TOCHUKWU NZEAKO, MD

A hard working, disciplined and knowledgeable physician, board certified in Internal Medicine. I am experienced in working both in community and tertiary facilities.

I am an experienced Internist with a strong passion for general inpatient medicine. I always strive to achieve high standards of care by providing excellent patient care , efficient communication with patients and coordinating care with subspecialties as needed. It is my life long dream to pursue a career in clincal oncology and cancer research.

• Quality of Maternal and Child Health Services in selected Health Centers in Enugu-South Nigeria..University of Nigeria Community/ Preventive Medicine (Nzeako, T.R., Alio, P.U. Poster presentation, Jan 2011)
• Sickle Cell Disease in Children; Case Presentation and Management. presented at: Department of Pediatrics Monthly Clinical Review Meeting; Enugu, NGA (Nzeako, T.R. Poster presentation, June 2013)
• Journal Club Oral Presentation; Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes with Empagliflozin in Heart failure Presented at St Johns Episcopal Hospital Internal Medicine Conference, NY, (November 2020)
• Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Masked by Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-A Case Report. (March 2023)
• Journal of Clinical Oncology; Association of inability to secure timely medical appointment and medication non-adherence among cancer survivors in the US. (ASCO May 2023)
• Non-tuberculous Mycobacterium Avium Complex Infection Co-existing with Anti-synthetase Syndrome: A Rare Diagnostic Dilemma. Case Report (Chest Conference, June 2023)
• AN UNUSUAL SEQUELA: PARASEPTAL EMPHYSEMATOUS BULLAE WITH LOCULATED APICAL PNEUMOTHORAX AFTER PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. CASE REPORT (CHEST CONFERENCE, JUNE 2023)
• Simultaneous thrombosis of LAD and RCA in a patient presenting with STEMI. (Poster presentation at 10th Annual Meeting of the North American Section of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Tampa Florida ,September 2023)
• Analysing the characteristics and prognostic Outcomes for Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Q-Gene (submitted for ASCO annual conference 2024)
• Trends and racial disparities in palliative care utilization among prostate cancer patients: a ten-year retrospective study.(submitted for ASCO annual conference 2024)
• Trends, predictors and outcomes of critically ill adults with sickle cell disease in the United States (completed yet to be published 2024)

• Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certification (October 2017)
• Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certificate (June 2022-present)
• American Board of Internal Medicine (October 2021-present)
• State of Ohio Medical License (2021-present)
• State of Delaware Medical License (2023-present)
• Interstate Medical Licensure Compact (IMLCC) 2023- present
• Drug Enforcement Administration Certificate Ohio (2021-present)
• Drug Enforcement Administration Certificate Delaware (2023-present)

• Travelling
• Reading
• Soccer

• EPIC
• MEDITECH
• ALLSCRIPTS
• CERNER

• US CITIZEN

• American Association of Clinical Oncology
• Delaware Association of Clinical Oncology