Elizabeth Ofili

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Elizabeth Ofili
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BornAugust 3, 1956
Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian-American
Alma mater Ahmadu Bello University
Johns Hopkins University
OccupationCardiologist
Employer(s) Washington University in St. Louis
Morehouse School of Medicine

Elizabeth Odilile Ofili (born 1956) is a Nigerian-American physician and cardiology researcher. She was the first woman to become president of the Association of Black Cardiologists. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Ofili was born and raised in Nigeria, and attended Ahmadu Bello University for medical school. She moved to the United States in 1982 and earned a master's of public health from Johns Hopkins University in 1983. She completed her postgraduate education in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [1]

Career and research

Ofili began her career with research at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, and continued her cardiology research while a professor at Washington University School of Medicine. In 1994, she became an associate professor at Morehouse School of Medicine, and was promoted to full professor in 1999. Her research focuses on heart disease in the African-American population, dyslipidemia, hypertension, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and echocardiography; her work in the African American Heart Failure Trial substantially changed guidelines on heart failure treatment for African-Americans. She has also conducted research with NASA into the effects of microgravity on vasculature. She is acclaimed for her studies of myocardial blood flow. [1] [3]

Honors and awards

References

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  2. 1 2 "About ABC ~ Board of Directors". Association of Black Cardiologists. Archived from the original on 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  3. "Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC". www.msm.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  4. Cardiologists, Association of Black. "Association of Black Cardiologists Announces New and Re-Appointed Leaders to Its Board of Directors". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. "Elizabeth Ofili". ZODML. 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. "Top 25 Women of Atlanta: Dr. Elizabeth Ofili". Rolling Out. 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. "Elizabeth O. Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC". Association of Black Cardiologists. 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2020-06-10.