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Dr. Jesse C. Onyenekwe, MD
Pulmonary, Critical Care & Interventional Pulmonology
“Dedicated to providing compassionate, evidence-based pulmonary and critical care, combining advanced clinical expertise with a patient-centered approach to improve health and quality of life.”
Dr. Jesse C. Onyenekwe is a board-certified Pulmonary and Critical Care physician specializing in lung diseases, critical care medicine, and interventional pulmonology. He provides personalized care using advanced pulmonary procedures and the latest treatment approaches.
He earned his Doctor of Medicine degree with Honors from Ross University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of Florida–Jacksonville, followed by a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Henry Ford Health System.
Dr. Onyenekwe has extensive experience in advanced bronchoscopic procedures, including EBUS, navigational bronchoscopy, lung biopsies, pleural catheter placement, and percutaneous tracheostomies.
He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine and is dedicated to delivering high-quality, compassionate patient care.
UNDERGRADUATE
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY, PRAIRIE VIEW, TX
BS: Chemistry, minor in Biology
MEDICAL SCHOOL
ROSS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DOMINICA, WI
MD: Doctor of Medicine, Honors
INTERNSHIP
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA-JACKSONVILLE
2012-2013
RESIDENCY –INTERNAL MEDICINE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA-JACKSONVILLE
2013-2015
FELLOWSHIP –PULMONARY/CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM
2015-2018
HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM- Detroit
CRITICAL CARE MEDCINE/PULMONARY MEDICINE
2015 – 2018
- Involved in teaching and supervising residents
HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM- Detroit
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
2015 – 2018
- Involved in teaching and supervising residents
HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM –West Bloomfield
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
2016-2018
- Worked as solo practitioner in a regional ICU in both MICU and SICU
- Supervised mid-level providers
HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM- Macomb
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
2015-2017
- Worked as solo practitioner in a regional SICU
NORTH CYRPRESS MEDICAL CENTER -CYPRESS, TX 2018 –
- Started the Lung Tumor Board
- Interventional Pulmonologist preforming Endobronchial ultrasound guided biopsy (EBUS), Navigation Lung biopsies, Indwelling pleural catheters, percutaneous Tracheostomies
- Working as solo practitioner in the ICU in both MICU and SICU
TOMBALL REGINAL MEDICAL CENTER- TOMBALL, TX 2019-
- Medical ICU director 2020-2022
- Interventional Pulmonologist preforming Endobronchial ultrasound guided biopsy (EBUS), Navigation biopsy, Indwelling pleural catheters, percutaneous Tracheostomies
PUBLICATIONS:
- ROBERT. A, CANDICE.B, ONYENEKWE. J, ROSHAN. L, LANDA. C, Atypical Endobronchial Carcinoid with Postobstructive Pneumonia Obscuring the Diagnosis of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis. Case Reports in Rheumatology,Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 513602
- VANDANA S., ASHBY T., ONYENEKWE J. OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA: A GENERAL REVIEW FOR THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, NORTHEAST FLORIDA MEDICINE, WINTER 2013. 64(4),12-16
- ONYENEKWE, J, et al. "SYNTHESIS OF MIXED CHROMIUM ZIRCONIUM OXIDES AND TITANIUM-CHROMIUM OXIDES” AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. Vol. 231. 1155. 2006.
ONGOING RESEARCH:
- Pain, Agitation and Delirium in the ICU, a systematic protocol
ORAL PRESENTATIONS:
- ONYENEKWE, J. LANDA, C. SEVERE SESPIS BY MYROIDES
- Presented Florida Chapter ACP 2014
- Atypical Presentation of Pulmonary Nodules
- Tristate Thoracic conference (Pembine) 2015
POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
- ONYENEKWE, J. LANDA, C. SEVERE SESPIS BY MYROIDES. A case report about a rare infection by the gram negative Rod Myroides leading to Severe Sepsis. Presented at University of Florida research day 2014.
- Mohamed R. Onyenekwe, J., Ouellette, D. Henry Ford Hospital, Dearborn, M A Rare Case of Pulmonary Plasmacytoma Secondary to Multiple Myeloma. American College of Chest Physicians 2016
- ONYENEKWE,J. AWDISH, R. CARDIAC TAMPONADE MASKING AS DECOMPENSATED RIGHT VENTRICULAR FAILURE IN A PULMONARY HYPERTENSION PATIENT. American Thoracic Society 2017
Honor Council President, Ross School of Medicine 2010
Staff, Jacksonville Sports medicine Program 2013
2005 – Lois Stokes Alliance Award: Awarded from National Science Foundation for Research and Development
2012 -Graduated with Honors from Medical School
2013 –Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC): Recognition for outstanding efforts
Outreach Chair, Henry Ford Health System, Pulmonary & Critical Care Department 2017
2017-Fellowship Track Symposium Award, American Thoracic Society Washington, D.C
BOARD CERTIFIED IN
- AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE - CRITICAL CARE MEDINCE 2018
- AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE PULMONARY 2017
- AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 2016
ECFMG 2012
LICENSES: TEXAS (2018-current)
BLS/ACLS: 2018- current
DEA: 2018-current
- Member, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
- Member, Student National Medical Association
- Member, American College of Physicians
- Member, College of Chest Physicians
- Member, American Thoracic Society
- Member, Duval County Medical Society
- Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine