JEAN I. ONWUCHEKWA

3000 Bissonnet ST. #8207

Houston, TX  77005

Phone:  (713) 664-7175

Cell: (832) 244-3125

Email:  jeano22@msn.com

 

OBJECTIVE

 

Excellent training in Internal Medicine which will provide the foundation to pursue a fellowship in cardiology and practice in either the academic or private sector over the span of my career.

 

MEDICAL TRAINING

 

RESIDENCY        University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

Department of Internal Medicine; July 2007-Present

 

INTERNSHIP       University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

Department of Internal Medicine; July 2006- June 2007

                       

EDUCATION

 

M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX

August 2002- June 2006

·                     Admission Committee Student Representative: Junior and Senior Year

·                     Class Representative for Internal Medicine Student Group: Junior Year

·                     Student OB/GYN Clinic Co-Coordinator: Sophomore Year

·                     Class Vice President: Sophomore Year

·                     Northwest Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship, 2003-2005

·                     Internal Medicine Preceptorship, Baylor Health Geriatrics Department, Dallas, TX

·                     Summer Institute for Medical Students at the Betty Ford Center, Rancho Mirage, CA

 

 

B.A., University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Major: Microbiology; August 1998- May 2002

·                     Michael John Fink, M.D. Endowed Presidential Scholarship, 2001-2002

·                     Northwest Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship, 1999-2000

·                     College Scholar in the School of Natural Sciences

·                     Resident Assistant in San Jacinto Dormitory, 2000-2002

·                     President of Black Health Professions Organization (BHPO), 2000-2001

·                     Sexual Health Peer Advisor for University Health Services, 2000-2001

·                     Summer Medical and Research Training Program (SMART), 2001

·                     UT MD Anderson Summer Research Program, 2000

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 

·                     Study in progress: Resistance Training Prescription Among Women Enrolled in Phase 2 Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

·                     American Heart Association

·                     American College of Physicians

·                     Texas Medical Association

               

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND HOBBIES

 

·                     ARAMCO Houston Half Marathon, January 2007

·                     Koala Health and Wellness Houston Half Marathon & Relay, November 2006

·                     Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K, October 2001 and 2006

·                     Served as a volunteer in several projects including: Health Fairs in underserved areas of Dallas at Baptist Missionary Church, TJ Rusk Middle School, and a community-based refugee clinic as part of Southwestern Community Outreach (SCOPE).   Also served as a Group Leader in the Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) in order to mentor high school students.

 

REFERENCES    Furnished upon request.