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Innocent Tichaona Gangaidzo
Alma mater University of Oxford
University of London
University of Newcastle (Australia)
Known forPresident ECSACOP
President Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe
Editor-in-chief Central African Journal of Medicine
Scientific career
Fields Gastroenterology
Institutions University of Zimbabwe

Innocent Tichaona Gangaidzo, is a Zimbabwean gastroenterologist, who was the president of the East, Central, and Southern Africa College of Physicians ( ECSACOP) from 2020 to 2022. Gangaidzo is the current editor-in-chief of the Central African Journal of Medicine. [1]

Career

In 1984, Gangaidzo graduated in medicine from the University of Oxford. In 1985, he was practising in Oxford. [2]

He earned master's degrees in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of Newcastle in Australia, and in physiological sciences from the University of Oxford. In addition, he has a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the University of London. In Birmingham and London, he received specialized training in internal medicine and gastroenterology.

His areas of interest include colorectal cancer and African iron excess as well as gastroenterological and hepatological diseases, in particular. Gangaidzo has received grants from a number of international organizations, such as the National Institutes of Health. ECSACOP's first vice president and the current college president is Professor Gangaidzo. [3]

He was president of the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe from 2010 to 2015. [4] He is described as a leading practitioner. [5]

Selected publications

  • Innocent T Gangaidzo; Moyo VM; Mvundura E; et al. (17 August 2001). "Association of pulmonary tuberculosis with increased dietary iron". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 184 (7): 936–939. doi: 10.1086/323203. ISSN  0022-1899. PMID  11528590. Wikidata  Q74442113.
  • Khumalo H; Gomo ZA; Moyo VM; Gordeuk VR; Saungweme T; Rouault TA; Gangaidzo IT (1 January 1998). "Serum transferrin receptors are decreased in the presence of iron overload". Clinical Chemistry. 44 (1): 40–44. ISSN  0009-9147. PMID  9550556. Wikidata  Q50895148.
  • I T Gangaidzo; V M Moyo; T Saungweme; et al. (1 August 1999). "Iron overload in urban Africans in the 1990s". Gut. 45 (2): 278–283. doi: 10.1136/GUT.45.2.278. ISSN  0017-5749. PMC  1727612. PMID  10403742. Wikidata  Q35356427.

References

  1. ^ "Professor Innocent Gangaidzo | RCP London". 2023-02-12. Archived from the original on 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  2. ^ "Gangaidzo, Innocent Tichaona, 27 Jul 1984, 121 Lime Walk, Headington, Oxford" in The Medical Register - Part 1 (1985), p. 1246
  3. ^ "Prof. Innocent Gangaidzo – ECSACOP". 2023-02-12. Archived from the original on 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  4. ^ "Our History – MDPCZ". 2023-02-12. Archived from the original on 2023-02-12. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  5. ^ Chronicle, The. "Minister charms health insurance companies". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-02-20.