Nelson Aluya
Nigerian-American physician
Nelson Oke Aluya is a Nigerian-American physician (pediatrics and Internal medicine). He is the chief medical director of the Newark community health center in New Jersey and an assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at the Rutgers University Medical School, Newark. He served as an attending physician at the Newark Beth Israel Medical center and as the medical director of the Newark Extended Care Facility. Aluya is the president of the Nigerian-American Public Affairs Committee, USA; a former chairman of the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas' (ANPA) New Jersey Chapter, and a former president of the New Jersey Medical Association. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American Board of Pediatrics, and the American College of Healthcare Executives. Aluya has written numerous articles, raised funds for international medical missions, and advocated for cultural events and pro-black political interests.
Background and education
Aluya was born on February 10, 1969 in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. He hails from Isoko in Delta State, Nigeria. He graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in October 1998, immediately afterwards commencing his housemanship/internship at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital until October 1999. From June 2004 to June 2005, he was an intern in medicine/pediatrics at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, and he did his residency at the same center (June 2005-June 2008).
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