
Ohwofiemu Nwariaku, M.D.
Associate Dean, Global Health
Professor
Endowed Title Malcolm O. Perry, M.D. Professorship in Surgery
Department Surgery | Global Health
Graduate Programs Biomedical Engineering
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Biography
Dr. Nwariaku joined the division in December 1998 as an assistant professor. He is currently a professor in the Department of Surgery. He received his M.D. in Nigeria in 1987 and began his general surgery residency at UT Southwestern in July 1991. He served a two-year fellowship here from 1993 through 1995 and completed his residency in 1998. His area of expertise is in minimally-invasive endocrine surgery,specifically laparoscopic adrenalectomy,thyroid and parathyroid surgery and his focus is on continuing development of an endocrine surgical program at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Education
- Medical School
- University of Ibadan (1987)
- Internship
- Baptist Medical Center-Nigeria (1988), Transitional Year
- Residency
- Baptist Medical Center-Nigeria (1991), Surgery
- Residency
- UT Southwestern Medical School (1993), General Surgery
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern Medical School (1995), Research
- Residency
- UT Southwestern Medical School (1998), General Surgery
Research Interest
- Adrenal Tumors and Cancer
- Angiogenesis
- Endothelial Signaling
- Parathyroid Hormone Effects on Bone
- Thyroid Cancer
Publications
Featured Publications
- Subcellular targeting of oxidants during endothelial cell migration
- Wu RF, Xu YC, Ma Z, Nwariaku FE, Sarosi GA, Terada LS Journal of Cell Biology December 2005 171(5) 893-904
- Prevalence of malignancy within cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules
- Miller B, Burkey SH, Lindberg G, Snyder WH, Nwariaku FE American Journal of Surgery November 2004 188(5) 459-62
- NADPH oxidase mediates vascular endothelial cadherin phosphorylation and endothelial dysfunction
- Nwariaku FE, Liu Z, Zhu X, Nahari D, Ingle C, Wu RF, Gu Y, Sarosi GA, Terada LS Blood November 2004 104(10) 3214-20
- p47 phox participates in activation of RelA in endothelial cells.
- Gu Y, Xu Y C, Wu RF, Nwariaku FE, Souza RF, Flores SC, Terada LS J Biol Chem Fall 2003 Vol. 4
- Directed Parathyroidectomy: Feasibility and Performance in 100 Consecutive Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism.
- Burkey SH, Snyder WH, Nwariaku, Watumull L, Mathews D Arch Surg June 2003 Vol 138 No. 6
- Subcellular Targeting of Oxidants during Endothelial Migration
- Wu RF, Xu YC, Ma Z, Nwariaku FE, Sarosi GA, Terada LS Journal of Cell Biology December 2005 171(5) 893-904
- Direct phosphorylation of proliferative and survival pathway proteins by RET
- Panta GR, Du L, Nwariaku FE, Kim LT Surgery August 2005 138(2) 269-74
- Inframanubrial parathyroid glands in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: alternatives to sternotomy
- Nwariaku FE, Snyder WH III, Burkey SH, Watumull L, Mathews D World Journal of Surgery April 2005 29(4) 491-4
- NADPH oxidase mediates vascular endothelial cadherin phosphorylation and endothelial dysfunction
- Nwariaku FE, Liu Z, Zhu X, Nahari D, Ingle C, Wu RF, Gu Y, Sarosi GA, Terada LS Blood November 2004 104(10) 3214-20
Honors & Awards
- Australia and New Zealand Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Traveling Fellowship Award
American College of Surgeons (2008) - Malcolm O. Perry, MD
Professorship in Surgery (2007) - Resident Teaching Award
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (1998) - Academic Excellence Award
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (1996) - Educational Scholarship Award
Society of Critical Care Medicine (1995)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Association for Cancer Research
- American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
- American College of Surgeons, Fellow
- Association for Academic Surgery
- Society of University Surgeons