Dr. Toyin Opesanmi, popularly known as Dr. O, presently runs Gennesaret Medical Center in Baltimore City, a unique health center where patients receive primary health care. Before founding Gennesaret, Dr. Opesanmi was Chief of Medicine at Park West Health Systems in Baltimore, Maryland for 6 years. She oversaw three internal medicine clinics, educating peers and sub-ordinates as well as co-coordinating the daily administrative work in the three clinics.
Dr. Opesanmi obtained her medical degree at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, the first Women’s Medical College in the USA. Diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice, she did her residency in Family Practice at the University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, Texas.
Dr. Vijit K Cherian has been a pillar of strength to the department of Cardiac Vascular Sciences of Fortis Mallar.
He has been the Chief Cardio Thoracic Surgeon at Fortis Malar Hospitals for last 2 years.
Prior to this he has been associated with Lakeshore Hospital and Christian Medical College as Chief Cardio Thoracic Surgeon and has been instrumental in bringing up the department in these hospitals.
To add to this he has Honorary Association with Flinders Medical Center and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons since February 2002.
Lere Baale is the President & Chief Executive of Business School Netherlands, Nigeria. (www.bsn.eu/nigeria) and he is a Lead Consultant / Regional
Director of Howes Consulting Group (www.howesgroup.com) in Middle East and Africa Region, a special purpose vehicle for Centre for Management
& Organizational Effectiveness USA.
Lere currently serves on the board of directors of multinational firms including CMOE-USA, Biz School Netherlands, Montserrat Telecoms, Integra8
Telecoms, and Howes Group. He currently serves the community as a member of the board of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital-LASUTH,
and as a Mentor/Facilitator of FATE Foundation.
Dr. Adegboyega Ogunwale is a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria where he currently serves as a clinician and faculty member on the residency training programme of the Hospital.
His sub-specialty interest is forensic psychiatry with special emphasis on medico-legal and ethical issues. His research has focused on psychiatric defences and Nigerian criminal law, civil law and ethics and mental health issues in matrimonial causes. He is also a visiting consultant to selected in-prison psychiatric facilities within Ogun State.
He had his undergraduate medical training at the University of Ilorin obtaining his MB, BS degree in January 2003. While at the University, he was a privileged recipient of the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) National Scholarship Award.
Dr. Oluwole Ajagbe, was a fulltime Professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (Department of Diagnostic Services), of Howard University College of Dentistry (HUCD) in Washington, DC. He is an Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Dentistry. He graduated with a BDS degree from University of Ibadan School of Dentistry in 1980 and an MS degree from Georgetown University School of Dentistry in 1985. He received training in clinical researcher standardization and also training in Clinical Dental Research Methodology (Summer 1998) from University of Washington, Seattle.
Dr. Rufus Olusola Akinyemi graduated from the premier University of Ibadan with an MBBS (Medicine and Surgery) degree in February 1998 and qualified as a Neurologist in November 2006. He also obtained a Masters Degree in Cell Biology and Genetics from the University of Ibadan in 2007.
Dr Akinyemi is currently a Consultant Neurologist and Head, Department of Medicine, Federal Medical Centre Abeokuta, Nigeria where he is building a young Neurology Practice and providing leadership and mentoring for a young Internal Medicine Residency Programme and the FMCA Research Forum. He’s an IBRO Research Fellow at the Centre for Brain Ageing and Vitality, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
Dr. R. Ravi Kumar, is an Assoc Professor of Cardiology, Balaji Medical College, Chennai. He is
a Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiology and Coordinator Heart Failure and Artificial Heart unit ,Fortis Malar Hospitals CHENNAI INDIA.
He also has long Interventional Experience over the last 18 Years in dealing with all variety of interventional Cardiology cases including Complex Angioplasties, second generation Stents, Emergency Primary Angioplasties, Valvuloplasties etc.
Mr. Ayoola Afonja joined Suburban West Africa as a Business Solutions Development Manager responsible for planning, designing and building sophisticated products for enhancing the lifestyle of potential customers. He provides technical guidance to product development while generating and negotiating new business opportunities for the company.
He has an impressive track record for developing strong solution oriented outreach to business partners having worked as a Software Development Manager for Pioneer Development Resources, USA and London Metropolitan University (Calcutta House) IT Support Services. He also gained relevant experience as an Infrastructure support engineer for the World Mission Agency, London
