Mekam Okoye, MD, MPH

Mekam Okoye, MD, MPH is a pediatrician in the hospital medicine department at Dayton Children's Hospital.

Professorship: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

medical school: University of Nigeria
internship: Texas A&M College of Medicine, Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX
residency: Texas A&M College of Medicine, Driscoll Children's Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX - pediatrics
board certification: American Board of Pediatrics
additional training: Public Health graduate education and training at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Okoye MT, Sofowora K, Singh A, Fergie J. Decrease in the prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization of children admitted to Driscoll Children’s Hospital. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019;38:e34-6
Okoye MT, Nguyen ET, Kushner AL, Ameh EA, Nwomeh BC. Can economic performance predict pediatric surgical capacity in sub-Saharan Africa? World J Surg 2016;40:1336-43
Mobula LM, Okoye MT, Boulware LE, Carson KA, Marsteller JA, Cooper LA. Cultural competence and perceptions of community health workers; effectiveness for reducing health care disparities. J Prim Care Community Health 2015;6:10-5
Okoye MT, Ameh EA, Kushner A L, Nwomeh BC. A pilot study of pediatric surgical capacity in West Africa. World J Surg 2014;39:669-76
Aboagye J, Goldstein S D, Salazar J H, Papandria D, Okoye M T, Al-Omar K, et al. Age at presentation of common pediatric surgical conditions: Reexamining the dogma. J Pediatr Surg 2014;49:995-9