CHIGOZIE DORIS OPARA
San Antonio,TX
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Clinical Specialist
Center for Disease Control (CDC)-ACCESS and 4GATES
Enugu, Nigeria
12.2020 - 12.2022
- Company Overview: Caritas Nigeria is one of the biggest developmental agencies of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, with interventions focused on Health, Agriculture and Livelihoods, Good Governance, Emergency/Humanitarian Response, Antihuman Trafficking, and Institutional Capacity Building
- Management of patients with Advanced HIV (Stages 3 and 4) and Tuberculosis, and ensuring appropriate treatment for coinfected patients, including positive pregnant women, adolescents, and children
- Treatment of other Opportunistic infections in HIV positive patients, such as Cryptococcal Meningitis, and Toxoplasmosis
- CD4+ and Viral Load Monitoring, Treatment adherence, appointment scheduling and patient tracking
- With my team, the program achieved 95% treatment adherence rate, 95% Viral load coverage and 98% Viral suppression rate
- Training and mentorship of Doctors and Nurses in the current guidelines of HIV treatment and Tuberculosis care
- Coordination of care for about 5,000 HIV-positive adults and children in Enugu State
- Managed a team of 6 Doctors and 8 Nurses at State Office-Level, and 24 ART Doctors at hospital-level in the ART Surge response, and Enugu state emerged the best-performing state in terms of ART Surge across the 15 CDC-supported states in Nigeria
- Daily, weekly and monthly data review, data validation and analysis, and tracking of all program performance indicators, with above 90% performance across all the key indicators
- Responsible for the preparation and presentation of PowerPoint slides to the organisation management and CDC during the weekly Situation Room and performance review meetings
- Engagement of the Funders (US-CDC) and other Government of Nigeria Agencies in HIV/TB implementation and provision of technical support
- Ensured confidentiality and update of patient information according to HIPAA regulations
- Accurate EHR documentation for all patient visits leading to reduced errors in documentation by 80%
- Caritas Nigeria is one of the biggest developmental agencies of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, with interventions focused on Health, Agriculture and Livelihoods, Good Governance, Emergency/Humanitarian Response, Antihuman Trafficking, and Institutional Capacity Building
Clinical Specialist
CDC-4GATES and SUSTAIN Projects Caritas
Enugu, Nigeria
04.2016 - 11.2020
- Company Overview: Caritas Nigeria is one of the biggest developmental agencies of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, with interventions focused on Health, Agriculture and Livelihoods, Good Governance, Emergency/Humanitarian Response, Antihuman Trafficking, and Institutional Capacity Building
- Community HIV case-finding, testing, and diagnosis of HIV (including Advanced HIV), and ensuring appropriate treatment for TB/HIV co-infected patients, including positive pregnant women, adolescents, children, and HIV-exposed infants
- Implementation of Test-and-Treat HIV treatment strategy for all newly diagnosed and adherence counselling
- In conjunction with the State Ministry of Health, I ensured implementation of Partner notification services for newly diagnosed HIV-positive patients
- Team Leadership, Patient Documentation and Reporting
- Caritas Nigeria is one of the biggest developmental agencies of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, with interventions focused on Health, Agriculture and Livelihoods, Good Governance, Emergency/Humanitarian Response, Antihuman Trafficking, and Institutional Capacity Building
Medical Officer
Lifepoint Medical Center
Abuja, Nigeria
06.2014 - 03.2016
- Company Overview: Lifepoint Medical Center is a private medical practice in Abuja Nigeria that provides basic patient care and treatment of acute and chronic diseases across all populations (Infants, Children, Adults, and Pregnant women), and In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) services, as well as incubator care for preterm infants
- Patient Care
- Patient counselling
- Leadership
- Lifepoint Medical Center is a private medical practice in Abuja Nigeria that provides basic patient care and treatment of acute and chronic diseases across all populations (Infants, Children, Adults, and Pregnant women), and In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) services, as well as incubator care for preterm infants
Timeline
Senior Clinical Specialist
Center for Disease Control (CDC)-ACCESS and 4GATES
12.2020 - 12.2022
Clinical Specialist
CDC-4GATES and SUSTAIN Projects Caritas
04.2016 - 11.2020
Medical Officer
Lifepoint Medical Center
06.2014 - 03.2016
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