Dr. Uchechi Iweala is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic spine surgeon. Dr. Iweala grew up in Maryland and attended St. Albans in DC. He earned his Bachelor’s degree with honors at Harvard College, and received his MD/MBA from Harvard Medical School and Harvard Business School. Dr. Iweala returned to the DC area to complete his residency training in orthopaedic surgery at George Washington University. Following residency, he completed a fellowship in spine surgery at New York University.

Dr. Iweala is the Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at Adventist White Oak Medical Center and also has operating privileges at Adventist Shady Grove Medical Center, Holy Cross Germantown, Holy Cross Silver Spring, Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center, and Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital.

Dr. Iweala's areas of expertise concern total spine pathology (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar), nerve entrapment syndromes and other hand conditions, degenerative joint disorders, and fracture care. Dr. Iweala has a special clinical focus on the overlapping presentation of neck/upper extremity disorders as well as low back/hip disorders with a careful diagnostic plan that allows for the rapid identification of the true pain generator and the most appropriate non-surgical or surgical treatment. Dr. Iweala focuses on robotics and minimally invasive spine surgery as well as anterior hip replacement, techniques that allow for a quicker recovery and reduced soft tissue disruption, pain, and blood loss.

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Dr. Iweala also has a passion for meeting surgical needs around the world. He has worked on health projects in Ghana and South Africa, and recently co-founded a surgery center in Nigeria with his father, a trained neurosurgeon. Dr. Iweala is a member of the Lumbar Spine Research Society, the North American Spine Society, and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.