Cameroonian pioneer surgeon,Victor Anomah Ngu quietly passed away today, after a period of prolonged illness. The following is a biographical timeline of the eminent doctor:
1926
Born 19 February, near Buea, former British Southern Cameroons
1944
Scholarship to study in the Government College in Ibadan, Nigeria
1948
Scholarship to study medicine, Ibadan, Nigeria
1954
Qualified as a surgeon, University of London.
1962-1963
Rockefeller Foundation Research Fellowship in Cancer Chemotherapy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
1964
Exchange Professor in Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical School, Baltimore, USA
1965-1968
Appointed Head of Surgery, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
1967
Appointed Head of the Nigerian Medical Corp
1971-1974
Professor and Head of Surgery, University Centre for Health Sciences, University of Yaounde, Cameroon
1972
The Albert Lasker Medical Research Award for the treatment of Burkitt’s lymphoma, New York, USA
1974-1982
Vice-Chancellor University of Yaounde, Cameroon, with responsibility as the academic head of the institution
1984-1988
Appointed Minister of Public Health Yaounde, Cameroon
1984 – Present
Professor of Surgery and Director of the Cancer Research Laboratory,
University Center for Health Sciences, Yaounde, Cameroon
1991
The Clinic of Hope was opened to treat HIV, Sickle-cell anaemia and cancer
2001
President, Cameroon Academic of Sciences
2003
The Leon Sullivan Achievement Award for work in HIV/AIDS therapeutic vaccine research
2005-present
The future: Refining therapeutic uses of Vanhivax
*Culled from the website Cellular Wisdom
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MAY HIS GENTLE SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE, AMEN.
Posted by: O.N.T. | Wednesday, 15 June 2011 at 09:01 AM
A baobab in medicine. Fantastic teacher and researcher. Great humanist and great patriot. May he find peace in the world beyond.
Posted by: J. S. Dinga | Wednesday, 15 June 2011 at 08:59 PM
Funny why the govt didn't fly him out for treatment. wt all his achievements and knowledge, he shouldn't 'depart at 85'. the profile didn't carry position of Pro-Chancellor for University of Buea.
RIP
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