Academy Fellows
AMSN members, elected based on their outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service, serve without compensation in studies and other activities on matters of significance to health. Election to active membership is both an honor and a commitment to serve in Academy affairs.
After thorough deliberations and due diligence, The Academy has invited eminent and outstanding scholars who have made landmark contributions in Medicine and Health care as Foundation Fellows. They have been drawn from Country-wide and abroad.
The Academy of Medical Sciences believes that outstanding experts would be able to provide academic and professional leadership. In all the various health and medical challenges facing the country and enhance our health and welfare and contribute to the education and practice of medical science in the country.
These are world-renown scholars and accomplished medical practitioners of note within society spanning the various disciplines of medical specialties:
- Basic Medical Sciences
- Basic Clinical Sciences
- Clinical Sciences
- Dental Sciences
- Emeritus Fellows
| Full Name | Department | Section | Research Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Blessing Idonije | Medical Biochemistry | Basic Medical Sciences | Biomarkers in obese individuals to find individuals with hypertension or diabetes mellitus |
| Prof. Patrick Igbigbi | Human Anatomy | Basic Medical Sciences | Anthropology and digital biometrics |
| Prof. Emmanuel Maduagwu | Biochemistry | Basic Medical Sciences | Molecular pathway mechanism unifying N-nitrosamine and cyanide |
| Prof. Aliyu Mohamed | Physiology | Basic Medical Sciences | Mechanism of ameliorative effects of some phytochemicals in the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus |
| Prof. Uchenna Nwagha | Physiology Obstetrics | Basic Medical Sciences | Micronutrients & Malaria in pregnancy |
| Prof. Olorunseun Ogunwobi | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Basic Medical Sciences | Cancer Biology |
| Prof. Abayomi Okanlawon | Anatomy | Basic Medical Sciences | Spermatogenic process and environmental toxicants |
| Prof. Ayodele Soladoye | Physiology | Basic Medical Sciences | Cardiovascular reflexes |
| Prof. Adekunbiola Banjo | Morbid Anatomy | Basic Clinical Sciences | Cancers of the breast and cervix |
| Prof. Godwin Bazuaye | Hematology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Stem cell transplant for sickle cell and other haematological malignancies |
| Prof. Olukayode Dada | Laboratory Medicine | Basic Clinical Sciences | Preventions of cancers of the reproductive systems and the evaluation of the safety and efficacy of medical interventions for the promotion of maternal and infant health |
| Prof. Oyinlola Oduyebo | Microbiology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Antimicrobial resistance and Stewardship |
| Prof. Olufemi Ogunbiyi | Morbid Anatomy | Basic Clinical Sciences | Genetic Epidemiology of Prostrate cancer |
| Prof. Wuraola Shokunbi | Haematology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Haematological disorders |
| Prof. Abidemi Akindele | Pharmacology | Basic Medical Sciences | Ethnomedicinal drug discovery and development |
| Prof. Blessing Jaja | Neuroscience & Clinical Anatomy | Basic Medical Sciences | Application of big data for precision medicine |
| Prof. Cecilia Igwilo | Pharmacy | Basic Medical Sciences | Anti-sickling medicinal plant extract-Niprisan |
| Prof. Elizabeth Disu | Paediatrics | Basic Medical Sciences | Paediatrics |
| Prof. Sunday Olowo | Medical Microbiology | Clinical Sciences | Urogenital infectious diseases, AMR & Infection control |
| Prof. Adetokunbo Adebola | Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Dental Sciences | Addressing the inequality in oral health care by transforming oral health service from the clinic to the rural community |
| Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo | Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Dental Sciences | Aetiology of cleft-lip palate |
| Prof. Jelili Akinwande | Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Dental Sciences | Burkitt's Lymphoma of the jaw |
| Prof. Enosakhare Akpata | Dental Surgery | Dental Sciences | Therapeutic Management for Dental Fluorosis |
| Prof. Modupeola Arowojolu | Periodontology | Dental Sciences | Effects of systemic diseases on the periodontium |
| Prof. Oluwole Dosumu | Prosthodontics | Dental Sciences | Patterns, trends and management of edentulism in relation to changes in oral diseases and rehabilitation |
| Prof. Onatolu Odukoya | Oral Biology | Dental Sciences | Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology |
| Prof. Kalu Ogbureke | Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology | Dental Sciences | SIBLLING proteins in oral cancer and precancers |
| Prof. Mike Ojo | Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology | Dental Sciences | Mitotic Phase distribution in Oral Epithelial Hyperplasia and Neoplasia |
| Prof. Gbemisola Oke | Community Dentistry | Dental Sciences | Dental Public Health Education |
| Prof. Folake Oredugba | Paedodontics | Dental Sciences | Oral Health of children and adolescents with special needs |
| Prof. Olayinka Otuyemi | Orthodontics | Dental Sciences | Relationship between oro-facial soft tissue patterns and maxillofacial morphology |
| Prof. Foluso Owotade | Oral Medicine | Dental Sciences | Interaction of Oral and Systemic health |
| Prof. Birch Saheeb | Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology | Dental Sciences | Oral and Maxillofacial surgery |
| Prof. Nathaniel Salako | Pediatric Dentistry | Dental Sciences | Acid-base balance in the etiology of detal caries |
| Prof. Ifeoma Ulasi | Nephrology | Clinical Sciences | Prevalence of APOL1-gene in CKD patients |
| Prof. Benjamin Uzochukwu | Medicine | Clinical Sciences | Health policy and systems |
| Dr. Ibrahim Wada | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Clinical Sciences | Anatomy |
| Prof. Musa Wakil | Pschiatry | Clinical Sciences | Mental health |
| Prof. Simon Yiltok | Paediatrics | Clinical Sciences | Perforator flaps in reconstructive surgery & burn injuries |
| Prof. Francis Durosinmi-Etti | Radiation Oncology | Clinical Sciences | Radiotherapy |
| Prof. Charles Eregie | Paediatrics | Clinical Sciences | Maternal and Child health |
| Prof. Oliver Ezechi | Maternal, Reproductive & Child Health | Clinical Sciences | Sexual & Reproductive Health |
| Prof. Abiodun Akinwuntan | Neurological Physiotherapy | Clinical Sciences | Virtual-reality Technologies for Neurorehabilitation |
| Prof. Oluwole Akande | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Basic Medical Sciences | Reproductive Health |
| Prof. Joel Akinosi | Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Dental Sciences | Oral Surgery |
| Prof. Ayodele Desalu | Human Anatomy | Basic Medical Sciences | Developmental Enzymology of rat kidney |
| Prof. Oladele Kale | Public Health | Basic Medical Sciences | Dracunculiasis and Poliomyelitis |
| Prof. Adeyemi Mosadomi | Medicine | Clinical Sciences | Precancerous Lesions of the Oral Cavity |
| Prof. Gabriel Ogunmola | Restorative Dentistry | Dental Sciences | Identification of Ischemia in red blood cells and rehydration therapy with anti-oxidant cocktails |
| Prof. Frank Okoisor | Ophthalmology | Clinical Sciences | Dentistry |
| Prof. Oyinade Olurin | Respiratory Medicine | Clinical Sciences | Primary Glaucoma |
| Prof. Babatunde Onadeko | Opthalmology | Clinical Sciences | Diseases of the pleura and obstructive airways diseases |
| Prof. Allen Oyediran | Health Resources & Management | Basic Clinical Sciences | Epidermiology and Control of Schistosomiasis, Malaria and other communicable diseases |
| Emer. Prof. Ajovi Scott-Emuakpor | Peadiatric Heamatology | Clinical Sciences | Genetics |
| Prof. Oyewale Tomori | Public Health | Basic Medical Sciences | Virology |
| Prof. Oladapo Ashiru | Anatomy & Reproductive Endocrinology | Basic Medical Sciences | Identification and removal of endocrine disruptorss caused by environmental toxins |
| Prof. Frank Giwa-Osagie | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Clinical Sciences | Contraception, Infertility, role of prolactin in amenorrhoeic women and safe pregnacy |
| Dr. Sonny Kuku | Medicine & Endocrinology | Basic Medical Sciences | Molecular heterogeneity of glycoprotein hormones and glucagon relating to their function in health and disease |
| Asst. Prof. Ismaila Ishola | Pharmacology | Basic Medical Sciences | Identification of novel neuroactive chemicals from natural products |
| Prof. John Anetor | Pathology | Basic Medical Sciences | Investigating toxic states including chemical carcinogenesis, and amelioration with nutritional factors |
| Prof. Joseph Fadare | Pharmacology | Basic Medical Sciences | Drug utilization and pharmacoepidemiology |
| Prof. Linus Saalu | Anatomy | Basic Medical Sciences | Infertility & herbalism |
| Prof. Olayinka Ogunleye | Pharmacology | Basic Medical Sciences | Antimicrobial Utilization & Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) |
| Prof. Olufunsho Awodele | Pharmacology | Basic Medical Sciences | Ames assay as an adoptable tool for screening of environmental and therapeutic agents for mutagenic potentials |
| Prof. Oyindamola Abiodun | Pharmacology | Basic Medical Sciences | Ethnopharmacology & chemotherapy with a special interest in plants and mushrooms as nutraceuticals |
| Prof. Titilola Samuel | Endocrinology | Basic Medical Sciences | Endocrinology & Metabolism |
| Prof. Victor Lasebikan | Psychiatry | Clinical Sciences | Neuropsychiatry & addiction medicine |
| Prof. Akinlolu Ojo | Nephrology | Clinical Sciences | Understanding and treatment chronic kidney disease |
| Prof. Sunday Chinenye | Internal Medicine | Clinical Sciences | Diabetes management |
| Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Clinical Sciences | Reproductive health and Safe motherhood |
| Prof. Olufemi Fasanmade | Endocrinology | Clinical Sciences | Genes contributing to Diabetes Mellitus in Africans |
| Prof. Oye Gureje | Psychiatry | Clinical Sciences | Epidemiology of neuropsychiatric disorders |
| Prof. John Idoko | Virology | Clinical Sciences | Viral diseases |
| Prof. Joseph Ikechebulu | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Clinical Sciences | Operative Laporoscopy |
| Prof. Anthony Ikefuna | Paediatrics | Clinical Sciences | Oncology |
| Prof. John Ikimalo | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Clinical Sciences | Reproductive tract infection and menstrual health of Adolescents |
| Prof. Simeon Isezuo | Medicine | Clinical Sciences | Cardiology |
| Prof. Solomon Kadiri | Nephrology | Clinical Sciences | Management of Chronic Kidney disease |
| Prof. Oladapo Ladipo | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Clinical Sciences | Sexual reproductive health & fertility management |
| Prof. Foluso Afolabi Lesi | Peadiatrics | Clinical Sciences | Neurology and Neuro-Developmental Paediatrics |
| Prof. Sadisu Maaji | Radiology | Clinical Sciences | Interventional radiology |
| Prof. Idris Mohammed | Medicine | Clinical Sciences | Polysaccharide sero-group |
| Prof. Ismaila Mungadi | Surgery | Clinical Sciences | Buccal Mucosa urethroplasty, Genitoplasty and Sex Reassignment surgery |
| Prof. Fidelis Njokanma | Peadiatrics | Clinical Sciences | Paediatrics |
| Prof. Donald Nzeh | Radiology | Clinical Sciences | Transfontanelle ultrasound scanning of the infant brain |
| Prof. Austine Obasohan | Paediatrics | Clinical Sciences | Peripheral Artery disease in hypertensive and diabetic patients |
| Prof. Agbaji Oche | Nephrology | Clinical Sciences | Renal Diseases in relation to HIV/AIDS |
| Prof. Anthonia Ogbera | Medicine & Endocrinology | Clinical Sciences | Relationship between Tuberculosis and Diabetes Mellitus |
| Prof. Shamsideen Ogun | Neurology | Clinical Sciences | Stroke & Neurophysiology |
| Prof. Godwin Ogbole | Radiology | Clinical Sciences | Imporoving low-field MRI image quality |
| Prof. Adebola Ogunbiyi | Dermatology | Clinical Sciences | Environmet effects on the effects on changing pattern on diseases |
| Prof. Adesola Ogunniyi | Neurology | Clinical Sciences | Epidemiology of demetia and Alzheimers |
| Prof. Ayodele Ojuawo | Peadiatrics | Clinical Sciences | Role of Immunology in Guts. |
| Prof. David Oke | Cardiology | Clinical Sciences | Endcardiograph |
| Dr. Adebola Okoisor | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Clinical Sciences | Female Health and pregnant womeny mortality |
| Prof. Friday Okonofua | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Clinical Sciences | Reproductive health |
| Prof. Njideka Okubadejo | Neurology | Clinical Sciences | Parkinson's Disease |
| Prof. Emiola Olapade-Olaopa | Medicine | Clinical Sciences | Urology |
| Prof. Mercy Olumide | Dermatology | Clinical Sciences | Contact and Occupational Dermatology |
| Prof. Akinyinka Omigbodun | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Clinical Sciences | Discoveries on the mechanisms of trophoblastic invasion in the human uterus |
| Prof. Olayinka Omigbodun | Psychiatry | Clinical Sciences | Child and Youth Psychiatry |
| Prof. Basden Onwubere | Medicine | Clinical Sciences | Diseases of the heart due to hypertension and its complications |
| Prof. Akinsanya Osibogun | Public Health | Clinical Sciences | Community Health |
| Prof. Bruce Ovbiagele | Public Health Sciences/Neurology | Clinical Sciences | Neurology |
| Prof. Mayowa Owolabi | Medical Sciences/Neuro Sciences | Clinical Sciences | Genetic and environmental determinants of stroke |
| Prof. Olayiwola Shittu | Urologist | Clinical Sciences | Use of Mohan Valvotome, t treat posterior urethral valves |
| Prof. Temidayo Ogundiran | Surgery | Clinical Sciences | Genetic Epidemiology in breast cancer |
| Prof. Stella Smith | Biology & Biotechnology | Basic Medical Sciences | Molecular epidemiology and AMR of infectious disease pathogen |
| Prof. Oshiozokhai Yama | Human Anatomy | Basic Medical Sciences | Non-steriodal contraceptives |
| Prof. Aaron Aboderin | Medical Microbiology | Basic Clinical Sciences | AMR & Antimicrobial stewardship |
| Prof. Boaz Adegboro | Medical Microbiology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Laboratory Medicine and Medical education |
| Prof. Adejuwon Adeneye | Pharmacology, Therapeutics & Toxicology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Therapeutic monitoring & management of Diabetes Mellitus |
| Prof. Dennis Agbonlahor | Medical Laboratory Science | Basic Clinical Sciences | Infectious diseases (Diarrheagenic agents) |
| Prof. Joseph Ahaneku | Chemical Pathology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Local modification of assay procedure for cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol quantification in blacks |
| Prof. Tola Atinmo | Nutrition | Basic Clinical Sciences | Human nutrition |
| Prof. Catherine Falade | Pharmacology & Therapeutics | Basic Clinical Sciences | Diagnostics and treatment of Malaria and influence of treatment guidelines |
| Prof. Adeyinka Falusi | Haematology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Gene deletion as a determinant of Alpha Thalassaemia |
| Prof. Folasade Ogunsola | Medical Microbiology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Healthcare associated infections & Antimicrobial resistance |
| Prof. Mathias Okoye | Forensic Medicine | Basic Clinical Sciences | Alzheimer's Disease |
| Dr. Rita Oladele | Microbiology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Invasive Fungal Infection |
| Prof. Adebola Olayinka | Medical Microbiology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Infectious Hazards management and epidemic response |
| Prof. Obinna Onwujekwe | Pharmaco-economics & Pharmaco-epidemiology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Control of communicable and non-communicable diseases |
| Prof. Modupeola Samaila | Pathology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Pathology |
| Prof. Sani Shehu | Pathology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Management of breast and gyneacological diseases |
| Prof. Sammy Sam-Wobo | Parasitology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Helminthiasis & Malaria |
| Prof. Fola Tayo | Phamacology | Basic Clinical Sciences | Public Health |
| Prof. Olukemi Odukoya | Pharmacognosy | Basic Clinical Sciences | Herbal Therapeutics |
| Prof. Abdullahi Abba | Medicine & Pulmonology | Clinical Sciences | Medical Education |
| Prof. Musa Abba | Psychiatry | Clinical Sciences | Psychiatry and Mental Health |
| Prof. Aliyu Abdu | Medicine | Clinical Sciences | Chronic Kidney Disease epidemiology |
| Prof. Lawan Abdu | Opthalmology | Clinical Sciences | Opthalmology |
| Prof. Olayinka Abosede | Primary Health Care | Clinical Sciences | Community Health |
| Prof. Rasaaq Adebayo | Cardiology | Clinical Sciences | Interventional Cardiology |
| Prof. Olufemi Adelowo | Rhuematology | Clinical Sciences | Rapid growth and description of common rheumatological disorders |
| Prof. Bosede Afolabi | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Clinical Sciences | Maternal Medicine and anaemia in pregnacy |
| Prof. Martin Aghaji | Cardio-Thoracic Surgery | Clinical Sciences | Esophageal transplants |
| Prof. Oluwarotimi Akinola | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Clinical Sciences | Modality of symptomatic Uterine Fibroids. |
| Prof. Rufus Akinyemi | Neurology | Clinical Sciences | Related Vascular and degenerative brain disorders in geriatric patients |
| Prof. Alani Akanmu | Medicine | Clinical Sciences | The aggressiveness of biological behaviour of malignancies in the setting HIV infection |
| Prof. Olufeyi Adegoke | Physiology | Basic Medical Sciences | Endocrine Physiology |
| Prof. Olusegun Ademowo | Biochemistry & Pharmacology | Basic Medical Sciences | Malaria epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnostics, drug discovery and drug disposition kinetics of antimalarial drugs |
| Prof. Peter Akah | Phamarcology | Basic Medical Sciences | Vernonia amygdalina and its benefits in the management of Type-2 diabetes mellitus |
| Prof. Abdul-Rasak Alada | Physiology | Basic Medical Sciences | GI tract as a glucose modulatory organ |
| Prof. Sunday Atawodi | Biochemistry | Basic Medical Sciences | Epidemiological studies directed at the drastic reduction of tobacco-related cancers |
| Prof. Herbert Coker | Pharmacy | Basic Medical Sciences | Epidemiological studies directed at the drastic reduction of tobacco-related cancers |
| Prof. Osaretin Ebuehi | Biochemistry | Basic Medical Sciences | Characterization, purification, development and metabolism of brain specific proteins |
| Prof. Ebenezer Farombi | Biochemistry | Basic Medical Sciences | Molecular mechanism of action in chemopreventive role of certain phytochemicals and nutraceuticals |
| Prof. Hakeem Fawehinmi | Biomedical Anthropology | Basic Medical Sciences | Medical Anthropology |
| Prof. Christian Happi | Molecular Genetics | Basic Medical Sciences | Pathogens and translational geneomics |
| Prof. Ademola Oremosu | Anatomy | Basic Medical Sciences | Alcohol induced sperm DNA fragmentation and ameliorative effects of ethnobotanical extracts |
| Prof. Abraham Osinubi | Anatomy | Basic Medical Sciences | Reproductive endocrinology |
| Prof. Ali Shugaba | Human Anatomy | Basic Medical Sciences | Clinical and Microscopic Anatomy |