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Practitioner Profile - Virginia Board of Medicine
Unless otherwised indicated, this information has been self-reported and has not been verified by the Board of Medicine.
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Okechukwu O Okidi, MD
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LICENSE # 0101277498
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Issue Date: 1/3/2023
Expiration Date: 10/31/2024
Status:
Current Active
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Disclaimer: General
The following information contained in this database is provided from the records of
the Board of Medicine.
- Licensee name
- License number
- Date of issue
- Date of expiration
- Any Virginia Board of Medicine Notice or Order
The Department and the Board have taken measures to assure that the above
information reflects information contained in records that it maintains consistent
with its statutory responsibility to doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and podiatry.
The following information is required to be self-reported by licensees under penalty of law. This information
is not verified by the Board. The Department and the Board have the authority to investigate reported
inaccuracies in the displayed information and if warranted, seek correction and effect licensee compliance
with the law and regulations governing the practitioner information system.
Required information provided by doctors:
- Practice information (location(s), telephone number(s), translating services,
percentage of time spent at location(s)
- Education
- Years in active clinical practice
- Board Certifications
- Hospital affiliations
- Academic appointments
- Publications
- Medicaid participation
- Actions
- Felony convictions
- Paid claims in the most recent ten years
Optional information doctors may choose to include:
- Insurance plans accepted or managed care plans in which they participate
- Self-Designated practice area
- Honors and awards received
- Medicare information
- Hours of continuing education
- Practice name
- Days of the week at practice location
- Maiden name
- Web site address
- Non-emergency email address
The Board does not comprehensively verify the information required to be self-reported
by doctors, and therefore does not accept responsibility for the accuracy of
self-reported information. The Board conducts periodic random audits of profiles
as an effort to improve the accuracy and timeliness of the information.
Please note that if a practitioner's license is not active, they are under
no obligation to update their profile so the information contained in that profile may not be up-to-date.
Disclaimer: Malpractice Information
When considering malpractice paid claims data, please keep in mind:
Some studies have shown little correlation between the existence of a malpractice paid claims history and the practitioner's competence to provide care.
Malpractice paid claims histories tend to vary by specialty. Some specialties are more likely than others to be the subject of litigation.
Some doctors work primarily with high-risk patients. These doctors may have malpractice paid claims histories that are higher than average because they specialize in cases or patients who are at very high risk for problems.
Settlement of a claim may occur for a variety of reasons, which do not necessarily reflect negatively on the professional competence or conduct of the practitioner. A payment in settlement of a medical malpractice action or claim should not be construed as creating a presumption that medical malpractice has occurred.
The incident causing the malpractice paid claim may have happened years before a payment is finally made. Sometimes, it takes a long time for a malpractice lawsuit to move through the legal system.
Presentation of Required Data:
As of July 1, 2007, practitioners are required to report all paid claims over
$10,000 in the last 10 years. For doctors practicing less than 10 years, the data
covers their total years of practice.
To provide perspective regarding the reported data, the Board displays information about the paid claims experience of the practitioner's specialty along with the practitioner's history of paid claims. In reporting the data in this manner, each practitioner is seen relative to other practitioners in the specialty, rather than to all practitioners in all specialties.
Paid claims are not expressed in dollar amounts. Each paid claim has been analyzed and assigned to one of three statistical categories: below average, average, or above average. This analysis was made relative to the other claims in the specialty in which the claim occurred.
The information provided, in the manner provided, should offer perspective about this aspect of medical practice. You could miss an opportunity for high quality care by excluding a doctor based solely on the presence of a malpractice history. You may wish to discuss information provided in this report, and malpractice generally, with your doctor.
Primary Practice Address
Last Updated 3/11/2023
LIFENET HEALTH
3609 Saunders Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
Phone: 8043382482
Location Details
- Practitioner spends 100% of time at this location.
- Days that practitioner sees patients at this location:
None
Years in Active Clinical Practice
Last Updated 3/11/2023
Years in Active Clinical Practice Inside US/Canada:
2
Years in Active Clinical Practice Outside US/Canada:
30
Medicaid
Last Updated 3/11/2023
Does Not Participate in the Virginia Medicaid program
Is not accepting new Virginia Medicaid patients
Virginia
Hospital Affiliations
Last Updated 3/11/2023
None Reported
Hospital Affiliations in States Other Than Virginia
Last Updated 3/11/2023
Medical, Osteopathic, or Podiatric School
Last Updated 3/11/2023
Grad School: University of Nigeria
State: Enugu
Country: Nigeria
Year Completed: 1990
Medical, Osteopathic, or Podiatric Post Grad School
Last Updated 3/11/2023
Medicine, Surgery, Obs&Gyn, Pediatrics
University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital
Enugu,
Enugu
Nigeria
Year Internship
Completed: 1991
General Surgery
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
Lagos,
Lagos
Nigeria
Year Residency
Completed: 2002
Abdominal Organs Transplant Surgery
Oxford Transplant. Center, Churchill Hospital
Headington,
Oxford
UK
Year Fellowship
Completed: 2010
Abdominal Organs Transplant Surgery
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Manchester,
LANCASHIRE
United Kingdom
Year Fellowship
Completed: 2019
Abdominal Organs Transplant Surgery
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston,
Texas
USA
Year Fellowship
Completed: 2022
Board Certification
Recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, Bureau of
Osteopathic Specialists
and Boards of Certification, the American Board of
Multiple Specialties in Podiatry, or Council on Podiatric Medical Education.
Last Updated 3/11/2023
None Reported
Self-Designated Practice Areas
Last Updated 3/11/2023
Surgery: Abdominal
Surgery
Insurance Plans/Managed Care Plans Accepted
Last Updated 3/11/2023
None Reported
Honors
and Awards - Optional
Last Updated 3/11/2023
FELLOW WEST AFRICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS [FWACS]: Fellowship in General Surgery
West African Postgraduate Medical School
2003
FELLOW INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS [FICS]
International College of Surgeons (ICS)
2007
certification that Fellow of West African College of Surgeons is comparable to British Postgraduate Diploma Standard
UK NARIC
2010
FELLOW OF EUROPEAN BOARD OF SURGERY [FEBS]; Diploma in Transplantation Surgery
European Board of Surgery
2011
CERTIFICATION OF COMPETENCY IN ABDOMINAL ORGAN RETRIEVAL
NHS Blood and Transplant United Kingdom
2014
‘Honors’ plaque as International Guest speaker/ lecturer on‘Current Practice in Renal Transplant"
International College of Surgeons (Nigeria National Sector) at AGM & Scientific conference at Abakaliki Nigeria on 8-11/6/16
2016
ECFMG certification
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
2018
FUNDAMENTALS OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY (FLS) – Certificate of successful completion of program
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
2021
Trinkle-Banowsky competition award winner of the 2021 Texas Transplant Society (TTS) Annual Scientific Meeting best oral Presentation
Texas Transplant Society (TTS)
2021
Certificate of completion of ASTS fellowship in Abdominal Organ Transplantation Surgery
American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
2022
Academic Appointments
Last Updated 3/11/2023
None Reported
Academic Appointments - Non-US
Last Updated 3/11/2023
Ebonyi State University, Nigeria
Rank:
Lecturer 1
Years:
2003 - 2009
Publications
(up to ten in the last five years)
Last Updated 3/11/2023
Transplant Research Journal
Volume: 3
Date: 01 2019
doi:.org/10.16966/2473 - 1730.119
The altruistic elderly, a valuable but unrecognized kidney donor group. A case report of an 85-year old unspecified kidney donor
BMC Geriatrics
Volume: 22
Date: 10 2022
doi:10.1186/s12877-022-03511-8
Felony Conviction Information
Last Updated 3/11/2023
None Reported
Actions Taken by States/Organizations Other than the Virginia Board of Medicine
Last Updated 3/11/2023
None Reported
Virginia Board of Medicine Notices and Orders
Verified by Board
No Notices or Orders on file
Paid Claims in the last ten years
Last Updated 3/11/2023
The licensee has reported the following paid claims in the past ten years:
None Reported
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