Olukayode ADELAJA

Biographical record

Title

Dr

Surname

ADELAJA

First Name

Olukayode

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

NIBC Who's Who (3rd Edition)

Date of Birth

March 16, 1936

Status

Alive

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Abiodun Oyebisi Odusanwo, Victoria Olufunmilayo Odunlami, 1965

Number of Children (Male)

5

Number of Children ( Female)

2

Profession

Neuro-psychiatrist, consultant, administrator

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Baptist Day School, Iwo, 1942-49; Molusi College, Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, 1950-54; Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Ibadan, Oyo State, 1955-57; University College, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 1957-64; University of Liverpool, England; Post-graduate School of Tropical Medicine, 1966; London University Institute of Child Health, 1967; Fortord Monterey, California, USA, 1980; Remstein, USAF Base, West Germany, June 1981; Heildelberg, West Germany, USAF Base, 1984

Educational Qualification

MBBS, DTMH, DCH, DPM, FNMCP, FWACP, Md

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Selection Board for Direct Short Service, Nigerian Army,
1976; Examining Board in Psychiatry, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria,
since 1976; representative, Nigerian Army, Armed Forces Day Celebration of the Republic
of Benin, Cotonou, 1977; Co-ordinator, Nigerian Army Medical Corps Seminars, 1978,
81, 85, 87; /Chairman, Army Tenders Board, 1978, Salary Review Panel for the Nigerian
Armed Forces, 1978; Coordinator Military Psychiatry Symposium, Lagos, 1979;
Chairman, Psychiatric Hospitals Management Board of Nigeria, 1984-86, Expert
Committee on mental health, World Health Organisation, 1986-89; Guild of Medical
Directors, since 1992; Institute of Directors, 1996. examiner, West African College of
Physicians, since 1991; Fellow:West African College of Physicians, 1976; Nigerian
Medical College of Psychiatry, 1976; American Psychiatry Association, 1980; organiser,
6th Annual Scientific Conference of Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, 1975.

Previous Appointments

Granted Direct Regular Commission Rank, 2 Lieutenant Officer Cadet, 1963;
Intern, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, 1964-65; General Duty Medical
Officer, Military Hospital, Kaduna, 1965-66; Clinical Assistant, Paediatrics Department,
Welsh National School of Medicine, Wales, UK, 1967; Clinical Assistant, Department of
Medicine, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh; Rainhill Hospital, Liverpool, UK, 1969;
Psychiatry Registrar, Rainhill Hospital, Liverpool, 1969-70; Part-time Lecturer, School of
Nursing, LUTH Lagos, 1971-79; Chief Consultant, Neuro-Psychiatrist, Nigerian Army,
1971-88; Deputy Commanding Officer, 48 Armed Forces Headquarters, Ikoyi, Lagos,
1972; Acting Commanding Officer, Military Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, 1972-73;
Associate Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Lagos, 1972-83;
honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, 1972-83;
Commanding Officer, Military Hospital, Apapa, Lagos, 1973-83; Clinical Electro-
Physiology, Institute of Psychiatry, Mandsley, London, 1977; Commandant, Nigerian
Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna, 1983-88; Brigadier-General, 1988; Chief Consultant,
Neuro-psychiatrist; Medical dir, Crest Consultant Clinic, Lagos, since 1990

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

The Health of Armed Forces – AFMEDS 1,3, 1972; Pattern of Psychiatric Illness in the Nigerian Army – Military Medicine 141, No. 5 1976; Use of Psychoactive Drugs in the Military: State of the Art, Plenum Publishers, 1983

Outstanding Achievements

Defence Service Medal; National Service Medal; Independence Medal; Republic Medal; Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; Forces Service Star

Hobbies

Chess, watching sports

Social Clubs

Ikoyi Club, since 1971

Phone Number

01-2691644, 01-2691697

Official Address

Crest Consultant Clinic, 2, Keffi Street, S.W. Ikoyi, P.O. Box 51292, Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos