Chinyelu Uchechukwu Anne Menakaya (born 4 June 1980) is a
Nigerian
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trauma and
orthopedic surgeon
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based in the
United Kingdom
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. She is the founder of Annomo Health concierge service,
which brings together doctors and hospitals to the awareness of patients.
Menakaya has held honorary lectures at Hull and York Medical Schools in
Yorkshire
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, United kingdom and works as a surgical medical student tutor for the
University College of London
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.
She is also the founder of Okwuís_Frocentric, a fashion line with African ideas.
Early life and education
She was born on 4 June 1980 to Dr.
Tim Menakaya (Nigeria's former Minister of Health) and Chief Magistrate Ann Menakaya in Nigeria. She hails from
Umunya
Umunya is an Olu Town and one of the five communities that make up Oyi Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State Nigeria. It is bordered by six neighbors: Ifite-Dunu, Awkuzu, Nteje, Nkwelle-Ezunaka, Ogbunike, and Umudioka. In the south ...
in
Anambra State
Anambra () is a States of Nigeria, state in Nigeria. It is located in the South East (Nigeria), South-eastern region of the country. The state was created on 27 August 1991. Anambra state is bounded by Delta State to the west, Imo State and Ri ...
of Nigeria.
She attended the
University of Ibadan
The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public university located in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Initially founded as the University College Ibadan in 1948, it maintained its affiliation with the University of London. In 1962, it became an independe ...
from 1999 to 2006. While there, she served as Director of Finance, Federation of African Medical and Dental Students, and later earned a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery. She then proceeded to the
Imperial College, London
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, in 2009 and earned a master's degree in surgical technology with supplementary module in medico-legal diploma from that college in 2011. She attended the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 2011 and she is a member of the
Royal College of Surgeons of England
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(MRCS RCSEng).
Career
Menakaya founded Annomo in 2013.
In 2020, the group donated boxes of masks to rural areas and hospitals in Nigeria.
Menakaya served as the development director (Europe) for RISE Global Health Initiative from July 2014 to September 2017. She served as clinical research fellow for Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals from August 2011 to August 2013. She was an orthopaedic trauma travelling and research fellow for
Harvard Medical School
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and
Massachusetts General Hospital
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from 2013 to 2016. In 2023, she became a
National Health Service
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(NHS) Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow.
Menakaya empowers victims of domestic violence through a non-profit organisation, Okwuí Mask Scheme, based in the United Kingdom and Nigeria.
Volunteer services
Menakaya served as the ice hockey doctor for the
Hull Stingrays
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The Stingrays replaced previous clubs Humberside Seaha ...
lce Hockey Club from September 2009 to August 2013. She has been a Foundation Board Member of
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
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NHS Foundation Trust since 2007. Menakaya was a mailroom and campaign volunteer for the Society for Protection of Unborn Children from July 2006 to August 2007 and director of CareConnect Incorporated since September 2015. She was an academic honorary clinical tutor for
Hull York Medical School
Hull York Medical School (HYMS) is a medical school in England which took its first intake of students in 2003. It was opened as a part of the British government's attempts to train more doctors, along with Brighton and Sussex Medical School, P ...
(HYMS) from August 2011 to August 2013.
Recognitions
Menakaya was awarded the Marcela Uribe Zamudio Award for Women Researchers (issued by SICOT.
) in November 2014; Travelling Fellow and Research Collaborator (issued by
Harvard
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Orthopedics Combined Residency Program) in September 2013;
and Year of the African Child Essay Award for
Eastern Nigeria
The Eastern Region was an political division, administrative region in Nigeria, dating back originally from the division of the colony Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, Southern Nigeria in 1954. Its first capital was Calabar. The capital was lat ...
(issued by
UNICEF
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) in June 1997.
Personal life
Menakaya is a cousin of
Lorenzo Menakaya
Tochukwu Lorenzo Uzonna Menakaya (born 4 April 1986) is a Nigerian on-air personality, actor, event host, filmmaker and singer. He received nominations for On-Air Personality (OAP) of the Year at The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) in 2011 and 20 ...
. The name of her company, Annomo, is derived from the names of her mother, "Ann Okwuchukwu Menakaya Orakwue."
Publications
* Menakaya, C.U. ''et al'' (2015) "Patient Evaluation of Outpatient Venous thromboembolism Prophylaxis Service Following Lower Limb Injuries Using a Developed Validated Questionnaire." ''Jof'' ''Perioper Pract.'' 25 (4). April. ISBN 1750-4589.
* Menakaya, C.U. ''et al'' (2014) "Outpatient thromboprophylaxis following lower limb immobilisation: an institution's experience." ''Eur Orthop Traumatol.'' 4 (5). January.
* Menakaya, C.U. ''et al'' (2013) "Quality of Operation Notes In Orthopaedic Hip Arthroplasty Surgery: Are we complying with British Orthopaedic Association's Guide To Good Practice?" ''J Perioper Pract.'' 23 (12). December.
* Menakaya, C.U. ''et al'' (2013) "The cost of outpatient venous thromboembolism prophylaxis following lower limb injuries." ''Bone Joint J''. 95-B (5). May.
* Menakaya, C.U. ''et al'' (2013) "Fracture healing following high energy tibial trauma: Ilizarov versus Taylor Spatial Frame." ''Ann R Coll Surg Engl.'' 96 (2). March.
* Menakaya, C.U. ''et al'' (2013) “Loop Stitch Technique for Hamstring Tendon Grafts.” ''Ann R Coll Surg Engl.'' 95 (7). January.
References
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People from Anambra State
Living people
1980 births
Nigerian surgeons
Orthopedic surgeons
University of Ibadan alumni