{"id":150,"date":"2016-11-03T06:50:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T06:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medplux.com\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2019-06-20T04:35:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T04:35:57","slug":"about-medplux","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medplux.com\/about-medplux\/","title":{"rendered":"About Medplux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"last-updated\">Last updated on June 20th, 2019 at 04:35 am<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-162 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/medplux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/about-medplux-150x150.png\" alt=\"about-medplux\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Medplux<\/strong> is a worldwide brand\u00a0with a desire to help people understand medical diseases in a simple way, with Dr. Akatakpo Dunn as the head and chief editor of the website.<\/p>\n<p>With our desire and your help, we will continue to teach\u00a0medical ailments to people with little or no medical knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>While growing up, it was difficult to get a real understanding of basic medical diseases.<\/p>\n<p>This was my driving force to quickly help patients, medical students, and everyone with the most basic knowledge of medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Knowledge is the key to living a healthy life.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, The material on this website is for educational information purposes only.<\/p>\n<p>It should complement but not substitute or delay medical advice, diagnosis or treatment from a health professional.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Who is Dr. Dunn?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am a medical doctor duly registered with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcn.gov.ng\/\">Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria<\/a> <strong>(MDCN<\/strong>) and The <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalnma.org\/\">Nigerian Medical Association<\/a> <strong>(NMA)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a scanned copy of my certification as a practicing medical professional in my country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4300 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/medplux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AKATAKPO-001-1-e1560830017453.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka Medical school in 2012 with an M.B.B.S degree. M.B.B.S means Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).<\/p>\n<p>Then after, I did my one-year compulsory internship\/house job at the University of Nigeria teaching hospital, Enugu State, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>I continued one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) between 2014-2015 by working at the Presbyterian joint hospital, Uburu.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>WORKING EXPERIENCE WITH DATE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital 2012-2013<br \/>\n<strong>POSITION: <\/strong>House Officer<\/li>\n<li>Presbyterian Joint Hospital Uburu Ebonyi State 2014- Till Date<strong> POSITION: Senior\u00a0Medical Officer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Mobile clinics for the purpose of rural antenatal clinics in Ebonyi state<\/li>\n<li>General medical practice covering surgery, internal medicine, and obstetrics wards<\/li>\n<li>Running of General out-patient clinic<\/li>\n<li>Taking medical calls for Accident and Emergency<\/li>\n<li>Running Antenatal clinics<\/li>\n<li>Performing surgeries &#8211; caesarian section, appendectomy, lumpectomy, removal of retained products of conception with manual vacuum aspirator, herniorrhaphy, and many others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CONTINUOUS MEDICAL EDUCATION <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>USAID <\/strong>sponsored Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care Course (BEmONC).<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ON THE WEB:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dunn has been featured on the Web. Has been mentioned in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2019\/06\/causes-symptoms-and-investigations-for-foot-pain1\/\">The Nigerian Vanguard<\/a>, Fool.com, Msn.com, <a href=\"https:\/\/nationaljobs.washingtonpost.com\/article-details\/86\/how-to-prevent-potential-injuries-at-a-physically-demanding-job\/\">Washingtonpos<\/a>t, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glassdoor.com\/employers\/blog\/8-must-offer-benefits-thatll-attract-recruit-working-moms\/\">Glassdoor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/bizspark_au\/2017\/12\/18\/9-easy-ways-to-keep-your-team-healthy\/\">Microsoft<\/a>, and Newsmax.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can always follow us on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Medplux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medpluxblog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/4\/111109443276925067633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google+<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last updated on June 20th, 2019 at 04:35 am Medplux is a worldwide brand\u00a0with a desire to help people understand medical diseases in a simple<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8osbv-2q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medplux.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medplux.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medplux.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medplux.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medplux.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/medplux.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4313,"href":"https:\/\/medplux.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150\/revisions\/4313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medplux.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}