ABILITY IN DISABILITY: Nigerian born Naturalized American Medical Genius, DR OLUWAFERANMI OKANLAMI earlier suffered spinal cord injury, paralyzed from the neck down en-route to becoming an Orthopaedic Surgeon in Yale …Presently an Assistant Professor for Family Medicine & Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation * Reigns as Director of MDisability Community Engagement, Director of Adaptive Sports in Michigan Center for Human Athletic Medicine and Performance at Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan * Working as Spokesperson for Guardian Life in their Equal & Able partnership, Serving on St Joseph County Board of Health as appointed by former Mayor Pete Buttigieg *Bagged MD from University of Michigan, earned Master s degree in Engineering, Science, and Technology Entrepreneurship from The University of Notre Dame; completed Family Medicine Residency at Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Indiana * On Board of the River City Challenged Athletes, featured on Robin Robert s Good Morning America Series, received Michigan Medicine s Distinguished Early Career Alumni Award in 2020, serving on the Board of the Michigan Medicine Alumni Society * In 2013, I was on my way to becoming an Orthopaedic Surgeon The University of Michigan Medical School graduate was in his third year of residency at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut at that time I jumped into the pool I didn t do a backflip or anything like that There was no diving board, but I hit either the ground or the side of the pool or someone s leg I can t be completely sure, but immediately I was unable to move anything from my chest down In my mind, I was thinking of next steps: Stabilize my spine, get me onto the stretcher and get me to the hospital My medical instincts kicked in -Okanlami * BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief
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