Dr. Okwuosa is an advanced heart failure and transplant cardiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He is also serves as an assistant Dean of Medical Education and assistant professor of Medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. His clinical focus is in the realm of advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology and his clinical scope encompasses patients with all stages of heart failure. He directs the infiltrative and inflammatory cardiomyopathy program focusing on cardiac amyloidosis and Cardiac Sarcoidosis. And as such has put together a multi-disciplinary team that meets and reviews cases dealing with cardiac sarcoidosis.
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His research is focused on post heart transplant and LVAD outcomes, and heart failure disparities. His commitment to science has resulted his research being presented at National meetings such as the American College of Cardiology, the Heart Failure Society of America, The American Heart Association and the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant conferences.
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His commitment to the mission of Northwestern Feinberg school of medicine has been shown in his work as a college mentor. As 1 of the 8 college mentors for the graduating class of 2022 he regularly meets with 20 medical students and reviews their academic performance. He also serves as a research mentor for three students of the class of 2022, and under his guidance, their work has been presented nationally. In alignment with Northwestern’s commitment to promote diversity not only within the school of medicine, but within the field of medicine, he serves as a steering committee Chair for the Daniel Hale Williams society, and the faculty advisor for the Northwestern McGaw Under Represented Minority Residents and Fellows Forum (NMURFF). He also serves as the Northwestern site director for the American Heart Association S.U.R.E program. A program that matches 3-4 minority undergraduate students with AHA funded mentors at the Feinberg School of Medicine to conduct summer research.

He serves as a champion to end inequities in healthcare and this is evident in his service to the city of Chicago. He has partnered with leadership at The Loretto Hospital, and on an annual basis organizes community grand rounds on their campus. A successful program in which residents of the Austin community are provided health screening and receive lectures on cardiovascular disease, nutrition, cancer prevention and communicable diseases. He also is the director of the Heart Smart Program for the I Am Abel Foundation. A program that exposes Chicago minority high school students to the field of medicine.