Nigerians are great people, making greater positive impacts in all fields of human endeavour both home and abroad. Today we celebrate one of our own contributing greatly to humanity in the medical field; Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye.
Dr. Oluyinka O. Olutoye is a Nigerian Doctor, currently resident and practice in America. He is popular for performing a successful surgery on a foetus, baby Lynlee- Hope who was discovered with a tumour at 23 weeks.
She was removed from her mother’s womb, operated on and returned to the mother’s womb until she was delivered again at 36 weeks.
This surgery is unique because it is the first reported EXIT procedure done on a foetus. Since then, Dr. Oluyinka and his team has gone on to carry out other successful surgery procedures on unborn babies.
* He was born on January 15th, 19 in Nigeria to Major-General Olufemi and Prof. Omotayo Olutoye.
* He has five siblings; three sisters and two brothers.
* His basic education was at University Staff School and King’s College, Lagos.
* He obtained his medical degree from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in 1988.
* After his medical degree in Nigeria, he went to America for further studies and stayed behind to practice medicine.
* He is married to Dr.Olutoyin and they are blessed with two kids, a boy and a girl.
Among his awards are:
*Best Doctors in America
*Who’s who in America
*Academy of Distinguished Educators
*Houston’s Top Docs for kids
Thank you Dr. Oluyinka for making us proud.
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