L. NNEKA MOBISSON
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
Meet some of our team members and advisors.
The mDoc Team
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
CO-FOUNDER & CTO
PHYSICIAN LEAD
Intern
Intern
Clinical Associate
L. Nneka Mobisson is co-founder and CEO of mDoc. Prior to founding mDoc, Nneka was Executive Director for the Africa Region at Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a leading global health organization focused on healthcare quality improvement.
A pediatrician by training, Nneka was previously Vice President of Community Health and Population Health Management at the Connecticut Hospital Association. At McKinsey & Company, she worked primarily in strategy development for payers and providers, healthcare IT, and pharmaceutical companies. At The World Bank, she worked on investing in private health care in resource-poor countries and developing the health care strategy for Africa. She has also worked at Merck and Co., CDC, and SFH.
She earned a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, her MPH from Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, and her MD and MBA from Yale University and completed her Pediatrics residency at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She is a 2017 Cartier Awards Finalist, a 2014 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, a Yale Associate World Fellow and is on several boards and committees.
Imo Etuk is Co-Founder and CTO of mDoc. Imo has over 15 years of experience that spans the finance, healthcare and technology sectors.
Prior to mDoc, he was General Manager, Commercial for Wananchi Telecom, the leading multiple services cable company in East Africa, where he led business development efforts in Africa,
Prior to Wananchi Telecom, Imo spent over years at Comcast Cable building internet infrastructure.
He received his MBA from New York University Stern School of Business (Finance & General Management) and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Temple University. When he is not focusing on mDoc, he enjoys photography and playing golf.
Kendra Njoku, MBBS MScPH FISQua is a Physician Lead with mDoc, and an Improvement Advisor/Faculty for Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). She brings a wealth of experience from working and teaching on the African continent. She is a lead facilitator and faculty for the different quality modules offered by mDoc and IHI, teaching practically several QI methodologies such as the Model for Improvement and Lean.
Prior to IHI, Kendra worked with Doctors without Borders and also as a Quality Manager in at SafeCare instituting quality assurance and quality improvement in over 80 health facilities in Nigeria, across several states. Kendra holds a MScPH from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and is a Fellow of the International Society for Quality in Health Care, and also a Certified Facilitator and Surveyor for the ISQua-accreditated SafeCare Standards.
Eniolaye Balogun is an intern at mDoc. She is a pre-medicine student finishing her bachelor of science degree at University of Toronto. She is planning on studying neurology in medical school.
Hanna is currently undertaking research with mDoc, providing support on its services.
She has worked in various aspects of health from professional licensure and regulation in the US, to conducting social research on the relationship between poverty and non-communicable diseases in Ethiopia. Her focus remains on NCDs and increasing the awareness and thus, the self-management of chronic illnesses that silently strip the quality of so many people’s lives.
She has an academic background in Communication Studies, and currently an MPH candidate via distance learning from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Lovelyn Sekoni is a Clinical Associate at mDoc. Her experience ranges from clinical practice to public health with a particular focus on health improving health outcomes. She also has expertise with big data and data analytics.
Lovelyn is a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSc). She also has a diploma in public health Nursing. Lovelyn is a member of Sigma Theta Tau Int. Honor Society of Nursing. She also possesses Basic and Advanced Training in Occupational Health and Safety.
Advisors
Tyrell Rivers is an Executive Director within AstraZeneca’s Corporate Development group, having responsibility for global equity transactions and investments, mergers and acquisitions, and divestments. Prior to joining AstraZeneca, Tyrell was at MedImmune Ventures where he specialized in biotechnology investing, and at Merck & Co., Inc. where he led the technology support for multiple commercial vaccine franchises and subsequently directed global business initiatives for accessing key technologies for research and development. Tyrell earned his Masters of Business Administration from the New York University Stern School of Business, a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tyrell serves on the Board of Directors for Armaron Bio Ltd, Corvidia Therapeutics, Inc. and G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTHX) and as a Board observer for several private companies.
Mark Rogers designs products by focusing on humans. Trained in Industrial Design, his past clients include AT&T, Dell, Fidelity Investments, Hyster, Kodak, Sealy, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Stanford Medical School, and Yahoo.
Mark was at one point David Kelley’s TA at Stanford’s d.school where he helped with the Master’s Series in Innovation for faculty and professional clients. Passionate about medicine, he holds EMT credentials, has worked in a variety of urgent and emergency settings, and also worked with Stanford’s Medical School to create their own Design Thinking based curriculum. Currently Mark is working as an Innovation Catalyst at Fidelity Investments where he helps incubate new ideas using a combination of design thinking, lean startup and agile methodologies.
Dr. Chacko specializes in healthcare innovation and leadership. He teaches clinicians and engineers how to become design thinkers and leaders in healthcare. He draws extensively on his medical knowledge, his training and work as a designer and innovator, and his career-long focus on leadership established by his service as a Naval Officer. He has taught workshops in design thinking across the continuum of learners, from high school students to graduate engineers and seasoned clinicians.
As a psychiatrist, he serves as the Medical Director of the Addiction Consultation & Treatment Team for the Veteran Affairs, Palo Alto Healthcare System, a teaching hospital of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
He is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy, studying Physics and French, and served 12 years in the Navy before he completed his post-baccalaureate studies through Harvard. He earned his graduate degree at Stanford, studying both Mechanical Engineering and Art in the Joint Program in Design (now part of the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford, “d.school”), with an extra year focusing on Robotics. He earned his MD from Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed his psychiatric residency at Tripler Army Medical Center and was the only civilian selected for a military psychiatry program, gaining special expertise in post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
With a broad background in technology, Edward has worked in the financial, pharmaceutical, and cloud-services industries. His main focus is on the mobile experience — ranging from how and why a user interacts with applications to the software foundation required for building out an experience.
Edward graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, and since then has focused on applying innovative technologies and techniques to solving practical business problems.
Dr. L. Nneka Mobisson is co-founder and CEO of mDoc. Prior to mDoc, Dr. Mobisson was Executive Director, Africa at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) where she still serves as faculty advisor. A pediatrician, Dr. Mobisson was Vice President of Community Health and Population Health Management at Connecticut Hospital Association. At McKinsey & Company, she worked primarily on healthcare strategy. She has worked at World Bank, Merck and Co., and the CDC. Dr. Mobisson earned a bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, MPH from Emory, MD/MBA from Yale and completed her Pediatrics residency at Children's Hospital of Philadelpia. She is an Ashoka and Making More Health Fellow, a Forbes Africa New Wealth Creator, a Cartier Awards Finalist, a WEF Young Global Leader, and a Yale Associate World Fellow.
Imo Etuk is co-Founder and CTO of mDoc and has over 16 years of experience that spans the finance, healthcare and technology sectors. Prior to mDoc, he was General Manager, Commercial for Wananchi Telecom, the leading cable company in East Africa where he successfully led the origination of new business valued at $1.5 mm in annual recurring revenues. In addition, he developed and managed client relationships to ensure business retention and established partnerships to create strategic alliances that reduced operating costs by over 14%. He has also worked in investment banking for emerging market focused investment banks where he conducted valuation of companies and performed due diligence analysis. Prior to his role in finance, he spent over 8 years as a Senior Engineer at Comcast Corporation where he led teams to design and build a multi-billion-dollar revenue generating converged network serving over 1 million customers.
He received his MBA from New York University Stern School of Business with concentrations in Finance and General Management and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Temple University. When he is not focusing on mDoc, he enjoys photography and playing golf.
Kendra Njoku, MBBS MScPH FISQua, is a medical doctor and public health professional with wide and varied experience in global health both at the local and international frontiers. She is the Quality Lead/Head of Programs at mDoc, a digital health organization. She is leading mDoc's digital health solutions and quality initiatives across several countries, including the MSD-funded Reducing Indirect Causes Of Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Project and ProjectECHO multiple networks. She is the lead facilitator and faculty for the different quality modules offered by mDoc under the mDoc Quality Network (MQN), teaching practically several quality improvement methodologies such as the Model for Improvement and Lean. She is at the frontline leading mDoc's COVID-19 response across Africa, including managing the virtual selfcare guidance platform and ProjectECHO's virtual knowledge and capacity building platform that provides selfcare guidance and more to the patient population, general public, and healthcare workers.
She has an MScPH from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is a Fellow of the International Society of Quality (ISQua) and also serves as an Improvement Advisor/Faculty for Institute for Healthcare Improvement. She has worked with Doctors without Borders and also as a Quality Manager in PharmAccess Foundation/SafeCare instituting quality assurance and quality improvement in numerous health facilities.
Dr. Kolawole Akinjiola
(MbChB, CEERT, PMP)
A medical doctor
He holds a bachelor of medicine and surgery degree from the Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Osun state, a certificate in research and entrepreneurship training from the Methodist University Accra Ghana, and a certification in data analysis and project management.
Reuben Aniefiok is a lead developer at mDoc with extensive experience solving business problems with technology, whilst managing costs, quality standards, timelines, budgets, and risks.
He takes interest in the lifecycle of software applications ranging from design, architecture, development, and testing, to deployment, performance monitoring, and scaling; having built apps across eCommerce, FinTech, Logistics, Banking, and Enterprise Verticals.
He received his Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Computer Technology at the University of Calabar. He also contributes to open source technology and has won laurels at NASA Space Apps Challenge. At leisure, he plays guitar.
Maria Theresa Saliu is a practicing clinical psychologist with vast experience in working with a range of psychology and therapeutic environment. She is an effective communicator and possess good engagement skills . She has the ability to work positively with diverse clientele in both therapeutic and clinical capacities.
Dr Aima Adebo Uagboe is a Clinical Lead at mDoc Healthcare. She is a Medical doctor with a decade of clinical practice. She oversees all clinical activities with a strong focus on- training and supervising behavioural health coaches at mDoc Healthcare. She is responsible for building clinical content for all mDoc projects.Aima had her medical degree from The University of Port Harcourt. She started her career as a Medical Officer in The Primary Healthcare sector before leaving for the United States where she served as a Research Assistant with The Moorehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta. She also had a spell with The Women’s Healthcare Centre of Georgia, a specialist obstetrics and gynaecology facility.
As a Diabetes and Podiatry certified professional, she has attended and facilitated several trainings on chronic disease management. Dr Aima is currently a resident in obstetrics and gynaecology.
She is passionate about maternal and child health- having a desire to see timely and effective healthcare delivery within this demographic. She also has a strong interest in primary healthcare, with emphasis on the intersection of technology and healthcare.
She is a wife and mother of two boys and her hobbies are reading, cooking, travelling with spending time with her family.
"
Olabisi serves as the Associate Manager for the mDoc Quality Network, the fourth pillar of mDoc's integrated care approach which comprises in-person and tele-education as well as strategic support to public and private sectors.
In this role, Olabisi co-leads mDoc's efforts across its capacity building portfolio to design and implement programs that reach healthcare workers and patients with capacity building opportunities to improve quality of care.
She has a background in public health with a talent for branding and communications and is deeply committed to creating a health system that works in Nigeria. This drives her passion for identifying innovative ways to improve the health system- whether by improving quality or equipping health startups.
Pharm. Chiagozie Abiakam is an experienced clinical pharmacist with diverse experience in clinical pharmacy services, healthcare quality improvement and Project management in the healthcare sector.
She has a BPharm Degree and a Master's degree in Human Services Non-profit Administration. She is also a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
Agozie is driven by her passion for people and her compulsive need to effect positive change.
Titilayo Oriolowo is an Intake Coordinator at mDoc Healthcare. She is a registered nurse and also has her Bachelor's degree in Nursing. She has experience both in bedside and administrative Nursing. Titilayo is passionate about maternal and child care, NCDs, and community service.
Adaora Odukwe has over 10 years experience within the corporate, and private sector and health development. In recent years, her work has been around supporting innovative solutions addressing critical health and health system challenges. She has gained experience across various areas such as innovation, project management, strategy, and health promotion.
She was awarded a Commonwealth Professional Fellowship in 2019. As a Commonwealth Fellow, she provided advisory and support services to a charity in the United Kingdom (UK) to deliver services such as healthcare awareness, welfare advice, gender-based support programs and public health services. She also worked as a Health Promoter at To Health Limited - a UK based organisation supporting a public health initiative by the National Health Service (NHS), to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disorders in the UK by educating and conducting free health checks for community members between 40 and 74 years old.
Adaora received a Master of Sciences degree in Public Health from the University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Sciences from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria. She enjoys music and has developed a love for travelling.
With a Master's Degree from the University of Lagos, Chris is an experienced and passionate project manager with an aggregate professional experience of 8 years. He is trained and certified in both PMP and PRINCE2 methodologies of project management and a Masters degree in Environmental management.
In his years of work experience, Christopher has led and executed projects worth a combined $10million, ranging from mega government projects to private multinationals and NGO initiatives. He currently leads the women's wellness program at mDoc which provides healthcare support to about 70,000+ women of reproductive age, and together with the team has been able to achieve several milestones and deliverables as required within the women's wellness program.
Tyrell Rivers is an Executive Director within AstraZeneca’s Corporate Development group, having responsibility for global equity transactions and investments, mergers and acquisitions, and divestments. Prior to joining AstraZeneca, Tyrell was at MedImmune Ventures where he specialized in biotechnology investing, and at Merck & Co., Inc. where he led the technology support for multiple commercial vaccine franchises and subsequently directed global business initiatives for accessing key technologies for research and development. Tyrell earned his Masters of Business Administration from the New York University Stern School of Business, a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tyrell serves on the Board of Directors for Armaron Bio Ltd, Corvidia Therapeutics, Inc. and G1 Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTHX) and as a Board observer for several private companies.
