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Biography

Dr. Olanrewaju Olubukola Oyedepo is a Reader (Associate Professor) in the Department of Anaesthesia, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ilorin and Consultant Anaesthetist, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, with 16 years university teaching, research and administrative experience and 19year experience as practicing Consultant anaesthesiologist.
He has served remarkably as Acting Head of Department of Anaesthesia and Head of department Anaesthesia of both institutions mentioned above on two occasions respectively. His areas of interests are Paediatric Anaesthesia, Difficult airway management, Critical care management, pain and trauma management, resuscitative medicine and perioperative medicine.
He is widely published both locally and internationally. He has to his credit over forty publications in reputable outlets covering journals, edited conference proceedings and chapter in book. He has successfully supervised over 6 fellowship dissertations. He has participated actively and benefitted considerably from local and international programs in his field of specialization (i.e. Anaesthesia). He is privileged to be a member of globally acclaimed learned professional societies in the diverse areas of Anaesthesia. He had served as the 3rd Senate member, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria.