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 2013 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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