Dr. Chito Nwana is a consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist and the Medical Director/CEO of Tabitha Medical Center in Abuja. She is American Board Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is duly registered by the Nigerian Medical and Dental Council. She completed her residency training at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine USA. She has vast experience practicing in part of the United States as well as considerable exposure to the peculiarities of the Nigerian public and private sector medical practice.
Chito is focused on both hands-on medical skills and a high-tech approach with a proven ability to analyze and document medical information in accordance with assigned procedures and protocol. She is also academically inclined and has done extensive medical research in various areas such as cervical cancer screening and health care disparities that have been published in medical journals. She has attended several international conferences in which she has made incisive referenced presentations on these topics.
With a bachelor’s degree in psychology from McMaster University, in Canada, she has excellent interpersonal and communication skills, which invariably makes patients more receptive and with reduced anxiety levels. She is also a result-oriented professional with a passion to extend medical services to the less privileged. To this end, she has coordinated several rural medical missions.
As the Chairperson for the Guild of Medical Directors FCT, she strongly advocated for health sector reforms that will improve the standard and quality of healthcare in Nigeria. She has been successful in creating a stronger network between hospital owners and the government with the aim of advancing the private health sector.
She is also a result-oriented professional with a passion to extend medical services to the less privileged which she achieves as the Executive Director of the Francis & Felicia Umenyi Foundation. A foundation that has provided free medical and surgical services to several rural communities in Nigeria in collaboration with international non-profit organizations.
She is a member of several professional organizations including, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Guild of Medical Directors. She also hosts her own YouTube show “My Health, My Life by Dr. Chito”. Over the years, she has been a recipient of many awards and honors. She is married and the committed mother of two children