Oyinade Odutola-Olurin | |
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| Born | 2 February 1934 Ijebu Ode, Ogun State |
| Citizenship | Nigeria |
| Occupation | Ophthalmologist |
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| Alma mater | University of Bristol |
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| Discipline | Medicine |
| Sub-discipline | Ophthalmologist |
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Oyinade Odutola Olurin (born 2 February 1934) is a Nigerian ophthalmologist and academic who is the first female professor of medicine in Nigeria and the first Black African professor of ophthalmology. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the Royal College of Surgeons. [1] [2]
Oyinade was born on 2 February 1934 in Ijebu Ode,Nigeria,as the sixth child of Mr and Mrs Timothy Adeola Odutola. [3] She obtained her secondary school certificate from C.M.S. Girls' School,Lagos and her A levels from Westonbirt School in England. In 1959 and 1975,she obtained her first and second degrees in medicine from the University of Bristol. [3]
Olurin began her career in 1959 at University College Hospital,Ibadan,until 1961,when she left for State Hospital,Akure,after her marriage and later travelled to Cardiff Royal Infirmary in 1962. [3] She returned to Nigeria in 1965 as a registrar of ophthalmology at University College Hospital. [3]