TOCHUKWU E. M. OKWUOSA, D.O. CURRICULUM VITAE

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1 TOCHUKWU E. M. OKWUOSA, D.O. CURRICULUM VITAE 1. PERSONAL INFORMATION E mail address: tokwuosa@med.wayne.edu 2. EDUCATION Jan, 1992 Jan, 1997 Sept, 1997 May, 1999 Sept, 1999 May, 2003 University of Nigeria B.Sc. in Biochemistry, minor in Microbiology Rutgers University B.A. in Biology, summa cum laude Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) 3. GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION June, 2003 June, 2006 July, 2006 June, 2009 University of Chicago Medical Center Internship and Residency Training in Internal Medicine University of Chicago Medical Center Fellowship Training in Cardiology 4. POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH TRAINING July August, 2008 July, 2009 July 2010 July August, 2009 University of Chicago Medical Center Summer Program in Outcomes Research Training Northwestern University Research Fellow Took courses in Clinical Investigation Lake Tahoe, California Course on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

2 5. BOARD CERTIFICATION, MEDICAL LICENSURE 2006 Illinois State Medical License (# , Exp. 07/31/2011) 2006 Illinois Controlled Substance License (# , Exp. 07/31/2011) 2007 Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine 2009 Diplomat, American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine 2009 DEA Registration (issue date 04/14/2009, Exp. 12/31/2014) 2011 Michigan State Medical License (# , Exp. 12/31/2014) 2011 Michigan Controlled Substance License (# , Exp. 12/31/2014) 6. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Feb Present Assistant Professor of Medicine and Attending Cardiologist, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI Feb Present Attending Cardiologist, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, MI Feb Present Attending Cardiologist, Harper University Hospital, Detroit, MI July 2009 July, 2010 Research fellow, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL June, 2003 July, 2009 Housestaff, University of Chicago Medical Center July, 2004 June, 2006 Housestaff, MacNeal Hospital (Berwyn, Illinois) 7. PAST EMPLOYMENT Sept., 2010 Dec., 2010 Locum Tenens position in private practice, Bromenn Illinois Heart and Lung Associates, Normal, IL 8. TEACHING Educator, TEACH Research Project Tutor, History and Physical Diagnosis course Lecturer, History of Medicine course Lecturer, Pritzker School of Medicine first year diversity course Tutor, EKG class for first year medical students Tutor, Cardiovascular Physiology class for second year medical students Preceptor, Cross Cultural Communication module for second year medical students Teacher, High School Summer Program 2009 Tutor, Clinical Cardiology for medical school senior selective 2010 Tutor, EKG lecture series for cardiology fellows, Wayne State University 2012 Instructor, Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Wayne State University 2 nd year medical student

3 9. INVITED PRESENTATIONS May 2005 Sept July 2008 April 2011 University of Chicago Grand Rounds Presentation in Chicago, IL: Racial Disparities in Medicine University of Chicago Charity Outreach Events in Chicago, IL: Heart Disease in Women University of Chicago Community Outreach Series in Chicago, IL: Heart Disease in Women Wayne State University School of Medicine Urban Cardiology Conference in Detroit, MI: Smoking Cessation and Obesity 10. LEADERSHIP POSITIONS Public Relations Chair, Student Government Association President, American Medical Association, PCOM chapter Head, Scribe Service, PCOM Class of National Youth Leadership Forum 2000 PCOM Delegate, AMA Medical Student Section, Annual Meeting 2001 Meeting Coordination Committee Chair, AMA MSS Region VI Student Alternate Delegate Elect, Pennsylvania Medical Society Student Alternate Delegate, Pennsylvania Medical Society 11. HONORS, AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS Dean s List, All semesters at Rutgers University 1999 Golden Key National Honors Society 1999 Inge Gambe Award 1999 Bessie Dolgan Memorial Award 2001 Sigma Sigma Phi 2005 Chosen to present University of Chicago Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 2009 Center for Disease Control Training Grant, 35 th Ten Day Course on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease 2009 Finalist, Northwestern (National) Cardiovascular Young Investigators Forum 12. COMMITTEE SERVICE 2000 AMA Medical Student Section, Interim Meeting Committee 2000 Student Representative, AOA Public Relations Committee 2001 Student Member, Admissions Committee, PCOM 2004 Curriculum Committee, University of Chicago

4 2005 Diversity Committee, University of Chicago Intern Selection Committee, University of Chicago 13. ACTIVITIES Minority Affairs Organization Christian Medical Dental Association Acapella Singing Group Surgery Club Radiology Club 2008 Present Involved in various community service and teaching/mentoring activities in the Chicago area 14. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS 1999 Rutgers Alumni Association 2003 PCOM Alumni Association 2004 Illinois State Medical Society 2006 Association of Black Cardiologists 2006 American College of Cardiology 2008 American Heart Association 2009 American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 15. PAST EMPLOYMENTS 1997 United Home Mortgage Company Paralegal Assistant 1998 Assistant to Foreign Student Advisor Computer Assistant 16. EDITORIAL CONSULTANT (Manuscript Reviewer) American Journal of Cardiology Ethnicity and Disease 17. ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS Okwuosa TM, Greenland P, Ning H, Liu K, Lloyd Jones DM. Distribution of Coronary Artery Calcium Scores by Framingham 10 Year Risk Strata in the Coronary Artery Risk Development

5 in Young Adults (CARDIA): Potential Implications for Coronary Risk Assessment. JACC Imaging. (In Print) Okwuosa TM, Greenland P, Burke GL, Eng J, Cushman M, Michos ED, Ning H, Lloyd Jones DM. Prediction of Coronary Artery Calcium Progression in Individuals With Low Framingham Risk Score: The Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2012;5: Okwuosa TM, Greenland P, Ning H, Liu K, Bild DE, Burke GL, Eng J, Lloyd Jones DM. Distribution of Coronary Artery Calcium Scores by Framingham 10 Year Risk Strata in the Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA): Potential Implications for Coronary Risk Assessment. J Am Coll Cardiol May 3; 57(18): Okwuosa TM, Greenland P, Lakoski SG, Ning H, Kang J, Blumenthal RS, Szklo M, Crouse JR, Lima JAC, Liu K, Lloyd Jones DM. Factors Associated with Presence and Extent of Coronary Calcium in Individuals Predicted to be at Low Risk Based on Framingham Risk Score: The Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Am J Cardiol Mar 15; 107(6): Okwuosa TM, Hampole CV, Ali J, Williams KA: Left Ventricular Mass from Gated SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Comparison with Cardiac Computed Tomography. J Nucl Cardiol 2009 Sep Oct;16(5): Min JK, Williams KA, Okwuosa TM, Bell GW, Panutich MS, Ward RP: Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease by Erectile Dysfunction in Men Referred for Nuclear Stress Testing. Arch Intern Med Jan;166(2): BOOK CHAPTERS Okwuosa T.M., Williams K.A. Management of Cardiovascular Risk in African Americans. In Sandeep A. Saha (Eds.), Current Advances in Cardiovascular Risk. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers (In Print) Okwuosa T.M. (2011). HIV with Dyslipidemia. In Matthew J. Sorrentino (Eds.), Hyperlipidemia in Primary Care: A Practical Guide to Risk Reduction (pp ). New York, NY: Humana Press 19. SCHOLARLY BIBLIOGRAPHY Okwuosa TM, Williams KA. Cardiovascular Health in Africans Living in the United States. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep Okwuosa TM, Williams KA: Mass ive Infarction: Case Report and Review of Myocardial

6 Metastatic Malignancies. J Nucl Cardiol 2008 Sep Oct;15(5): Okwuosa TM, Lang RM: Advances in Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography: Clinical Trials Report on the Acute Myocardial Infarction Contrast Imaging (AMICI) Study. Curr Cardiovasc Imag Rep Oct;1(1):7 8. Andrew M. Davis, Lisa M. Vinci, Tochi M. Okwuosa, Ayana R. Chase, Elbert S. Huang: Cardiovascular Health Disparities: A systematic Review of Health Care Interventions. Med Care Res Rev 2007;Oct;64(5 Suppl):29S 100S Okwuosa TM, Lee EW, Starosta M, Chohan S, Volkov S, Flicker M, Curran J, Rezaei KA, Swiess N: Purtscher like Retinopathy in a Patient with Adult Onset Still s Disease and Concurrent Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Arthritis Rheum Feb 15;57(1): Okwuosa T, Williams KA: Coronary Artery Disease and Nuclear Imaging in Renal Failure. J Nucl Cardiol Mar Apr;13(2):150 5 Okwuosa TM, Gundeck EL, Ward RP: Coronary to Pulmonary Artery Fistula Diagnosis by Transesophageal Echocardiography. Echocardiography Jan;23(1):62 4. Okwuosa TM, Garg RK: Myocardial Viability: Current Techniques and Clinical Applications. New Developments in Cardiovascular Diseases Summer;2(1):13 19 Abramov R, Arnold R, Okwuosa T, Hammond C, MacIntyre A, Balin B, Appelt D: The Effects of Chlamydia pneumoniae on the Blood Brain Barrier: The Implications for Alzheimer s Disease. Abstract, Journal of American Osteopathic Association, Sept 2001: 101 (9) 20. ABSTRACTS AND POSTERS AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES Tochi M. Okwuosa, Oana Klein, Cheeling Chan, Pamela Schreiner, David Green, Kiang Liu: Change in Alcohol Consumption Status Associated with Changes in Fibrinogen Levels over 13 Years of Follow up: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Accepted Abstract and Poster Presentation: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB), April 2012 Tochi M. Okwuosa, Philip Greenland, Hongyan Ning, Kiang Liu, Donald M. Lloyd Jones. Distribution of Coronary Artery Calcium Scores by Framingham 10 Year Risk Strata and Potential Implication for Coronary Risk Assessment: Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. The American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions, November Tochi M. Okwuosa, Oana Klein, Cheeling Chan, Pamela Schreiner, Kiang Liu, David Green. Changes in Fibrinogen Levels Associated with Changes in Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Young Adults over 13 Years of Follow up: The Coronary Artery Risk Development

7 in Young Adults. The American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions, November Tochi M. Okwuosa, Philip Greenland, Hongyan Ning, Kiang Liu, Diane E. Bild, Gregory L. Burke, John Eng, Donald M. Lloyd Jones. Distribution of Coronary Artery Calcium Scores by Framingham 10 Year Risk Strata in the Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: Potential Implications for Coronary Risk Assessment. 50 th CVD Epidemiology and Prevention and Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, March 2010 Tochi Okwuosa, Philip Greenland, Susan Lakoski, Hongyan Ning, Joseph Kang, Roger S. Blumenthal, Moyses Szklo, John Crouse, Joao Lima, Kiang Liu, Donald Lloyd Jones. Factors Associated with Coronary Calcium in Individuals Classified as Low Risk Based on Framingham Risk Score in the Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. 50 th CVD Epidemiology and Prevention and Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, March 2010 Tochi Okwuosa, Chetan Hampole, Kim Williams: Left Ventricular Mass from Gated SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Comparison with Cardiac Computed Tomography. Accepted Abstract and Poster Presentation: American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), October EDITORIAL COMMENTARY Okwuosa TM. Male Circumcision for Prevention of HIV Transmission: Comment on Lancet 2009 Jul 18; 374(9685): MAGAZINE PUBLICATION Tochukwu Okwuosa, D.O. FACC. Heart Disease in Women. DMC Magazine, Summer 2011 Issue. Detroit, MI.