After graduating from Phillips Academy Andover, Dr. Ugwonali obtained a B.A.S. in economics and biology from Stanford University in 1994 and earned his M.D. at the Yale University School of Medicine in 1999. At Yale, Dr. Ugwonali won first place for his M.D. thesis on multiple births in Nigeria and Brazil.

Upon completion of his degree, he was awarded a 1-year research fellowship at Columbia University’s Orthopedic Research Laboratory. For his research on thumb arthritis, he was awarded first place in an orthopedic research and education foundation conference. He then pursued his orthopedic residency training at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he published several articles in the Journal of Hand Surgery, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and other peer reviewed journals. Dr. Ugwonali was also recognized for obtaining the department’s highest orthopedic in-training examination scores for two years in a row.

He completed subspecialty fellowship training in hand, shoulder, elbow, and microvascular surgery at Harvard School of Medicine’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Boston. At Harvard, Dr. Ugwonali served as an attending staff member at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Veterans Affairs Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital. He is credentialed with Emory University School of Medicine as an assistant clinical professor of orthopedics. He is currently on staff at Northside Hospital, Piedmont Hospital, and Children’s Hospital in Atlanta.

Dr. Ugwonali is fluent in Igbo.

Fellowships: Columbia University Orthopedic Research Laboratory, New York, NY  |  Harvard School of Medicine’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Boston, hand, shoulder, elbow, and microvascular surgery, Boston, MA

Residency: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY

Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine, M.D., 1999, New Haven, CT

Undergraduate: Stanford University, B.AS., economics and biology, 1994, Stanford, CA