Dr. Chris E. U. Ekong has been named CTV Regina’s Citizen of the Year for 2024.
Ekong is a neurosurgeon who completed his medical degree at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria in 1972, training in neurosurgery in Saskatoon and Toronto.
Following his specialist certification in neurosurgery and a post-residency fellowship in neurotrauma in Toronto, Ekong joined the medical practitioner staff in Regina in 1982, also teaching medical students and residents through a cross academic position.
He later served as lead for the Division of Neurosurgery in Regina for over 10 years until 2019.
He served as a clinical professor of surgery at the University of Saskatchewan and St. George’s University School of Medicine, as well as adjunct clinical professor at the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine.
Ekong has served for five years as a member of the board of directors of the Saskatchewan Medical Association, previously …