Olajide Olaolu Adedapo AJAYI

Biographical record

Title

Prof.

Surname

AJAYI

First Name

Olajide

Other Names

Olaolu Adedapo

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

February 20, 1936

Status

Alive

State of Origin

Lagos

Place of Birth

Lagos

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Beatrice Myra Mcintosh, 1976

Number of Children (Male)

3

Number of Children ( Female)

1

Profession

surgeon, medical consultant, scholar, lecturer

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

C.M.S. Girls' School Lagos, 1942-45: Baptist Day School/Saint Luke's School, Jos. 1945-47; C.M.S Grammar School. Lagos, 1947-54; The Royal London Hospital Medical College, 1958-62; Sir John Cass College, University of London, 1955- 57; University of Ibadan, 1969; National Cancer Institute, USA 1975.

Educational Qualification

F.A.C.S. MB.BS.. F.R.C.S., F.M.C.S. F.W.A.C.S, F.l.C.S;

Previous Appointments

Undergraduate and Post-graduate Clinical teaching, lecturer health professionals, 1967-69; Teaching. University Levels, 1969-78: ee: Surgery. Universities of Jos, Lagos, Ife, Benin, Ghana and Zimbabwe, 1978; Surgery. University of Ibadan, 1982-85; Head, Department of Surgery, Ogun State University Teaching Hospital, 1987; Provost, Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences, Ogun State University, Ago-lwoye. 1987-90; Chief Medical din, Ogun State University Teaching Hospital. 1987-90; ch. Committee of Chief Executives of Teaching and Specialist Hospitals and Federal Medical Centres of Nigeria 1996-98; f: Nigerian Medical Council in Surgery, 1970; West African College of Surgeons, 1973; International College of Surgeons. 1978; presd. West African College of Surgeons, 1989-91; Chief Medical din. University College Hospital, Ibadan, 1990-98; presd. sec. General, West African College of Surgeons, 1977-83; Head, Department International Federation of Surgical Colleges, 1993-96; American College of Surgeons, 1980:

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Traditional Titles

Jagun Aso of Ijebu. 1990; Risawe of Ilowa. 1992; Bamoye of Remo, 1993; Onibonoje Basegun of Ibadan, 1996; Egbe Olugbadebo Ijebuland.

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

co-author, Cancer Surgery and Chemotherapy in Cancer in Nigeria, Ibadan University Press, 1982; The Breast in Principles andPractice of Surgery (including pathology) in the Tropics, Ghana Publishing Corporation, 1986; co author. Aids to Examinations in Clinical Medicine, Fourth Dimension Publications, Enugu, 1985; Tertiary Healthcare in Nigeria's Health in the Nineties, Spectrum Books Limited, Ibadan, 1995; Taking New Initiatives. WACS Monograph. 1989; The making of an Endowment, WACS. 1990; Gastro-intestinal manifestations of Burkitt's Tumour, Ghana Medical Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1971; Taboos and Clinical Research in West Africa, Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol.6 No.2.

Outstanding Achievements

Paul R. Hawley International Guest Scholar of the American College of Surgeons, 1981; hon.f. (first black Africa to be so honoured); American College of Surgeons, 1997. h: Endowment of O.O. Ajayi Gold Medal Prize in Surgery by Dr. C.I. Etomi.W.A.C.S, 1990; honorary member. Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria. 1996.

Hobbies

reading, cricket and dancing

Social Clubs

Igbimo Mejila ofLagos; Island Club;

Phone Number

02-8102353.

Residential Address

7, Paul Hendrickse Road, P.O. Box 7253, Secretariat Road, Ibadan, Oyo State.

Official Address

7. Paul Hendrickse Road, P.O. Box 7253, Secretariat Road. Ibadan