World Stroke Organization

Country of Origin: Nigeria

Gloria is a Stroke Nurse Consultant, she worked at Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London for several years. A UK accredited health trainer and care manager, with a master’s degree in Advanced Neuroscience Practice, Gloria is a neuroscientist with a specialist interest in Stroke/TIA care and management.

She has over 12 years of nursing practice in the UK. At the National Hospital for Neurology Queen Square and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, she pioneered the Nurse-led fast track TIA assessment and management clinic. More recently Gloria is an executive board member and a Fellow (FWSO) of World stroke organisation (WSO), she has been sharing her expertise on stroke management through conferences, seminars, training courses and publications. Gloria is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Stroke care International UK and Nigeria.

In 2015, Gloria established stroke support group (SSO) in Lagos Nigeria, where she has touched many lives and communities through the awareness, advocacy, and rehabilitation programs of stroke care international.

She has been a contributor to WHO-WSO Lancet stroke review and more recently WHO-PRI Stroke Group.

She is a committee member of the WSO Research Committee and member at large for SSOs in sub-Saharan Africa.

In 2022 Gloria was nominated as a member on the Advisory Board of World Patients Alliance.

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WSO membership connects you to a global network of people who are committed to and support each other to improve stroke prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and support.

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