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Oripa Waqa

first female oral surgeon specialist in the Pacific
Person human Q135456914

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[10]
Occupation
oral and maxillofacial surgeon, dentist
Employer
Fiji National University[3]
Educated at
University of Otago[4]
Doctoral advisor
Benedict Seo, Haizal Hussaini, Rohana De Silva, Darryl Chan Tong, Alison Rich[5][6][7][8][9]
Academic degree
Doctor of Clinical Dentistry[11]
Academic thesis
BRAF mutations in ameloblastoma: Correlation with clinical and histopathological features and behaviour[13]
Affiliation
Sir John Walsh Research Institute[14]
Family name
Waqa[12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NZThesisProject[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Oripa Waqa
🔖 Identifiers · 2
LinkedIn personal profile ID
oripa-waqa-541169263
ResearchGate profile ID
Oripa-Waqa-3

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Summary

Oripa Waqa has worked as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon[1] and dentist[2].

FAQs

What did Oripa Waqa do for work?

Oripa Waqa worked as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon[1] and dentist[2].

Where did Oripa Waqa go to school?

Oripa Waqa was educated at University of Otago[4].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] ↑ . fijitimes.com.fj. fijitimes.com.fj. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [1] ↑ . fijitimes.com.fj. fijitimes.com.fj. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . worldbank.org. worldbank.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . linkedin.com. linkedin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . linkedin.com. linkedin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · DrThneed · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Doctoral advisor → Benedict Seo, Haizal Hussaini, Rohana De Silva +2
    Family name → Waqa
    LinkedIn personal profile ID → oripa-waqa-541169263
    Instance of → human
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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