Dr. Ogedi A Ohajekwe M.D.
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
145 N 5TH AVE MOUNT VERNON NY, 10550Rating
4/5
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Dr. Ogedi Ohajekwe is a vascular surgeon practicing in MOUNT VERNON, NY. Dr. Ohajekwe specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Ohajekwe diagnoses and treats vascular diseases and performs vasular surgeries. Common conditions that a vascular surgeon treats are aneurysms, atherosclerosis and varicose veins. Vascular specialists might also treat trauma, venous ulcers, poor leg circulation, peripheral arterial disease and other vascular-related issues.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ife- Fac Of Hlth Sci- Ife- Nigeria 1983
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prevention of cyclosporine-induced syngeneic graft-versus-host disease in bone marrow transplantation by UV-B irradiated bone marrow cells.
- Induction of peripheral tolerance by intrathymic inoculation of soluble alloantigens: evidence for the role of host antigen-presenting cells and suppressor cell mechanism.
- Evidence for the role of host antigen-presenting cells in the induction of specific unresponsiveness to allografts by intrathymic inoculation of allopeptides.
- Effect of posttransplant cyclosporine treatment on the development of syngeneic GVHD in recipients of UV-B irradiated bone marrow cells.
- Effectiveness of intrathymic inoculation of soluble antigens in the induction of specific unresponsiveness to rat islet allografts without transient recipient immunosuppression.
- Prevention of graft-versus-host disease and the induction of transplant tolerance by low-dose UV-B irradiation of BM cells combined with cyclosporine immunosuppression.
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