Chichi Menakaya

Chichi Menakaya (Chinyelu Uchechukwu Anne-Menakaya) is a Nigerian Trauma and Orthopedic Surgeon based in the United Kingdom. She is the founder of Annomo Health concierge service. Through this system, she brings together doctors and hospitals to the awareness of patients.

She has held honorary lectures at Hull and York Medical Schools in Yorkshire, United kingdom and works as a surgical medical student tutor for the University College of London. She is also the Founder of Okwuís_Frocentric, a fashion line which ideas come from Africa. Menakaya, through a non-profit organization, Okwuí Mask Scheme, based in the United Kingdom and Nigeria, empowers victims of domestic violence.

Early life and education
She was born on June 4, 1980 to Dr. Tim Menakaya (Nigeria's former Minister of Health) and Chief Magistrate Ann Menakaya in Nigeria. She hails from Umunya in Anambra State of Nigeria. She attended the University of Ibadan from 1999 to 2006. While there, she served as Director of Finance, Federation of African Medical and Dental Students, and later earned a bachelor's degree in Medicine and Surgery. She then proceeded to the Imperial College, London in 2009 and earned a master's degree in Surgical Technology with supplementary module in Medico-legal Diploma from that college in 2011. She attended the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 2011 and she is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS RCSEng).

Career
Chichi founded Annomo in 2013. In 2020, the group donated about 15,000 boxes of masks to rural areas and hospitals in Nigeria. Menakaya served as the development director (Europe) for RISE Global Health Initiative from July 2014 to September 2017. She served as clinical Research Fellow for Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals from August 2011 to August 2013. She was orthopaedic trauma travelling and research fellow for Harvard medical school and Massachusetts General Hospital from 2013 to 2016. In 2023, she became a National Health Service (NHS) Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow.

Volunteer services
She served as lce Hockey Doctor for the Hull Stingrays lce Hockey Club from September 2009 to August 2013. She is Foundation Board Member, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust from June 2007 to Present. Menakaya was Mail Room and Campaign Volunteer, Society for Protection of Unborn Children from July 2006 to August 2007 and Director, CareConnect Incorporated from September 2015 to Present. She was Academic Honorary Clinical Tutor for Hull York Medical School (HYMS) from August 2011 to August 2013.

Recognitions
Menakaya was awarded the Marcela Uribe Zamudio Award for Women Researchers (Issued by SICOT. Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie) Nov 2014; Travelling Fellow and Research Collaborator (Issued by Harvard Orthopedics Combined Residency Program) Sep 2013.; and, Year of the African Child Essay Award for Eastern Nigeria (Issued by UNICEF)  Jun 1997.

Personal life
Chichi Menakaya is cousin to Lorenzo Menakaya. The name of her company, Annomo, is taken from the names of her mother, “Ann Okwuchukwu Menakaya Orakwue.”

Publications

 * Menakaya, C.U. et al (2015) “Patient Evaluation of Outpatient Venous thromboembolism Prophylaxis Service Following Lower Limb Injuries Using a Developed Validated Questionnaire” Jof Perioper Pract, April: 25(4): ISBN 1750-4589.
 * Menakaya, C.U. et al (2014) “Outpatients thromboprophylaxis following lower limb immobilisation: an institution's experience: Eur Orthop Traumatol Jan 1.
 * Menakaya, C.U. et al (2013) “Quality of Operation Notes In Orthopaedic Hip Arthroplasty Surgery: Are we complying with British Orthopaedic Association " A Guide To Good Practice". Jof Perioper Pract· Dec 1.
 * Menakaya, C.U. et al (2013) “The cost of outpatient venous thromboembolism prophylaxis following lower limb injuries”, Bone Joint J. May 1.
 * Menakaya, C.U. et al (2013) “Fracture healing following high energy tibial trauma: Ilizarov versus Taylor Spatial Frame”, Ann R Coll Surg Engl Mar 1, 2013.
 * Menakaya, C.U. et al (2015) “Loop Stitch Technique for Hamstring Tendon Grafts”, Annals R Coll Surg Engl Jan 1, 2013.