Chidiebere Ibe

Chidiebere Ibe
Born (1996-03-31) March 31, 1996 (age 28)
OccupationMedical illustrator
Websitechidiebereibe.com

Chidiebere Sunday Ibe (born March 31, 1996)[1][2] is a Nigerian medical student at Copperbelt University in Zambia, and the lead medical illustrator of the International Center for Genetic Disease at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.[3] Ibe is from Ebonyi State in Nigeria. Having lost his mother to surgery for fibroid, he became passionate about medicine, especially as it relates to mothers and children. He is a self-taught medical illustrator.[4] He learnt to draw medical illustrations using just a computer mouse. He is aspiring to be a pediatric neurosurgeon.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Medical diagram of a Black fetus in mother's womb is being praised online". CTVNews. 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  2. ^ Bakar, Faima (2021-12-07). "This Picture Of A Black Foetus Went Viral. We Spoke To The Illustrator". HuffPost UK. Archived from the original on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  3. ^ "International Center for Genetic Disease". HarvardiCGD. 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  4. ^ "How a student's black foetus illustration seeks to diversify the medical world". Sky News. Retrieved 2021-12-21.