Biography
Dr. Ivara A. Esege is a Nigerian and Anglo-American medical doctor currently residing in the United States.
He is the husband of famous Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Nigerian and British-American medical doctor
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Birth name: | Ivara Esege |
Other names: | Dr. Ivara Esege |
Born: | August 4, 1967 (age 57) |
Place of birth: | Southeast |
State of origin: | Enugu State |
Nationality: | Nigerians and Anglo-Americans |
Job: | Medical Doctor |
Couple: | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
Net worth: | $2 million – $25 million |
Early life
Born on August 4, 1967, Ivara Esege is a famous physician in the United States.
He is a man of mixed nationality, being Nigerian, British and American.
Chimamanda and Huband Ivara Esege
Career
Ivara was born on 4 August 1967. He attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he obtained a medical degree in 1989.
After graduating, he joined the university’s teaching hospital, where he worked for two years. He then moved to the United States.
He completed his postgraduate training at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in 1995. So he joined the school and started working as one of the 110 Family Medicine specialists.
Dr. Ivara also holds the position of Clinical Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the institute.
In 2009, he was certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Personal life.
Dr. Ivara Esege is married to the famous novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. They got married in 2009. Their marriage has been blessed with one child, a daughter who was born in 2016. They live in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
He is very supportive of his wife’s career, especially her feminist activism. In 2017, they both participated in the Women’s March in Washington DC.
The 57-year-old’s parents and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s parents were close friends and that’s how they met.
Net worth
Dr. Ivara Esege, whose primary source of income is from the medical services sector, has an estimated net worth of $2 million to $25 million.