Dr Onyinye Iweala is the first child and only daughter of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala the recently appointed Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Dr Onyi Iweala is a Doctor and assistant Professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 
She is married to Dr Andrew Spector with three kids, namely Adaora, Kelechi and Emeka. The beautiful Dr Onyi who graduated from Harvard University, 2002, as a Magna Cum Laude, recently said during an interview that she loves mentoring because it brings her joy and she’s looking for ways to mentor young Nigerians.
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The 41-year-old, Dr Onyinye Iweala who has three younger brothers, also enjoys caring for individuals with allergic conditions and/or immune dysfunction at the UNC Allergy Clinic. She has a particular interest in patients with alpha-gal allergy, chronic urticaria, and mast cell disorders.
Below are some of Dr Onyinye Iweala’s record and achievements;
Speciality Area: Allergy & Immunology– environmental allergies (allergic rhinitis), chronic hives and swelling (urticaria and angioedema), food allergies including alpha-gal allergy, anaphylaxis.
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Chronology: AB Magna Cum Laude: Harvard University, 2002. PhD: Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2009. MD: Harvard Medical School, 2010. Internal Medicine Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, 2010-2013. Hospitalist: Duke Regional Hospital, 2013. Attending Physician, Hospital Medicine: Durham VA Medical Center, 2014-2015. Medical Instructor: Duke Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, 2014-2015. Allergy & Immunology Clinical Fellowship: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015-2017. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Allergy & Immunology: UNC Food Allergy Initiative and Thurston Arthritis Research Center, 2017-2018. Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics: the University of North Carolina, 2017-2018. Assistant Professor of Medicine: University of North Carolina, 2018-present.
Iweala OI, Spector AR. Opportunities to enhance the AAAAI Physician Burnout Survey. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Sep;8(8):2838-2839. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.05.028.PMID: 32888535
Hamad A*, Iweala OI*, Henderson C, Madan S, Stouffer GA III, Commins SP, Kim EH. Recurrent Anaphylaxis During Cardiac Catheterization Due to Ethylene Oxide. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2018.04.017. PMID: 29715563
Iweala OI, Choudhary SK, Commins SP. Food Allergy. Current Gastroenterology Reports. 2018; 20:17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11894-018-0624-y. PMID: 29623490
Iweala OI, Copenhaver CC, Wu EY, Moran TP. Hydroxychloroquine as a Steroid-Sparing Agent in an Infant with Chronic Urticaria. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2017 Nov 17. pii: S1081-1206(17)31174-2. doi:10.1016/j.anai.2017.10.011.
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