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Izi Obokhare, MD, General Surgery, Amarillo, TX, Northwest Texas Healthcare System

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General Surgery Amarillo, TX

Colon & Rectal Surgery

Colorectal Surgeon

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Summary

  • Dr Izi Obokhare is a Board Certified General Surgeon with fellowship training specializing in Colorectal Surgery, advanced laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery in Amarillo Texas. He received his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and completed a general surgery residency at the University Hospitals of Cleveland – Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland OH. Recently he finished a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery Research at the Ochsner clinic in New Orleans where he obtained additional training in the diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant diseases of colon, rectum, and anus. He has a special interest in state-of-the-art minimally invasive techniques and approaches to anorectal diseases such as transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS), laparoscopic colectomy, and single site surgery.

    Dr Obokhare is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery, and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons. In addition to the numerous leadership, academic and scholarship awards he has received, Dr Obokhare has presented his research at several scientific meetings. His research manuscripts have been published in peer reviewed medical journals.

    He lives in Texas with his wife Dr Joy Obokhare an ENT and Facial Plastics surgeon and his two lovely children.

    He is currently accepting new patients with most insurance plans.

Education & Training

  • Ochsner Clinic Foundation
    Ochsner Clinic FoundationResidency, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2011 - 2012
  • Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2006 - 2011
  • Howard University College of Medicine
    Howard University College of MedicineClass of 2006
  • Howard Univ Hosp
    Howard Univ Hosp2004
  • Howard University Hospital
    Howard University HospitalFellowship, Dow- Callender Surgical, 2003
  • Worcester State College WSC
    Worcester State College WSCB.S, Chemistry and Natural Science, 2002
  • Worcester State University
    Worcester State UniversityB.S., Major in Chemistry and Natural Science, Minor in Biology and Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude, 2002

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2012 - 2025
  • LA State Medical License
    LA State Medical License 2011 - 2017
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 2006 - 2011
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow International college of Surgeons, 2014
  • Fellow American College of Surgeons, 2014
  • Honors of Distinction and Excellence America’s Top Surgeons, 2014
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Inflammatory Markers as Predictors of hospital Stay and Unplanned Readmission after Colorectal Surgery  
    David M. Krpata. Deborah S. Kelle, Hoda Samia, Justin Lawrence, Izi Obokhare, Eric Marderstein, Karen M. Brady, Conor P. Delaney, Polish Journal of Surgery, 1/1/2013
  • Fundic Gland Polyps Image of the Month  
    Izi Obokhare MD, Sharon Santoso BS, Carolyn Coughlan BA, Jeffery Ponsky MD, FACS, Arch Surg, 1/1/2012
  • Teratomas in infants and children  
    Edward M. Barksdale Jr; Izi Obokhare, MD, Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 1/1/2009
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Comparing the Outcomes of Basilic Vein Transposition Arteriovenous Fistulas and Non-autogenous Arteriovenous Grafts in a minority population
    Izi D. Obokhare. Kepher H. Makambi, PhD, David Rose, M.D., Howard University Hospital, 1/1/2004
  • Kidney Transplant Complicated by Reactivated SLE, Antiphospholipid Antibody, Mesenteric Artery Thrombosis and Dormant Large Cell Lymphoma
    Lalla Michael J, Kabiawu Oluyomi E, Obokhare Iziokhai D, Tolson Patricia RN, Taddesse-Heath Lekidelu MD. Dillard Martin G. MD, Callender Clive O. MD., 1/1/2003
  • Interstitial Laser Coagulation (ILC) in the Management of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy: An Outcomes Analysis and the effects on PSA
    Chiledum Ahaghotu, MD., Izi Obokhare, Felix Oben, MD., Renee Wright, MD., Pamela Carter-Nolan, PhD., 1/1/2003
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Lectures

  • A Bizarre case of bowel obstruction in a pediatric patient 
    1/22/2011
  • An unusual case of Gastrointestinal bleed 
    1/4/2011
  • Colonic Obstruction 
    1/1/2011
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Press Mentions

  • Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery
    Clinics in Colon and Rectal SurgeryMarch 23rd, 2012
  • Functional Bowel Disease
    Functional Bowel DiseaseNovember 25th, 2020

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