Professor Theresa Bassey Ekanem is fondly called TheresB by her friends was born in 1963 in Calabar Cross River State. She was married to Dr Michael Ekanem. She was a native of Uyo in Uyo local government area of Akwa Ibom State. Also, a native of Ibiono LGA in Akwa Ibom by marriage. She was the first female professor of Anatomy in the whole country and pioneer Professor in the department of Anatomy (Now Anatomical Sciences) university of Calabar. She started working in the University of Calabar on the 22nd of July, 1986 as a graduate assistant and rose to the rank of a professor in 2013. She has been a head of department twice from 1999 to 2002 and 2004 to 2006, a responsibility of which she was weary of handling and decided to motivate the younger one to come up and relieve her so that she can face the academic activities and the postgraduate programmes which was her desire to start. Deputy provost of college of medical sciences twice Former President of NSN Current president of ASN Current member of governing council, IBRO Pioneered resuscitation of ASN in Calabar, Reactivated NSN with Prof Amadi Regional secretary to SONA in 2013 appointed in Morrocco Hosted ACURET (Association on Animal care and Use in Research, Education and Testing, an international conference in Calabar. A member of several associations and scientific bodies While on sick bed, appointed chairman of the Anticorruption and Transparency monitoring unit A knight of the Catholic church A biological mother of 2, academic mother of thousands and religious mother of many. Is it true that good people die young? It is a painful exit Farewell Mother

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