Azokam Ezeanyim

A highly competent, GMC licensed medical doctor with over 10 years of postgraduate clinical experience, including 2.5+ years working inside the NHS at a busy Foundation Trust. Fully MRCS (Eng) qualified and ATLS certified, with a dedicated commitment to neurosurgery demonstrated through an ongoing MSc in Neurosurgery and specialized training in neuroradiology. Combines extensive international surgical practice with deep operational mastery of NHS clinical systems (Epic EPR, NEWS2 escalation, and multidisciplinary ward protocols).

Adept at managing high-pressure situations and eager to deliver safe, high-quality patient care as a Junior Clinical Fellow in Neurosurgery.

Health Care Assistant at Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust (2023-12 – 2026-11)

Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust is a general hospital overseeing inpatients and outpatients. It is located in Frimley, Surrey, England and serves the people of Frimley and neighbouring cities. Immersed fully within the UK healthcare ecosystem across 2 years and 11 months, developing total fluency in NHS clinical governance, cross-departmental pathways, and multi-professional team dynamics.

• Clinical Surveillance & Safety: Conducted routine and acute patient physiological monitoring (vital signs, GCS components, and blood glucose), accurately calculating NEWS2 scores to identify deteriorating patients and proactively escalating to the medical tier.
• Diagnostics & Informatics: Performed diagnostic investigations including 12-lead ECGs, reporting findings directly to the medical team. Maintained meticulous documentation of clinical events and patient parameters within the Epic Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system.
• Patient Advocacy & Coordination: Collaborated closely with nursing tiers.

Medical Officer For Telemedicine Consultation at Sacred Heart Medical Center (2023-01 – 2026-11)

Sacred Heart Medical Center is a 25-bed private hospital overseeing outpatient and inpatient medical and surgical care. It is located in Mkpat-Enin town in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria and serves a population of about 200,000 people.

• Conducted remote outpatient assessments twice weekly, delivering diagnostic evaluation and strategic management plans for an expanded catchment area.
• Tertiary Referrals: Maintained clear, concise digital case documentation to enable smooth continuity of care, coordinating structural protocols for complex cases requiring urgent tertiary center expert surgical evaluation.

Medical Doctor (FY2) at Medecins Sans Frontieres Amsterdam (MSF) (2022-03 – 2023-04)

Médecins Sans Frontières is a non-governmental organisation located in Anka, Zamfara State, in North-western Nigeria. It serves Zamfara State and the neighbouring states. It provides free paediatric health services for children suffering from malnutrition and infectious diseases.

• Critical Care Stabilization: Managed highly acute pediatric and adult populations presenting with advanced complications of infectious diseases and critical dehydration/hypovolemic shock.
• Technical Skill Delivery: Stabilized critical patients via emergency IV access, venepuncture, and urethral catheterisation for strict fluid balance monitoring.
• Point-of-Care Diagnostics: Processed and clinically interpreted critical point-of-care lab investigations, including D-dimers, Venous Blood Gas (VBG), electrolytes, and international normalized ratios (INR).

Medical Officer (FY2) at Hospital Service Management Board (2018-09 – 2022-03)

Hospital Services Management Board Sokoto is a state government parastatal involved with the administration and management of the secondary level of health (general hospital) in Sokoto State. They employ doctors and other healthcare professionals and send them to different general hospitals for work. I was employed and sent to one of the general hospitals (250 beds).

• Surgical Rotation & Scope: Led pre- and post-operative ward rounds for a busy 250-bed secondary general hospital. Routinely evaluated, optimized, and worked up complex elective and acute surgical cases.
• Operative Experience: Performed standalone surgical procedures under senior supervision, including open appendectomies, inguinal herniorrhaphies, lymph node excisions, lumpectomies, Tru-Cut breast biopsies, colostomy fashioning, and hydrocelectomies.
• Endoscopic Assistance: Regularly scrubbed in and assisted senior consultants in complex open and endoscopic general surgical procedures, such as laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
• Emergency & Interventions: Managed general surgical emergencies independently, including acute abdomen and upper GI bleeding. Competently performed invasive procedures: venous cut-downs, arterial blood gas (ABG) sampling, and suprapubic catheterisations.
• Leadership: Organized surgical rotas for the junior surgical team and coordinated theatre operating lists.

Medical Doctor (FY2) at Medecins Sans Frontieres Spain (MSF) (2021-09 – 2021-10)

Médecins Sans Frontières is a non-governmental organisation located in Shinkafi, Zamfara State, northwestern Nigeria. It provides free health care services for adults and children during the period of cholera outbreaks. It serves people of Shinkafi and its environs. I did a one-month locum shift with them during my annual leave.

• Critical Care Stabilization: Managed highly acute pediatric and adult populations presenting with advanced complications of infectious diseases and critical dehydration/hypovolemic shock.
• Technical Skill Delivery: Stabilized critical patients via emergency IV access, venepuncture, and urethral catheterisation for strict fluid balance monitoring.
• Point-of-Care Diagnostics: Processed and clinically interpreted critical point-of-care lab investigations, including D-dimers, Venous Blood Gas (VBG), electrolytes, and international normalized ratios (INR).

Medical Officer (FY2) at Bethsaida Specialist Hospital and Maternity Onitsha (2018-01 – 2018-09)

Bethsaida Specialist Hospital is a 50-bed privately owned hospital located in Onitsha, southeastern Nigeria and offers obstetrics, gynaecological, surgical and medical services to Onitsha town and its environs.

• Surgical Exposure & Operative Assistance: Actively scrubbed in and assisted senior consultants in major open abdominal and pelvic surgical procedures (including abdominal hysterectomies, cystectomies, and emergency laparotomies). Demonstrated strict surgical checklist discipline, precise tissue handling in deep anatomical cavities, and robust sterile technique.
• Crisis Management & Resuscitation: Managed high-acuity surgical and medical emergencies, including acute hypovolemic shock, massive antepartum/postpartum haemorrhage, and eclamptic seizures. Stabilized critically ill patients through rapid volume resuscitation and target-driven medical interventions.
• Minor Operative Procedures: Independently performed targeted surgical interventions under local and regional anaesthesia, including complex soft-tissue suturing, repair of vascular tears, and manual vacuum aspirations.
• Clinical Surveillance & Governance: Conducted structured pre-operative risk assessments and rigorous post-operative ward surveillance to intercept early physiological decline, wound breakdown, or systemic infection.
• Teaching & Simulation Leadership: Delivered interactive clinical tutorials and simulation-based demonstrations using anatomical mannequins to train midwives and nursing staff on invasive procedural techniques.
• Clinical Research & Audit: Collected and analyzed multi-variant datasets at 6-month intervals investigating the clinical parameters and structural prognosis of puerperal sepsis, using findings to drive quality control and ward-level sterilization protocols.

Corps Member (One Year Mandatory National Service Corps Post Graduation) - FY2 at General Hospital Gwadabawa (2017-01 – 2017-12)

General Hospital Gwadabawa is a 200-bed secondary health care facility that is located in Gwadabawa, Sokoto State, in northwestern Nigeria. It provides medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetrics and gynaecological care to Gwadabawa village and surrounding villages.

• Advanced Interventions: Executed life-saving emergency procedures independently, including closed fracture reductions, chest drain insertions, and complex wound suturing.
• Elective Case Management: Performed localized elective general surgeries, including herniorrhaphies and lipoma/lumpectomy excisions.

Intern (FY1) at Federal Medical Centre Owerri (2015-03 – 2016-10)

Federal Medical Centre Owerri is a tertiary health institution located in Owerri, Imo State, South Eastern Nigeria. It serves the people of Imo State and neighbouring states. It provides medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetrics and gynaecological services. It is a training institution for medical and all healthcare students. I spent 18 months rotating through internal medicine, paediatrics, surgery and obstetrics departments.

• Neurosurgery & General Surgery Rotations: Rotated through a premier tertiary training institution, acquiring foundational surgical skills (suturing, wound care, debridement) and participating in life-saving procedures like chest tube insertions and tracheostomies under close supervision.
• Specialized Rotations: Gained extensive emergency exposure across Nephrology (managing intra-dialysis emergencies, hypotension, transfusions), Cardiology (ECG interpretation and cardiac emergency pathways), and Neonatological resuscitation.

Medical Student Teaching, Mentorship & Supervision

• Medical Student Teaching: Organised structured ward round teaching, bedside clinical demonstrations, history-taking tutorials, and examination skills workshops for medical students, nursing students, and incoming interns.
• Clinical Skills Instruction: Spearheaded practical skills clinics, utilizing mannequins to train midwives and nurses on advanced procedures like intrauterine contraceptive device placement and peripheral cannulation.
• Protocol Onboarding: Appointed by MSF to tutor and mentor newly employed medical doctors on strict institutional protocols and clinical escalation pathways.

Clinical Audit, Academics & Research

• Data Analysis & Governance: Actively gathered and evaluated dataset trends for administrative hospital boards to steer clinical budgeting, resource distribution, and quality control metrics.
• Morbidity & Mortality (M&M): Collaborated extensively with senior clinical leads to compile data, analyze adverse outcomes, and present evidence-based findings at departmental Morbidity and Mortality review cycles to improve ward safety.
• Peer-Reviewed Publication: Knowledge of Cervical Cancer and Practice of Pap Smear Testing among Secondary School Teachers in Nnewi North Local Government Area. Published in Advances in Sexual Medicine Journal, 2015 ()

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria (2008 - 2014)

MSc in Neurosurgery (In view) – University of Buckingham (2026-04 – 2028-04)