Dr Obianuju Akujuobi

Experience & Activities

Dr Obianuju Akujuobi is an exceptional medical doctor with over 15 years of multidisciplinary clinical, academic, and community-based experience spanning psychiatry, addiction services, radiology, public health, and counseling psychology/psychotherapy. She holds an MBBS in medicine and surgery from University of Nigeria and a master’s degree in counselling psychology from Yorkville University Canada, enabling an integrated, evidence-based approach that combines psychotherapy with psychopharmacology in patient care.

Her clinical expertise includes the evaluation and treatment of severe mental illnesses, opioid and polysubstance use disorders, mental health crisis intervention, and substance abuse medication-assisted treatment (MAT), including advanced buprenorphine induction strategies for Opioid use disorder. She has extensive experience delivering care across inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and community settings, with a strong focus on underserved and high-risk populations. She worked with the Canadian Red cross during the COVID pandemic where she was deployed to multiple rural and underserved communities. In addition to psychiatry, she has formal postgraduate training in radiology, with proficiency in advanced cancer neuroimaging, breast imaging, ultrasound, CAT scans, and MRI interpretation, as well as radiology interventional procedures.

Dr. Akujuobi is actively involved in medical education and research. She serves as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor to LECOM medical school, which is one of the largest medical schools in the US. She also mentors medical students and residents and delivers addiction medicine and mental health lectures within large healthcare systems. Her research portfolio includes multiple peer-reviewed publications with a focus on mental health, cancer imaging and chronic disease outcomes in low-resource settings.

Committed to equity, service, and innovation, Dr. Akujuobi is also a co-founder of a nonprofit organization that provides medical, mental health, and addiction services to underserved communities in Nigeria. Her work reflects the intersection of science, medicine, education, and social impact that defines excellence in STEM leadership. She is a member of multiple national and international mental health and radiology organizations and holds multiple merit-based fellowships.