PROVOST COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

PROFILE OF THE PROVOST COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

Prof Kenneth Shelu Ordu is a professor of Human Anatomy with specialization in Genetics, Molecular/Reproductive Biology and Developmental Anatomy. He is a Fellow of Anatomical Society of Nigeria and also a Fellow of Experimental and Clinical Anatomist of Nigeria double highest honour any person can attain as an anatomist in Nigeria.

PHe is a dynamic, hard-working, highly dedicated, visionary and intelligent medical Doctor, Anatomist and Researcher with enormous energy and ability, full of creativity and innovative ideas with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Always ready to make the best of every learning opportunity aimed at improving knowledge and attaining distinctive professional and personal capacities.

He is currently the Provost, College of Medical Sciences, Rivers State University, the first elected provost of the college. He is the immediate past Dean, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences a position he held for 6 years, the longest any dean has had in a strait, a pioneer Head of Department Human Anatomy in the same university.

Prof Ordu had supervised 10 PhD, 25 MSc and more than 200 undergraduate students which he acts as mentors to. He is a staff adviser to several Medical, Dental, Nursing, BSc Anatomy and Physiology students both in University of Port Harcourt and Rivers State University whom he is already a mentor to.

PROFILE OF THE PROVOST COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

A resource person in different fora including National University Commission accreditation panels to various universities being chairman and member of the panels. He is a public speaker and possesses the charisma and character to lead researches. As a researcher, he has published several highly indexed revered articles in both local and foreign journals. Being lead and corresponding authors in more than 50% of the articles. He is an editor to some journals where his immense contributions have led to periodic and timely publications. He has assessed more than 15 of his colleagues to the rank of reader/associate professor and professorial cadres.

In the university community he belongs to several statutory and adhoc committees including member of the 13th Governing Council representing the senate in council. He is the 71st inaugural lecturer of the university.

He is a missionary, always in the field with medical outreach to remote and urban areas in and out of the state. He is the Head medical team Young Men in Mission International; He is the Immediate Past National Vice President East of the Christian Medical and Dental Association of Nigeria (CMDA-Nig) and Chairman Eastern Zonal Board of the same association. He is also a past Secretary General of Association of Specialist Medical Doctors in Academics (ASMeDA) also known as MEDSaBAMS an affiliate of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).

He is Married with one wife who is a woman and blessed with four children