Prof. Chukwuemeka Okorie Eze

Dean, Faculty of Clinical Medicine

Professor Chukwuemeka Okorie EZE hails from Okposi-Okwu in Ohaozara Local Government area of Ebonyi state.

He graduated from the prestigious Medical College of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) Awka Nigeria in 2005 with distinctions in Anatomy and Pathology.

Prof. Eze did his Residency training program in Internal Medicine at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu and completed same over a record breaking period of 4 years from 2008 to 2012. He graduated with the Fellowship of West African College of Physicians.

He was appointed a Consultant Physician and Neurologist at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital (AEFUTH) Abakaliki in 2012 and Lecturer 1 at Ebonyi state university in 2014 were he rose to the rank of Senior lecturer in 2017. He was later appointed a Professor at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike (AEFUNAI) Ebonyi state in 2024.

Due to his dedication to duty, he served as the Head of Department of Internal Medicine AEFUTHA and AEFUNAI from 2016 to 2022 and from 2022 to 2025 respectively. He was elected the second substantive Dean of the Faculty of Clinical Medicine AEFUNAI in June 2026.

He has published more than 60 peer reviewed scientific articles in highly rated local and international journals with research interest is in Stroke, Sleep, Dreams, and Diabetic cardiac autonomic neuropathy. Some of his recent publications are listed below. He has to his credit two monographs titled The Systematic Approach to Neurological Examination and Stroke Management Approach in Resource Poor Settings published in 2017 and 2021 respectively.

He is a member of many professional bodies which include World Federation of Neurology, World Stroke Organisation, International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, World Federation of NeuroRehabilitation, International League against Epilepsy, Nigerian Society of Neurological Sciences where he served as the Secretary General from 2023 to 2025 etc.

He is happily married with wonderful children and loves football.

Some of his recent publications

  1. EZE C. O. (2025). DREAM AND ITS INTERPRETATION: SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE. INTERNAL AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE, VOL 19, No 8. DOI: 10.1007/S11739-024-03849-4. ADVANCE ONLINE PUBLICATION. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11739-024-03849-4. RANKED BY Thomson Reuter, Scimago, Scopus, UGC CARE, Pubmed Central, Google Scholar (H-INDEX- 62, JCR JIF- 3.2)
  2. EZE, C. (2024). SLEEP HEALTH AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS IN ABAKALIKI NIGERIA: A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY. SLEEP MEDICINE: X, 100103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleepx.2024.100103 Ranked by Scopus, Schimago, Pubmed, (H-index- 7, JIF 2.92)
  3. EGWU, E., IBIAM, F., MOSES, I., IROHA, C., ORJI, I., OKAFOR-ALU, F., EZE, C., & IROHA, I. (2023). ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF BETA-LACTAM- AND FLUOROQUINOLONE-RESISTANT E. COLI FROM HUMAN CLINICAL SAMPLES IN NIGERIA. SCIENTIFIC AFRICAN, 21, E01863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2023.e01863 Ranked by Thomson Reuter, Scimago, Scopus (H- index- 15, JCR JIF- 0.53)
  4. EZE, C. (2024) THE PREVALENCE AND PATTERN OF POSTSTROKE ANXIETY IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN ABAKALIKI NIGERIA: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY EP774. 16TH WORLD STROKE CONGRESS, 23-26 OCTOBER 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2024;19(2_SUPPL):3-498. https://doi:10.1177/17474930241274956. RANKED BY Thomson Reuter, Scimago, Scopus, Embase, ic, hinari, global health, Pubmed Central, Google Scholar, AJOL, (H-INDEX- 85, JCR JIF- 6.948)
  5. EZE, C (2024). DREAM RECALL, NIGHTMARE AND LUCID DREAM FREQUENCIES AMONG STROKE SURVIVORS AT A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN ABAKALIKI NIGERIA: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY EP775. 16TH WORLD STROKE CONGRESS, 23-26 OCTOBER 2024, ABU DHABI, UAE. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE. 2024;19(2_SUPPL):3-498. https://doi:10.1177/17474930241274956. RANKED BY Thomson Reuter, Scimago, Scopus, Embase, ic, hinari, global health, Pubmed Central, Google Scholar, AJOL, (H-INDEX- 85, JCR JIF- 6.948)
  6. EGWU E, IROHA CS, MOSES IB, IBIAM FA, ORJI I, OKAFOR-ALU FN, EZE CO, AND IROHA IR (2024) ANTIBIOTYPES AND GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FLUOROQUINOLONE- AND BETA-LACTAM-RESISTANT ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED FROM FOOD-PRODUCING ANIMALS, INT. J. ONE HEALTH, 10(1): 20–25. doi.org/10.14202/IJOH .2024.20-25 Ranked by Scopus, Google Scholar, HINARI, DOAJ, EBSCO, Gale, i-Scholar, Open J-gate
  7. EZE CO (2021). STROKE PENTAGON: STROKE MANAGEMENT APPROACH IN RESOURCE-POOR SETTINGS. GLOBAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCE. Vol; 13 No 1, pp 57- 63 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/gjhs Ranked by Scimago, Scopus, Google Scholar (H- index- 34, IF- 0.2)
  8. CHUKWUEMEKA O. EZE, OLARONKE F. AFOLABI, UMA A. KALU, FRANCIS C. OKORO & EUGENE C. NZEI (2021). PATTERN OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS IN AN ADULT NEUROLOGY CLINIC AT ABAKALIKI NIGERIA. GLOBAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCE. vol 13 No 8, pp 72- 76 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/gjhs Ranked by Scimago, Scopus, Google Scholar (H- index- 34, IF- 0.2)
  9. CHUKWUEMEKA O EZE, OLARONKE F AFOLABI, EMEKA O ONWE, RICHARD L EWAH, UGOCHUKWU U NNADOZIE, FRANCIS C OKORO, EUGENE C NZEI, CHIAMAKA OKEREKE. (2021) ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY: EXPERIENCE AT ABAKALIKI NIGERIA. GLOBAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SCIENCE. Vol 13 No 9 pp, 72- 76 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/gjhs Ranked by Scimago, Scopus, Google scholar (H- index- 34, IF- 0.2)
  10. EZE, CO & ONYEBUCHI, AF (2024). THE PREVALENCE AND PATTERN OF ADMISSION MORTALITY AMONG ACUTE STROKE PATIENTS MANAGED AT A TERTIARY HOSPITAL IN ABAKALIKI, NIGERIA: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY. WEST AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. Vol 41, No 4, pp 429- 435. Ranked by Scopus, Scimago, Pubmed, Google Scholar (H-index- 31, IF- 0.25) https://www. ajol. info › wajm
  11. CHUKWUEMEKA O EZE*, OLARONKE AFOLABI, UMA KALU (2022). PREVALENCE OF HYPONATREMIA IN ACUTE STROKE PATIENTS IN A FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITAL, ABAKALIKI, NIGERIA. WEST AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. Vol 39 No 11 pp 1068- 1074 Ranked by Scopus, Scimago, Pubmed, Google Scholar (H-index- 31, IF- 0.25) https://www. ajol. info › wajm
  12. EZE C. O. (2023). STROKE HEXAGON; PROTOCOL FOR REDUCTION OF STROKE BURDEN IN RESOURCE-POOR SETTINGS. WEST AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 40(11), 1199–1208. Ranked by Scopus, Scimago, Google Scholar (H-index- 31, IF- 0.25) https://www.ajol.info › wajm
  13. EZE, C. O., OKORO, F. C., & OKORIE, M. (2023). SLEEP HEALTH AMONGST PATIENTS ATTENDING ADULT NEUROLOGY CLINIC IN ABAKALIKI, NIGERIA. WEST AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 40(11), 1192–1198. Ranked by Scopus, scimago, Google Scholar (h-index- 31, if- 0.25) https://www.ajol.info › wajm
  14. BABAWALE ARABAMBI, OLAJUMOKE OSHINAIKE, SHAMSIDEEN ABAYOMI OGUN, CHUKWUEMEKA EZE*, ABIODUN HAMZAT BELLO, STEVEN IGETEI, YAKUB YUSUF, ET AL (2022). STROKE UNITS IN NIGERIA: A REPORT FROM A NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATIONAL CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY. PAN AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. Vol 42 No: 140. DOI: 10.11604/PAMJ.2022.42.140.35086 https://www.panafrican-med-journal.com Ranked by AIM, GoogleScholar, AJOL, EBSCO, Scopus Scimago, Embase, IC, HINARI, GlobalHealth, PubMed Central, PubMed/Medline, ESCI (H-index- 36, JCR JIF- 0.20)
  15. EZE CO*, ONWUEKWE IO, OGUNNIYI A (2013). “THE FREQUENCY AND PATTERN OF CARDIAC AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY (CAN) IN TYPE 2 DM PATIENTS IN A DIABETIC CLINIC IN ENUGU SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA” NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE vol 22 No. 1: pp 24-31 https://www.njmonline.org/currentissue.asp. Ranked by Scimago, Scopus, Google Scholar, Hinari, AJOL (H-index- 24, IF- 0.113)