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Ihuoma Emenuga

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Ihuoma Emenuga
Commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department
In office
January 22, 2024 – July 29, 2024
Appointed byBrandon Scott
Preceded byMary Beth Haller (interim)
Succeeded bySimone Johnson (interim)
Personal details
EducationUniversity of Ibadan
University of Nigeria
University of London
University of Maryland, College Park

Ihuoma Emenuga is a Nigerian-American internist and public health physician who served as the commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department from January to July 2024.

Life

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Emenuga earned a B.Sc. in biochemistry from the University of Ibadan.[1] She received a M.D. from the University of Nigeria.[2] She completed a M.Sc. in public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.[3] Emenuga earned a M.B.A. from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park.[3] Emenuga completed a residency fellowship in health policy at George Washington University and an internal medicine residency at Howard University Hospital.[3] She was chief resident and worked as the associate program director of its internal medicine residency training program.[4]

Emenuga specializes in public health, preventative care, and wellness medicine.[5] She speaks English, French, and Igbo.[5] In April 2014, Emenuga was issued a medical license by the Maryland Board of Physicians.[2] She was a medical director in the youth wellness and community health division in the Baltimore City Health Department.[2] In that role, she oversaw clinical services provided in Baltimore City Public Schools.[3] On January 22, 2024, Emenuga was selected by Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott to succeed interim commissioner Mary Beth Haller as the city's health commissioner.[2][6] She was terminated on July 29, 2024, and succeeded by interim commissioner Simone Johnson.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Ihuoma Emenuga, MD, MPH, MBA". Big Cities Health Coalition. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  2. ^ a b c d e Opilo, Emily (2024-07-29). "Baltimore health commissioner terminated after 7 months on the job". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mayor Scott nominates Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga as Baltimore's new Health Commissioner". WBFF. 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  4. ^ "Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga, Commissioner of Health". Baltimore City Health Department. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  5. ^ a b "Ihuoma Emenuga". Chase Brexton Health Care. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  6. ^ Cohn, Meredith (2023-12-14). "Baltimore may finally get a new health commissioner". The Baltimore Banner. Retrieved 2024-07-30.