Obiajulu C. Okafor M.D.
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Obstetrics
759 Chestnut St Springfield MA, 01199About
Dr. Obiajulu Okafor is an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Springfield, MA. Dr. Okafor specializes in women's health, particularly the female reproductive system, pregnancy and childbirth. As an obstetrician-gynecologist, or OB-GYN, Dr. Okafor can treat a number of health issues related to the vagina, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes and breasts. Dr Okafor can also treat women during pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the postpartum period. In this specialty, doctors focus on reproductive care from puberty through adulthood.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Obstetrics and GynecologyAmerican Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyABOG
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Usefulness of oral corticosteroid in Rosai-Dorfman disease.
- Bilateral benign phyllodes tumour in a nulliparous woman: a case report and review of literature.
- Patterns of oral and jaw tumours seen in eastern Nigeria: a review of sixty cases seen over a 5-year period--1 January 2000 to 31 December 2004.
- Breast disease in children and adolescents in eastern Nigeria--a five-year study.
- Dilated alcoholic cardiomyopathy and incidental lymphoma occuring in a 56 year old man who was being managed for hypertensive heart disease in Enugu Nigeria--a rare finding.
- Tuberculous Lymphadenitis in South-Eastern Nigeria; A 15 Years Histopathologic Review (2000-2014).
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