Curriculum Vitae,

Angela Onwuanibe, M.B.B.S.

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry,

University of Maryland, School of Medicine,

Baltimore, MD

Date May 9, 2008

Contact Information

Business Address Department of Psychiatry, 701 W. Pratt Street, 2nd floor

Baltimore, MD 21201

Business phone #: (410) 328 8330

Fax #:                    (410) 328 2672

Home phone/ cell   (240) 687 0589

Email:                    Aonwuani@psych.umaryland.edu

Education

College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria. 1979-1985, Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (Equiva1ent of MD degree), 1985

London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, University of London, London, UK. 1992-1993, Diploma in Tropical Medicine (1993)

University of London, London UK, 1993-1994, Masters of Science in Public Health, 1994

Post graduate Education and Training

March 1995, ECFMG Certification

July, 1995- June 1996, Internship, University of Virginia, Roanoke, Salem Program, Roanoke, VA. 

July 1996- June 1999, Psychiatry Residency, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington DC.

Board Certifications

Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, May 2001

Medical Licensures

State of Maryland Medical License issued 1997 Active Status.

Employment History

1987 – 1992: Chief Medical Officer, Nigerian Television Authority staff clinic 

September 1999- June 2000: Instructor, Unit Director, Dept of Psychiatry, UMAB 

July 2001- November 2002: Assistant professor, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, School of Medicine 

November 2002- June 2005: Lead Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Rehab Program, Springfield Hospital Center, Sykesville MD

August 2004 – June 2005: Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine

July 2005 - September 2007: Full time Faculty, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, School of Medicine; Medical Director, Adult Outpatient Psychiatric clinic; Director of Performance Improvement for the Department of Psychiatry.

September 2007 – present: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Acting Division Director, Adult Psychiatry, University of Maryland, School of Medicine.

Professional Memberships

American Psychiatric Association general member since 1999

Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas ( ANPA) member since 2002

Maryland association of Nigerian Physicians; executive committee member since 2001

Clinical Activities

September 1999 to present I have spent more than 60% of my time as an inpatient attending psychiatrist. From 1999 to 2002 as an acute care psychiatrist at the University of Maryland, Adult psychiatric unit which is also a teaching unit. From September 07 till date, I am responsible for the quality of psychiatric care of 31 acute psych beds, and directly responsible for the clinical care and management of 8 of these beds, supervising the team as the team leader, the team includes social work, nursing, and residents as they rotate through the service. During the period November 2002 through June 2005, In addition to my administrative duties I was the inpatient psychiatrist on a long term unit at the state hospital on a 25 bed unit, and was responsible for the care of all the patients. July 2005 to date, I have continued as an inpatient attending but also have seen outpatients at the Adult outpatient clinic. During this time I ran a clinic for non- compliant patients with a goal to improve patient adherence to treatment, supervised the care and management of approximately 300 patients that are seen at the 701 Outpatient clinic.

Site of Primary Practice has been at a General hospital/ Teaching institution ( University of Maryland, Medical Systems)

Administrative Service 

Institutional Service:

Schoo1 of Medicine Faculty Council, September1999 –Nov 2002

Adult Psychiatry Service Line, September 1999 – Nov 2002 

Lead Psychiatrist, Springfield Hospital Center, Sykesville, MD Nov 2002- June 2005

*Oversaw 6 Psychiatrist and responsible for overseeing the psychiatric care and management of 100+ beds at the Psych Rehabilitation program of Springfield hospital Center.

Chair of the Pharmacy Committee Springfield Hospital Center July 2004 –June 2005

Medical Director, Adult Outpatient Clinic, University of Maryland Medical Center July 2005 till present

*Oversee 2 psychiatrist, 3 PGY3 residents, psychology intern, 2 full time clinicians and 2 part time clinicians as well as 4 administrative/ admitting staff. Supervise the quality of

care and management of the clinic with over 4000 visits a year. Supervising specialty clinics including, mood disorders, psychotic disorders clinics

Director, Performance Improvement, for the Department of Psychiatry, July 2005 – September 2007

Acting Division Director, Adult Psychiatry September 2007- to present

*Oversee 3 inpatient psychiatrist, 2 outpatient psychiatrist, over 10 psychiatrists( full time and Part-time) in the Psychiatric Emergency service( PES). Responsible for the quality of patient care and management of 31 acute inpatient beds, 300 outpatients and over 4000+ patient visits a year at 701, providing oversight to quality of care of over 3000 patients seen PES, and in the Adult Day Hospital. Ensuring full staffing of 65hrs on site of psychiatrist in PES. Administrative supervision of associate directors for PES and Adult outpatient, Collaborating with the hospital and service line managers to ensure that policies at different clinical sites are followed and the patients receive quality care and that standards of practice are followed. Responsible for hiring into all the vacant psychiatrist positions in the division. Responsible for Working with the Department in managing the divisions, budget.

Medical Director of Psychiatric Admissions and Referral Center ( PARC) September 2007 to present

* Oversee the PARC and the staff, working the manager to support PARC to maintain full staffing. Reviewing and approving referrals to all inpatient units 24hr/day 7 days a week, including 31 bed adult unit, 13 bed geriatric psych unit and the child unit. Ensuring that patients admitted to the clinical services are adequately screened medically and psychiatrically for their appropriateness for our clinical programs.

Local and National Service

2002- till present Executive and Planning Committee member, Maryland Association of Nigerian Physicians

2008 Chair social Committee of the Maryland association of Nigerian Physicians

2007 Volunteer educator, for AIDS relief in Nigeria,

* helped organize in collaboration with University of Maryland Institute of human Virology (IHV) faculty, a seminar on Neuropsychiatric manifestations of HIV in Nigeria, audience included over sixty physicians from all parts of the country funded by the global aids project and working directly with patients with HIV and AIDS

Teaching Service

September 1999 – Nov 2002 Attending Psychiatrist and Unit Director, Inpatient psychiatric unit,

* Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, teaching rounds, direct supervision of house staff, supervision and teaching of medical students on the rotation. 1 resident, 1 medical student, I social work student, Summer CAPP student. 8 hours daily 5 days a week all year round except CAPP ( students are on the unit 8 weeks in the summer)

Nov 2002- June 2005 Attending psychiatrist at the Springfield Hospital Center.

* had I UMAB CAPP medical student 2 hours/ week for 8 weeks in the year.

July 2005 till present Attending Psychiatrist 701 Outpatient clinic

* 1 senior resident, 3 residents and a psychology intern 4/hrs a day 5 days a week. Direct supervision of the case management clinic for the residents I hour/week with each resident every week throughout the year. Weekly meetings in administrative supervision with the chief resident 1hr/week all year

July 2005 till present Attending psychiatrist 11W in-patient unit

*1 resident 1 medical student, 4/hrs a day all year. Summer CAPP student 8 weeks/year,

September 2007 till present Acting Division Director, Adult Psychiatry

* supervision of the IPHB Chief resident 1 hour/ week all year

July 2000 – Nov 2002 Teaching a course "clinical assessment and treatment of anxiety disorders"

*as part of a seminar for 3rd year medical students clerkship in Psychiatry. 2hrs/ week for 6 weeks/year

Grant Support

None

Publications

Abstract

Verb Generation is impaired in Schizophrenia

Marvel CL2 Udebiuwa( Onwuanibe), A2 Thompson -Schill, SL3 Schwartz, BL 1, 2

1VA Medical Ctr and 2Georgetown University Medical Ctr, Washington DC

Submitted to: Supplement to the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience July 2000 

Major Invited Speeches

 November 2006 invited by UMAB IHV and AIDS Relief to give a lecture on “Neuropsychiatric manifestations of HIV”, Abuja Nigeria 

Proffered Communication

Poster presentation:

NR 132; New Research APA 2000- Chicago

Title: Semantic Retrieval in Older Schizophrenic Patients

Angela O Udebiuwa( Onwuanibe), MD, Richard B. Rosse, MD