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Profile
Christopher Njeh, BSc, MSc, PhD, CPhys, DABR
Christopher Njeh was born in Guzang Village. He
attended GHS Mbengwi and CCAST Bambili. He was awarded scholarship to study Physics at the University of Birmingham, UK from where he graduated with a BSc (hons) in Physics. He further pursued a
Master degree in Medical Physics from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and a Doctoral degree in Medical Physics from Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He was also awarded chartered physicist
status from the institute of Physics (CPhys), UK
After graduating Dr Njeh work as a Locum Radiation Safety
Officer for Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge, UK and he later on secured a Research Scientist position at Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK. Due to his pivotal research and
publications in osteoporosis assessment using ultrasound, Dr Njeh was invited to the University of California, San Francisco as a visiting Postdoctoral Fellow. He was later on appointed as Assistant
Professor of Radiology.
After several years of research Dr Njeh decided to move into
clinical Medical physics, so, he gained a residency position at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. He is certified by the American Board of Radiology in the therapeutic radiological physics. He
is currently Chief Medical Physicist at Tyler Cancer Center(a subsidiary of US Oncology) and holds an adjunct faculty position at the California State University, Fresno where he teaches Medical
physics.
Dr Njeh is the co-editor of two books and an
author of over 10 book chapters. Dr Njeh is an author or co-author to over 50 peer reviewed original articles. He has over 100 published abstracts. He has been an invited speaker to numerous
conferences, and has chaired several scientific sessions. He is an ad hoc article reviewer of numerous journals including Osteoporosis International and
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. He is a member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and several other professional societies. He is the co-organizer of the Medical Physics
Section of the National Society of Black Physicist. He is also a member of the minority recruitment committee of the AAPM. He strongly believes in the empowerment of blacks in general and MEDA in particular through education.
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