U.S-based National Medical Association, NMA, has selected a
Nigerian, Prof. Samuel Dagogo–Jack, as the NMA Internal Medicine Section
Physician of the year
Dagogo-Jack, a Professor of Medicine and Director, Division of
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Director, Clinical Research Centre
at the University of Tennessee Health Science Centre, Memphis, U.S.A., was
selected based on his work in pathology of pre-diabetes and diabetes.
The letter conveying his selection read: “You have been selected
to receive this honour based on your work and research in pathology of
pre-diabetes and diabetes and your continued dedication to the NMA Internal
Medicine Section.
“We would like to honour you during our annual NMA 2018
Convention and Scientific Assembly in Toronto, Canada, at our Internal Medicine
Section dinner on Sunday evening, July 28, 2013.”
Dagogo-Jack, who hails from Rivers State, holds the A.C. Mullins
Endowed Chair in Translational Research at the University of Tennessee.
He also holds an MD and a second doctorate in medical research
from the University of Ibadan College of Medicine in Nigeria, an MSc from the
University of Newcastle‚ and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of
London, the American College of Physicians and the American College of
Endocrinology.
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