MORE ABOUT PROF CHIMA
Sylvester Chima
Associate Professor and Head of Programme of Bio & research Ethics and Medical Law: at
University of KwaZulu-Natal
chimasc@hotmail.com
Summary
Sylvester C Chima, MD, LL.M
Associate Professor and Head:
Program of Bio & Research Ethics and Medical Law,
College of Health Sciences, UKZN
Professor Chima, who was born in Nigeria, spent more than 20 years of his academic career in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Caribbean.
Qualifying as a medical doctor in Nigeria, Professor Chima practiced for many years in that country before going to Howard University, Yale University and New York University in the USA where he trained as a Pathologist and Neuropathologist Apart from being a qualified Pathologist, in 2006 Professor Chima received a Master of Laws in Medical Law from Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne in England. Professor Chima has worked around the globe in various prominent institutions such Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and Mount Sinai Medical Center
in New York, USA. Prior to joining UKZN, he was that of Professor of Pathology and Medical Law at the International American Medical University in St Lucia, West Indies. Professor Chima is also featured on the “Who’sWho in the 21st Century” list 2007 and has published papers in International journals such as BMJ,
Journal of General Virology, Human Biology and is an author/co-author of two books on Medical Law and Ethics. Currently, Professor Chima is Associate Professor and Head, Programme of Bio &Research Ethics and Medical Law, School of Public Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine,
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Associate Professor at International American University
January 2007 - December 2007 (1 year)
Bioethics
Pathology
Neuropathology
LLM, Medical Law
Qualifying as a medical doctor in Nigeria, Professor Chima practiced for many years in that country before going to Howard University, Yale University and New York University in the USA where he trained as a Pathologist and Neuropathologist Apart from being a qualified Pathologist, in 2006 Professor Chima received a Master of Laws in Medical Law from Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne in England. Professor Chima has worked around the globe in various prominent institutions such Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and Mount Sinai Medical Center
in New York, USA. Prior to joining UKZN, he was that of Professor of Pathology and Medical Law at the International American Medical University in St Lucia, West Indies. Professor Chima is also featured on the “Who’sWho in the 21st Century” list 2007 and has published papers in International journals such as BMJ,
Journal of General Virology, Human Biology and is an author/co-author of two books on Medical Law and Ethics. Currently, Professor Chima is Associate Professor and Head, Programme of Bio &Research Ethics and Medical Law, School of Public Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine,
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Experience
Associate Professor at University of KwaZulu-NatalAssociate Professor at International American University
January 2007 - December 2007 (1 year)
Skills
Medical LawBioethics
Pathology
Neuropathology
Education
University of NorthumbriaLLM, Medical Law
Publications
- Chima SC. Regulation of biomedical research in Africa. BMJ. 2006 Apr 8;332(7545):848-51. Review. No abstract available. PMID:16601051[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free PMC Article
- Jobe DV, Friedlaender JS, Mgone CS, Agostini HT, Koki G, Yanagihara R, Ng TCN, Chima SC, Ryschkewitsch CF, Stoner GL.. New JC virus (JCV) genotypes from papua new guinea and micronesia (type 8 and type 2E) and evolutionary analysis of 32 complete JCV genomes. Arch Virol. 2001;146(11):2097-113. PMID:11765914[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Stoner GL, Jobes DV, Fernandez Cobo M, Agostini HT, Chima SC, Ryschkewitsch CF. JC virus as a marker of human migration to the Americas. Microbes Infect. 2000 Dec;2(15):1905-11. Review. PMID:11165934[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Chima SC, Ryschkewitsch CF, Fan KJ, Stoner GL. Polyomavirus JC genotypes in an urban United States population reflect the history of African origin and genetic admixture in modern African Americans. Hum Biol. 2000 Oct;72(5):837-50. PMID:11126728[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE
- Ryschkewitsch CF, Friedlaender JS, Mgone CS, Jobes DV, Agostini HT, Chima SC, Alpers MP, Koki G, Yanagihara R, Stoner GL.Human polyomavirus JC variants in Papua New Guinea and Guam reflect ancient population settlement and viral evolution. Microbes Infect. 2000 Jul;2(9):987-96. PMID:10967279[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE
- Johnson EH, Chima SC, Muirhead DE. A cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor in a squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus). J Med Primatol. 1999 Apr;28(2):91-6.PMID:10431699[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Chima SC, Agostini HT, Ryschkewitsch CF, Lucas SB, Stoner GL.Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and JC virus genotypes in West African patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a pathologic and DNA sequence analysis of 4 cases. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1999 May;123(5):395-403. PMID:10235497[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Chima SC, Ryschkewitsch CF, Stoner GL.Molecular epidemiology of human polyomavirus JC in the Biaka Pygmies and Bantu of Central Africa. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1998 Sep-Oct;93(5):615-23.PMID:9830527[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Jobes DV, Chima SC, Ryschkewitsch CF, Stoner GL.Phylogenetic analysis of 22 complete genomes of the human polyomavirus JC virus. J Gen Virol. 1998 Oct;79 ( Pt 10):2491-8. PMID:9780056[PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free Article
- SC Chima. Overriding patient autonomy in medical practice: Best interests, necessity, therapeutic privilege and public policy- Organized by the UNESCO Regional Center for Research and Documentation in Bioethics at Egerton University, Kenya
