Management

Dr. Frances Onyia is a highly skilled physician with 41+ years of experience in both the public and private healthcare sectors of Nigeria. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Paelon Memorial Hospital, a brand which she grew to become one of the top hospitals in Nigeria and win several awards including being the first Hospital to achieve a SafeCare level 5 rating in 2016, a feat that was repeated in 2020 with higher scores and also an award of recognition from the Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) for being the most compliant private hospital in Lagos state in 2022. Prior to this, she was the Company Medical Advisor of Nigerian Breweries. Amongst other achievements she worked with her employers to launch the medical capitation scheme and the workplace HIV/AIDS programs for which she and her employers won awards. She is a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians (FWACP) specializing in paediatrics and between 2001 -2006, served the College first as Assistant Treasurer and then, Treasurer. She is a Travel Health Physician and a certified Commercial Mediator. She holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the prestigious Lagos Business School. This visionary leader is a published author and acts as Trustee for associations such as the Nigeria Society for Travel Medicine (NSTM), Society for Quality Health in Nigeria (SQHN) and Pharmaccess Nigeria. She sits on the board of several organizations including Leadway Health Insurance Company, Children Arise Foundation, Pistis Foundation, boys to MEN Foundation among others. She is also a member of several organizations including the Guild of Medical Directors for which she is the current vice-chairperson of the Lagos Chapter, Healthcare Federation of Nigeria, and the Paediatric Association of Nigeria (she chairs the audit committee).