Folaju Olusegun Oyebola
Federal Medical Centre, Nigeria
Biography
Folaju Olusegun Oyebola is the Head of Pain and Palliative Medicine at the Federal Medical Centre Abeokuta, Nigeria. He pioneered hospital based Pain and Palliative care services in the Country by integrating pain and supportive care services into acute care tertiary health Institutions in Nigeria. He completed his MPhil degree in Palliative Medicine at the University of Cape Town and subsequently had some clinical placements in palliative medicine across Africa, North America, Europe and India. In 2009 got ESMO Fellowship Award in Palliative care to Belgium and Switzerland. He obtained Diploma in International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative of the SanDiego Institute of Palliative Medicine California. In April - November 2011 he attended the Palliative Care Education and Practice (PCEP) of the Harvard Medical School in Boston Massachusetts, USA. He was a Scholar recipient of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) in 2015 and had presented papers at several local and international conferences.
Abstract
Abstract : Challenges of cancer pain management in a limited resource setting - A Nigeria hospital experience