IDOWU OLUFEMI EMMANUEL

Surgery

At the Surgery department office

Appointment on Visitation important

Topic: Anatomical, Neuroscience And Spine Disorders

Description:

I am a Certified Neurosurgeon with years of experience treating a variety of brain and spine diseases (congenital trauma, infective, oncological and vascular lesions); able to work under pressure and meet the high ethical standards set forth by medical review boards. Excellence is my professional watchword. While managing patients, I offer empathetic ear toward them, relations and care givers, while informing them of what will be happening and why it is necessary on a continual basis. I make use of my excellent comprehensive knowledge and instruction skills of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pathophysiology of brain disorders to teach medical and non-medical staff, including new techniques and surgeries. I have wide experience in management skills to lead a team while utilizing everyone’s skillset to the fullest potential.

As the Director of SRC, we advance the science and practice of surgery through high-quality collaborative research in various areas- congenital anomalies, neurotrauma, neurooncology amongst many others; provide the highest quality patient care and research. The Consortium seeks to leverage the expertise and clinical volume of participating members by providing an organizational structure to successfully perform studies of surgical problems and diseases. 

#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	FWACS (NEUROSURGERY) (Neurosurgery)	University College Hospital	2006

PREDICTING OUTCOME IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW OUTCOME ASSESSMENT SCALE- THE LAGOS BRAIN DISABILITY EXAMINATION SCALE (LABDES)

INTRODUCTION: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) management is a leading cause of disability and death in young adults. Our objective is to develop a new multidomain, comprehensive, sensitive, objective and easily reproducible outcome scale with high predictive accuracy to assess patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The developed outcome assessment tool, the Lagos Brain Disability Examination Scale (LABDES) was then tested for any association of outcome predictability with patients’ admission modified Marshall, Rotterdam, and Helsinki computerized tomographic (CT) scores.

METHODS: A prospective cohort study was carried out. Patients aged 16 years and above who sustained TBI were included in the study. All recruited patients had their biodata and derived cranial CT scores documented using the modified Marshall, Rotterdam, and Helsinki CT scale in a pro forma form. Outcomes were assessed at 8weeks after TBI with the LABDES scale. Statistical significance was judged at p<0.05 level. 

CONCLUSIONS: The LABDES is a new comprehensive and good outcome measure to use in patients with TBI. 

IDOWU OLUFEMI is a Professor at the Department of Surgery

IDOWU has a FWACS (NEUROSURGERY) in Neurosurgery from University College Hospital