Ihuoma Emenuga

Ihuoma Emenuga is a Nigerian-American internist and public health physician who served as the commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department from January to July 2024.

Life Emenuga earned a B.Sc. in biochemistry from the University of Ibadan. She received a M.D. from the University of Nigeria. She completed a M.Sc. in public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Emenuga earned a M.B.A. from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Emenuga specializes in public health, preventative care, and wellness medicine. She speaks English, French, and Igbo. She was terminated on July 29, 2024, and succeeded by interim commissioner Simone Johnson.