
His research interests include surveys on cardiovascular risk factors, national heart disease registries, continental heart failure registries, pericarditis, rheumatic heart disease, pulmonary hypertension and systemic hypertension. He has over 120 publications in peer reviewed journals. He is married with children.

Fellowship in Cardiology, 04/2002, Cardiology
University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Fellowship in Cardiology, 04/2003, Cardiology
King's College Hospital, London United Kingdom

Certtificate in Epidemiology and Global Health, 08/2009, Epidemiology and Global Health
University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

MBBS, 09/1995, Medicine and Surgery
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

MSc, 09/2004, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

FWACP, 10/2004, Internal Medicine/ Cardiology
West African Postgraduate Medical College, Lagos, Nigeria

PhD, 12/2016, Internal Medicine
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa


Bibliography

Determinants of First-Ever Stroke Severity in West Africans: Evidence From the SIREN Study.

Adebayo O, Akpa O, Asowata OJ, Fakunle A, Sarfo FS, Akpalu A, Wahab K, Obiako R, Komolafe M, Owolabi L, Osaigbovo GO, Okekunle AP, Sunmonu T, Tiwari HK, Jenkins C, Arulogun O, Appiah L, Akinyemi J, Adeoye AM, Ogbole G, Yaria J, Arnett D, Adebayo P, Calys-Tagoe B, Ogah OS, Balogun O, Ogunjimi L, Mensah Y, Agbogu-Ike OU, Akinyemi R, Ovbiagele B, Owolabi MO.

J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 06 20. 12(12):e027888. PMID: 37301737

Correction to: African Control of Hypertension through Innovative Epidemiology and a Vibrant Ecosystem (ACHIEVE): novel strategies for accelerating hypertension control in Africa.

Owolabi M, Olowoyo P, Mocumbi A, Ogah OS, Odili A, Wahab K, Ojji D, Adeoye AM, Akinyemi R, Akpalu A, Obiako R, Sarfo FS, Bavuma C, Beheiry HM, Ibrahim M, El Aroussy W, Parati G, Dzudie A, Singh S, Akpa O, Kengne AP, Okekunle AP, de Graft Aikins A, Agyemang C, Ogedegbe G, Ovbiagele B, Garg R, Campbell NRC, Lackland DT, Barango P, Slama S, Varghese CV, Whelton PK, Zhang XH.

J Hum Hypertens. 2023 Apr 28. PMID: 37117875

African Control of Hypertension through Innovative Epidemiology and a Vibrant Ecosystem (ACHIEVE): novel strategies for accelerating hypertension control in Africa.

Owolabi M, Olowoyo P, Mocumbi A, Ogah OS, Odili A, Wahab K, Ojji D, Adeoye AM, Akinyemi R, Akpalu A, Obiako R, Sarfo FS, Bavuma C, Beheiry HM, Ibrahim M, El Aroussy W, Parati G, Dzudie A, Singh S, Akpa O, Kengne AP, Okekunle AP, de Graft Aikins A, Agyemang C, Ogedegbe G, Ovbiagele B, Garg R, Campbell NRC, Lackland DT, Barango P, Slama S, Varghese CV, Whelton PK, Zhang XH.

J Hum Hypertens. 2023 Apr 19. PMID: 37076570

Patient-level and system-level determinants of stroke fatality across 16 large hospitals in Ghana and Nigeria: a prospective cohort study.

Sarfo FS, Akpa OM, Ovbiagele B, Akpalu A, Wahab K, Obiako R, Komolafe M, Owolabi L, Ogbole G, Fakunle A, Okekunle AP, Asowata OJ, Calys-Tagoe B, Uvere EO, Sanni T, Olowookere S, Ibinaiye P, Akinyemi JO, Arulogun O, Jenkins C, Lackland DT, Tiwari HK, Isah SY, Abubakar SA, Oladimeji A, Adebayo P, Akpalu J, Onyeonoro U, Ogunmodede JA, Akisanya C, Mensah Y, Oyinloye OI, Appiah L, Agunloye AM, Osaigbovo GO, Adeoye AM, Adeleye OO, Laryea RY, Olunuga T, Ogah OS, Oguike W, Ogunronbi M, Adeniyi W, Olugbo OY, Bello AH, Ogunjimi L, Diala S, Dambatta HA, Singh A, Adamu S, Obese V, Adusei N, Owusu D, Ampofo M, Tagge R, Fawale B, Yaria J, Akinyemi RO, Owolabi MO.

Lancet Glob Health. 2023 04. 11(4):e575-e585. PMID: 36805867