Kayode Shopekan
WORLD– Trade Organisation boss, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Thursday announced that her son was one of the first spinal surgeons in Maryland to perform a successful navigated lumbar spinal fusion using a robot.
Dr. Uchechi Iweala, a medical practitioner in the United States of America broke the medical record in Maryland, United States.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe proud mother took to her Twitter account to share the good news, as she congratulated and encouraged her son on his medical feat.
Sharing pictures from the operation, she wrote, “Congratulations Dr. Uchechi Iweala, on being one of the first spinal surgeons in Maryland to perform a successful navigated lumbar spinal fusion using a robot! So proud to be your Mum! Keep it going!”
According to the Center for Advanced Orthopaedics, Dr. Iweala is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in spine surgery.
Dr. Uchechi earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from Harvard and completed his residency training in orthopaedic surgery at George Washington University. Furthermore, Dr. Iweala completed a fellowship in spine surgery at New York University.
He majors in Robotic Spine Surgery, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Cervical and Lumbar Disc Replacement, Spinal Fusion/Arthrodesis, Nerve Releases, etc.
