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Mapping the pathways to eye care in a rural south-east Nigerian population: any implications for practice, eye care programs and policy?
qualifications: FMCOph
contribution: designed the project, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, collected data, statistical analysis, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft
position: Ophthalmologist
qualifications: FMCOph
contribution: original concept, designed the project, literature review, supervised data collection, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts
position: Ophthalmologist
Nigeria
Dr Boniface Ikenna Eze is a senior lecturer at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, and honorary consultant ophthalmomologist/Retina-Vitreous physician to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu. He is a fellow of the Nigerian Postgraduate Medical College - FMCOph, West African College of Surgeons- FWACS, and International College of Surgeons-FICS. He is the director of postgraduate training programme in ophthalmology. He successfully completed fellowship training in Medical Retina/Vitreous at LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India. Academic contributions: numerous scholarly scientific articles in local and high-impact international Journals, book chapters in mainstream text, supervision of postgraduate fellowship dissertations, and n umerous conference presentations. Peer-reviewer positions : - Nigerian Journal of Medicine, Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research, Annals of Nigerian Medicine, Oman Medical Journal, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, Saudi Medical Journal, Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, J Clin Ophthalmol Res. Editorial Positions: - Academic Editor, British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research; Member, Editorial Board, American Journal of Ocular Diseases and Therapeutics ; Member, Expert Board, International Journal of Ophthalmology; Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Ophthalmology and Eye Science; Member, Editorial Board, Nigerian Journal Of Medicine. Research interests: vitreo-retinal diseases, orbito- ocular anthropometry, evidence-based eye care, resources for eye care delivery, ophthalmic imaging, and medical education.
qualifications: FMCOph
contribution: literature review, collected data, literature review, statistical analysis
position: Ophthalmologist
Nigeria
qualifications: FMCOph
contribution: collected data, literature review, statistical analysis
position: Ophthalmologist
Interested in analytical research.
qualifications: FWACS
contribution: literature review, collected data, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts
position: Ophthalmologist
qualifications: FWACS
contribution: devised survey tool, literature review, supervised data collection, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts
position: Professor
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