Dr. Ifeanyi Egbunike-Chukwuma is currently a Director of Pharmacy Services. Her experiences span academia, clinical and ambulatory pharmacy practices. She has advanced pharmacy practice by developing and implementing pharmacy programs that improved patient care. She serve on the Board of Onitsha Advancement Foundation, a nonprofit focused on Women and Youth Advancement. Dr. Egbunike-Chukwuma is on the forefront of optimizing health care delivery and is an integral leader in Covid-19 response in Nigeria (remotely) and in the USA. She, being an optimistic person, uses her expertise to educate the participant on finding the Silver lining in the face of Covid-19 Pandemic. Dr. Ifeanyi Egbunike-Chukwuma is currently a Director of Pharmacy Services, with over 30
years of experience in several clinical and ambulatory care pharmacy practices. During this
time, she has advanced pharmacy practice by developing and implementing pharmacy
programs that improved patient care. She chairs and serves on multiple committees in local
and national pharmacy professional organizations; she is board certified in both pharmacotherapy and ambulatory care pharmacy practices and a recipient of various awards
in teaching and practice excellence. In 2021, she was named Leader of the Year for the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus.

Dr. Egbunike-Chukwuma spent the early years of her professional career in academia,
serving as program director, department chair, Associate Professor, and dissertation adviser
for over 75 students. She has presented over 300 papers at local, national, and international conferences and published over 100 abstracts and full-length papers on a variety of clinically oriented topics
. She is an invited keynote speaker & panelist on various topics. Dr. Egbunike-Chukwuma is the co-founder of Ikporo Onitsha USA, serves on the board of directors of Onitsha Advancement Foundation, Arise World Ministries, Ikporo Onitsha USA Organization, and holds leadership positions in several social clubs and local cultural organizations.

She is an active member of St. Bernadine’s Catholic Church, Baltimore, Maryland, a women’s club, and catholic daughters of America.

Enyi Nwaezekabie Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwuma is the fifth child of Ugonabo Nnanyelugo Jas Obi
Egbunike and Enyi Makuachukwu Theresa Egbunike, a member of the prestigious Otu-Odu Society of Onitsha, married Ugonnabo Akunne Ernest Chukwuemeka Chukwuma and a proud mother of five beautiful children.
She's Interested in preserving and advancing Onicha culture and her people, diversity, equity and inclusion, women and youth empowerment, teaching, workforce and community development, environmental sustainability, health care delivery, and access, especially for people with disabilities, and expanding the scope of pharmacy practice. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx