Latunde Odeku

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E. Latunde Odeku
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Born
Emanuel Olatunde Alaba Olanrewaju Odeku

(1927-06-29)June 29, 1927
DiedAugust 20, 1974(1974-08-20) (aged 47)
Nationality Nigerian-American
Alma mater Howard University
Occupationdoctor
Known forFirst African neurosurgeon trained in the United States; first neurosurgeon in Nigeria.
Scientific career
Fields Neurosurgery

E. Latunde Odeku (born Emanuel Olatunde Alaba Olanrewaju Odeku; 1927, Lagos, Nigeria – died, London, 1974) was the first Nigerian neurosurgeon trained in the United States. He also was pioneer in neurosurgery in Africa. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Of Yoruba heritage, [3] [4] Latunde was born in Lagos, Nigeria. His father was a native of Aawe [5] while his mother was a Lagosian. He attended Methodist Boys' High School, Lagos. [6] [7] [8] [9] and proceeded to Howard University, where he graduated summa cum laude in zoology in 1950. He was subsequently awarded a scholarship to study medicine at Howard University, earning his MD in 1954.

Medical career

After passing the licencuate medical exam in Canada, Latunde spent the following year in Nigeria as a medical officer at the Lagos General Hospital.[ citation needed ] In 1961, he returned to the United States and was offered a residency position, training under Dr. Kahn (from 1956 to 1960) at the University of Michigan.[ citation needed ] Afterwards, he trained in neurology under Dr. Webb Haymaker at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He underwent another pediatric neurosurgery residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia under Dr. Eugene Spitz, creator of the Spitz-Holter valve for treating hydrocephalus. In 1961, Latunde was appointed an instructor of neuroanatomy and neurosurgery at the Howard University College of Medicine.[ citation needed ]

Although Latunde was subsequently offered multiple appointments, including two distinguished academic neurosurgery faculty positions in the United States, he chose to return to Nigeria. Latunde came to the University of Ibadan in 1962 as the first neurosurgeon in West Africa. In 1962, he was appointed as senior faculty and became a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. In 1965, he was appointed as a professor of neurosurgery; from 1968 to 1971, serving as the head of the Department of Surgery and the Dean of the University of Ibadan College of Medicine. He established the national and West African postgraduate medical colleges, and the initiation processes at the University of Ibadan College of Medicine, later performed in all Nigerian medical schools. [10] [11] [12]

Latunde was also a poet and writer. He made significant contributions to the neurosurgical literature, publishing 61 scientific articles over a period of about 12 years.[ citation needed ]

Latunde was awarded the Howard University alumni award for distinguished service.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Latunde was married twice both times to medical doctors. His first marriage resulted in two children before ending in divorce. In 1971 he married the then Katherine Jill Adcock, an English medical doctor who was working at the University College Hospital. They had two children - Alan, who was born in October 1971 and a daughter born in January 1973. [13]

In his lifetime, despite being a busy medical practitioner, Latunde solely and jointly published 85 medically related articles and 13 other articles related to general topics. As an accomplished physician-poet, he authored two collections of poetry: Twilight: Out of the Night (1964), and Whispers from the Night (1969). [13]

Later years

From 1972, his health began to fail from complications of diabetes. He died on August 20, 1974, at Hammersmith Hospital in London and was laid to rest at St Peter's Church, Burnham, England. [14] [15]

Published works

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