ChineloChristineOkigboMDPhD, MPH(She/Her)

Diabetes, Gonad Disorders & Reproductive, Osteoporosis & Bone Metabolism Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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855 W Brambleton Ave
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Norfolk, VA 23510
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University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 2019 - 2021
AtlantiCare Regional Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2016 - 2019
Nnamdi Azikiwe University College of Health ScienceClass of 2006

VA State Medical License 2020 - 2024
NC State Medical License 2019 - 2022
NJ State Medical License 2016 - 2021
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
The International Society for Clinical DensitometryCertified Clinical Densitometrist (CCD)

PubMed

25 citations
Gender norms and modern contraceptive use in urban Nigeria: a multilevel longitudinal study.
Chinelo C. Okigbo, Ilene S. Speizer, Marisa Elena Domino, Sian L. Curtis, Carolyn Tucker Halpern
BMC Women's Health. 2018-10-29
10 citations
Trends in reproductive health indicators in Nigeria using demographic and health surveys (1990–2013)
Chinelo C. Okigbo, Korede K. Adegoke, Comfort Z. Olorunsaiye
Global Public Health. 2017-06-01
21 citations
A Multilevel Logit Estimation of Factors Associated With Modern Contraception in Urban Nigeria.
Chinelo C. Okigbo, Ilene S. Speizer, Marisa Elena Domino, Sian L. Curtis
World Medical & Health Policy. 2017-03-01

Abstracts/Posters

The Effects of Energy Restriction on Thyroid Hormone Dynamics
Joselyne Tessa Tonelu, BS, Skand Shekhar, MD, Chinelo Okigbo, MD PhD, Helen Leka, BS, Anne Kim, MD, Bona Purse, MSW, Katie Hirsch, MA, EP-C, CISSN, Bin Wei, MS, Brian ..., Journal of the Endocrine Society, 5/3/2021
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Induced Hypophysitis in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Two Contrasting Case Presentations
Chinelo Okigbo, MD PhD, Deepa Kirk, MD, Journal of the Endocrine Society, 5/3/2021
Thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis: a case study of recurrent familial paralysis
Chinelo Okigbo, MD PhD, Thyroid, 10/29/2019