Chichi Menakaya

Chinyelu Uchechukwu Anne Menakaya (born 4 June 1980) is a Nigerian trauma and orthopedic surgeon based in the United Kingdom. She is the founder of Annomo Health concierge service,^[1][2] which brings together doctors and hospitals to the awareness of patients.^[1][3][4]

Doctor Chichi Menakaya
Born	Chinyelu Uchechukwu Anne Menakaya (1980-06-04) 4 June 1980 (age 45)
Nationality	Nigerian
Education	MSc, Imperial College London, 2011 RCSI, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2011 MBBS, University of Ibadan, 2006

Menakaya has held honorary lectures at Hull and York Medical Schools in Yorkshire, United kingdom and works as a surgical medical student tutor for the University College of London.^[5][3] She is also the founder of Okwuís_Frocentric, a fashion line with African ideas.^[6]

Early life and education

She was born on 4 June 1980 to Dr. Tim Menakaya (Nigeria's former Minister of Health) and Chief Magistrate Ann Menakaya in Nigeria. She hails from Umunya in Anambra State of Nigeria.^[3][7] She attended the University of Ibadan from 1999 to 2006. While there, she served as Director of Finance, Federation of African Medical and Dental Students, and later earned a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery. She then proceeded to the Imperial College, London, in 2009 and earned a master's degree in surgical technology with supplementary module in medico-legal diploma from that college in 2011. She attended the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 2011 and she is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS RCSEng).^[3][8]

Career

Menakaya founded Annomo in 2013.^[3][4][9] In 2020, the group donated boxes of masks to rural areas and hospitals in Nigeria.^[10] Menakaya served as the development director (Europe) for RISE Global Health Initiative from July 2014 to September 2017. She served as clinical research fellow for Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals from August 2011 to August 2013. She was an orthopaedic trauma travelling and research fellow for Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital from 2013 to 2016. In 2023, she became a National Health Service (NHS) Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow.^[3][8] Menakaya empowers victims of domestic violence through a non-profit organisation, Okwuí Mask Scheme, based in the United Kingdom and Nigeria.^[11][4]

Volunteer services

Menakaya served as the ice hockey doctor for the Hull Stingrays lce Hockey Club from September 2009 to August 2013. She has been a Foundation Board Member of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust since 2007. Menakaya was a mailroom and campaign volunteer for the Society for Protection of Unborn Children from July 2006 to August 2007 and director of CareConnect Incorporated since September 2015. She was an academic honorary clinical tutor for Hull York Medical School (HYMS) from August 2011 to August 2013.^[3]

Recognitions

Menakaya was awarded the Marcela Uribe Zamudio Award for Women Researchers (issued by SICOT. Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie) in November 2014;^[12] Travelling Fellow and Research Collaborator (issued by Harvard Orthopedics Combined Residency Program) in September 2013;^[3] and Year of the African Child Essay Award for Eastern Nigeria (issued by UNICEF) in June 1997.^[3]

Personal life

Menakaya is a cousin of Lorenzo Menakaya. The name of her company, Annomo, is derived from the names of her mother, "Ann Okwuchukwu Menakaya Orakwue."^[10]

Publications

• Menakaya, C.U. et al (2015) "Patient Evaluation of Outpatient Venous thromboembolism Prophylaxis Service Following Lower Limb Injuries Using a Developed Validated Questionnaire." Jof Perioper Pract. 25 (4). April. ISBN 1750-4589.^[13]
• Menakaya, C.U. et al (2014) "Outpatient thromboprophylaxis following lower limb immobilisation: an institution's experience." Eur Orthop Traumatol. 4 (5). January.^[14]
• Menakaya, C.U. et al (2013) "Quality of Operation Notes In Orthopaedic Hip Arthroplasty Surgery: Are we complying with British Orthopaedic Association's Guide To Good Practice?" J Perioper Pract. 23 (12). December.^[15]
• Menakaya, C.U. et al (2013) "The cost of outpatient venous thromboembolism prophylaxis following lower limb injuries." Bone Joint J. 95-B (5). May.^[16]
• Menakaya, C.U. et al (2013) "Fracture healing following high energy tibial trauma: Ilizarov versus Taylor Spatial Frame." Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 96 (2). March.^[17]
• Menakaya, C.U. et al (2013) “Loop Stitch Technique for Hamstring Tendon Grafts.” Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 95 (7). January.^[18]