Dr Francis Okeke was born and raised in the Eastern region of Nigeria. He attended medical school at the prestigious University of Nigeria Medical School Enugu. He emigrated to the United States to complete a master’s in public health (MPH) at the Wichita State University, Kansas. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (North General Hospital program in New York), and a fellowship in Gastroenterology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Lenox Hill Hospital Program New York.

Dr Okeke has also completed a fellowship in Clinical Nutrition at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in New York, and another fellowship in Neurogastroenterology/Motility at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore Maryland. He has held the ranks of Clinical Instructor of Medicine at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr Okeke prides himself on delivering patient-centered care, which fosters the physician-patient partnership in the effort to preserve health and correct pathology. He is board certified in Internal Medicine.

His professional memberships include the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), American Gastroenterological Society (AGA), American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society (ANMS).

Francis’ professional interests include but are not limited to general gastroenterology, Neurogastroenterology/motility disorders, colorectal cancer screening, clostridium difficile infection, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), and the gastrointestinal microbiome as it relates to disease states.