Prof. Ephraim Ayobanji Ayoola, MD, FACP

Birth Date: January 19, 0

Home Town: Ilesa

Location: , Delaware

Country: USA

Alumni: Old Student

Category: MEDICAL

Period: 1958 - 1962

Profession: Professor

Email: bayoola@yahoo.com

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Submitted By: abi

Alumnus Banji Ayoola attended the Ilesha Grammar School from 1958 to 1962 under Late Rev Akinyemi, passing out in Division 1 with many distinctions. He attended Ibadan Grammar School for HSC briefly and the University of Ibadan where he qualified MBBS in 1969.

He obtained a Commonwealth fellowship in Postgraduate Medicine  to both t the University of Exeter and the Middlesex Hospital of the University of London. He emigrated to the USA in 1971, had his  medical residency  and fellowship at the University of Minnesota Hospitals Minneapolis MN USA and was a chief Medical Resident at the Veterans Hospital Minneapolis MN.

He is Board certified in Internal Medicine, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians; Member American college of Gastroenterology; Fellow of the Medical College of Physicians of Nigeria, Fellow of the west African college of Physicians was Member of the New York Academy of Science

After teaching briefly in the USA, he returned to Nigeria as the foundation lecturer and consultant in Medicine at the OAU College of Health Sciences before returning to the UCH Ibadan (1976 to 1986) where he was  the Head of Gastroenterology Unit UCH Ibadan (1976-1986) a member of  Senate and coordinator of Postgraduate Training and members of many committees. He was the Hall Warden of the Clinical Students Hostel from 1976 to 1986 (the famous ABH). Ayoola was a member of the Governing Council of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (1982 to 1986) member of its Senate (1982 to 1988) and Acting Registrar of NMPC (1982 to 1984). 

At various times, Professor Ayoola was the Provost of the College of Medicine in the University of Sokoto Nigeria; the Professor of Medicine and Heaptogastroenterology in the King Saud University College of Medicine Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; an Adviser to the Saudi government Ministry of Health and member of many boards. Professor Ayoola was a consultant/ adviser to the World Health Organization both at the central level(Geneva and regional level (Afro Region); and had served as the vice - chairman of a session.  A founding member of the International Task Force on hepatitis B, he belongs to many international professional associations and  was a Council Member of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (IASL) and President of the African Association for the study of liver diseases (AFSLD).

He was examiners to many Universities in Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and abroad both for undergraduate and postgraduate examinations. A member of many Editorial boards of National and International Medical journals, Prof Ayoola has published from 1970, over 120 scientific papers in reputable medical journals and contributed to books in Medicine. He has presented numerous lectures and papers in conferences and seminars in all the continents of the world, wining many awards including an ACG blue ribbon presidential award for his presentation in Baltimore in 2003.

A former charter secretary of the Lions International and President of the famous Ijesha Patriotic Klub of Nigeria, he is a traditional chief (Saloro of Ilo-Ilesha), a poultry farmer and a Justice of the Peace /Notary Public since 1979. He is currently chairman to a number of Boards of Directors of companies here and in Nigeria.

A devout Christian, Prof Ayoola’s hobbies include movies, reading, music and organ playing

Prof Ayoola is happily married to Grace and blessed with very successful children including medical doctors, lawyer, engineer, accountant, finance/IT consultant and students in Dentistry and Pharmacy. He is a proud grandfather to 6 grandchildren including two teenagers!