Prof. Folorunso Isaac Adewole, FMCOG, FWACS

Birth Date: May 5, 1954

Home Town:

Location: Ibadan, Oyo

Country: Nigeria

Alumni: Old Student

Category: MEDICAL

Period: 1972 - 1973

Profession: Medical Doctor

Email: sysop@nga.healthnet.org

Phone: 2 810 2460

Submitted By: abi

Appointments 

• Professor – 1st October, 1997 date Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist 22nd March, 1989 
• Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences &Dentistry 1st August, 2000 

University Education (with date): 
University of Ibadan, Ibadan: October 1973-June 1978

Academic Qualification (with dates and granting bodies)
MB; BS; June 1978, University of Ibadan, Ibadan

Professional Qualifications and Diplomas

• Fellow, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, (FMCOG). May 1986.
• Fellow, West African College of Surgeons (FWACS). Jan 1994
  

Positions Held 

• House-Officer, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. 1978-79
• National Youth Service Corps-General Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria. 1979-80
• Medical Officer, Adeoyo Maternity Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. 1980-81
• Senior House-Officer, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University College Hospital, Ibadan. 1981-82 
• Registrar, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University College Hospital, Ibadan. 1982-84
• Senior Registrar, Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University College Hospital Ibadan, 1984-85
• Research Fellow – Department of Medical Oncology ,Charring Cross Hospital, London.1985-86
• Consultant Obstetricain/Gynaecologist, Royal Crown Specialist Hospital, Ibadan, 1985-89
• Lecturer 1 , College Of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 1989-92
• Senior Lecturer, College Of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 1992-97
• Acting Head, Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 1999-2000
  

Scholarships, Fellowships and Prizes

• National Award Scholar, University of Ibadan 1973-1978 (Undergraduate)
• Glazo Allenbury Prize for the best overall performance in Paediatrics - 1977
• Federal Government of Nigeria Postgraduate Scholarship Award 1981 (For Postgraduate Study in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Award not utilized)
• Fellowship, West African College of Surgeons 1981 (Award not utilized)

Honours, Distinctions and Membership of Learned Societies

• Honours:
  • Brownite of Honour - Alexander Brown Hall, University of Ibadan - November 1994. 
  • Best Lecturer of the Year Award- College of Medicine, University of Ibadan November 1995.
  • Best Head of Department-College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. 1999/2000. 

• Consultant: National Tumour marker Project - 1997 till date
• Editorial Adviser: Nigerian Medical Journal - 1989-1992
• Nigerian Journal of Medicine - 1997 - till date
• Secretary-General, Association of Resident Doctors, University College Hospital, Ibadan Nigeria - 1982-1983.
• President, National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (NARD) - 1983-1984.
• Secretary, Nigerian Medical Association (Oyo State Branch) - 1984 - 1985
• Member, NMA Negotiating Panel on Residency Training Programme - 1983-1984.
• Member, NMA Committee on National Health Policy - 1984.
• Member, NMA Visitation Team on Study of Swedish Health Care System - 1984
• Deputy Secretary-General, Nigerian Medical Association - 1988-1990.
• Secretary-General, Nigerian Medical Association - 1990-1992.
• Secretary - NMA AIDS Committee - 1990-1992.
• Member - Joint Committee NMA - National Task Force on HIV/AIDS - 1992.
• Member - National Task Force on Appropriate use of blood and blood products - 1992.
• Chairman - Nigerian Medical Association (Oyo State Branch) - 1993-1995.
• Member, National Advisory Group (MacArthur Foundation) Nigeria - 1995/96
• Assistant Secretary-General - Confederation of African Medical Associations and Societies (CAMAS). March 1992 - August 1997
• Secretary-General - Confederation of African Medical Associations and Societies (CAMAS) - August 1997 till date.
  • Membership of Learned Societies:
    • Member, Nigerian Medical Association.
    • Member, Confederation of African Medical Associations and Societies (CAMAS).
    • Member, Society of Gynaecology & Obstetrics of Nigeria. (SOGON)
    • Member, European Research Organisation on Genital Infection and Neoplasia (EUROGIN).
    • Member, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.
    • Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
    • Member, Nigerian Society for the Study of Pain
    • Member, Cancer Palliative Care Group, Ibadan. Nigeria.
    • Member, International Society For Gynaecologic Endoscopy.
    • Member, International Network on Control of Gynaecological Cancers.
    • International Fellow, Association of Professors of Gynaecology &Obstetrics, USA.

Details of Teaching Experience at University Level

• Teaching undergraduate medical students in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1981 - 1985 while undergoing residency training. 
• Teaching of undergraduate students since appointment as Lecturer I in 1989.
• Teaching of postgraduate students enrolled in fellowship programme of National postgraduate medical college and West African College of Surgeons since 1989.
• Invitation to act as External Examiner in Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
• I have been External Examiner in Obstetrics and Gynaecology to the following Universities
  • Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (1995)
  • Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (1996 till date).
  • Ogun State University, Sagamu (1997)
  • Othman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto (1997-1999)
  • University of Ilorin, Ilorin. (2000)
• Primary Fellowship Examination of the National Postgraduate Medical College . (1992 - 1996).
• Part 1/2 Fellowship Examination of the National Postgraduate Medical College (2000)
  • (v1) Part 1/2 Fellowship Examination of the West African College of Surgeon. (1999 till date)
    

Research/Advocacy Work

Research in Progress

• Evaluating novel ideas for promoting Cervical Cancer Screening in developing countries
• Evaluating the value of Magnesium Sulphate in preventing Eclampsia
• Evaluating the antifertility effect of castor oil seed (Ricinus Communis)
• Evaluating the haemopoietic value of `Ugwu' (Telfairia Occidentalis) - a local vegetable product

Advocacy

• Coordinator - Campaign Against Unwanted Pregnancy, a multidisciplinary non-profit initiative comprising of doctors, lawyers, media practitioners, social scientists, teachers and Nurses.
• Involved with Advocacy work designed to reduce the burden of Unsafe abortion in Nigeria.
  

Activities Undertaken

• Abortion Law review Meeting
  

• Public symposia/Meetings on Abortion
  • Media sensitisation campaign
  • Workshops for Opinion and Community leaders
  • Workshops for Media Executives
  • Workshops for Community based NGOs
  • Working with Young persons in the Medical Schools of Nigerian Universities.
  • Research on the size of the Abortion problem in Nigeria 
  • Review of Medical Curriculum 
    

Dissertation and Thesis

• "Organisational Structure of Trophoblastic Service in Nigeria" FMCOG dissertation, National Postgraduate Medical College.