Why Nigeria’s first female Neurosurgeon left for the U.S. and changed specialities

Meet Dr Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu-Ibrahim, Nigeria’s first female neurosurgeon.

Medical profile listing Dr Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu-Ibrahim’s training, spanning her neurosurgery residency in Nigeria to her paediatric residency in the United States.

Dr Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu-Ibrahim

Dr. Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu-Ibrahim made history as the first female certified neurosurgeon trained in Nigeria and West Africa.