USA Health Names Obiaka Director Of Pediatric Echo Lab

Dr. Uzoma Obiaka, a board-certified pediatric cardiologist, has been named director of the Pediatric Echo Lab at USA Health Pediatric Cardiology. Located in USA Health’s Strada Patient Care Center, the lab is accredited by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission in fetal echocardiography. Echocardiography is a noninvasive ultrasound study often used to evaluate heart structure and function. Obiaka, who is also an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama (USA), earned a medical degree from the University of Nigeria and a master’s in public health from Southern Connecticut State University. She completed a pediatric residency at BronxCare Health System and a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center.