Ola Akinboboye
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Ola Akinboboye | |
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| Born | Olakunle Akinboboye Maiduguri, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian -American |
| Alma mater | Columbia Business School (MBA) Columbia University School of Public Health (MPH) University of Ibadan (MBBS) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cardiology |
| Institutions | Cornell University Laurelton Heart Specialist New York Hospital |
Ola (Olakunle) Akinboboye is a Nigerian-American nuclear cardiologist.[1][2]
Early life and education[]
Born in Nigeria, Olakunle studied at the University of Ibadan College of Medicine before moving to the United States where he earned an MBA and master's degree in public health from Columbia University.
Medical and Academic career[]
Olakunle completed his internal medicine residency at the Nassau County Medical Center, and a cardiology fellowship at the State University of New York. He went on to Columbia University and completed another fellowship with dedicated training in nuclear cardiology and an advanced echocardiolography. He became an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York. He is the medical director of Laurelton Heart Specialist P.C. and Strong Health Medical P.C., Rosedale, New York. He specialises in cardiac imaging, clinical hypertension, coronary artery disease and diabetes. He has been listed among the top doctors in New York by prominent American medical publications.
Professional Medical Associations[]
He served on the International Board of Governors of the American College of Cardiology from 1997 to 2000. He became the 14th national president of the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) which was established in 1974 to focus on the adverse impact of cardiovascular disease on African Americans.[3] He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, his other memberships include:
- American College of Cardiology.
- American Heart Association,
- International Society of Hypertension in Blacks,
- American Society of Nuclear Cardiology,
- Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance,
- Association of Black Cardiologists,
- Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology[4][5][6]
References[]
- ^ Clem Richardson. "Great People: Leading black cardiologist says heart-healthy messages should come from the pulpit". Daily Times. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ Catherine Karongo (July 31, 2012). "Medics alarmed over rising cardiovascular ailments". CFM News. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ "Church Health Programs Needed, But Not At The Pulpit, African-American Survey Shows". April 14, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ "A Giant in the Matters of the Heart". The Network Journal. February 1, 2008. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ Stewart Alexander (CITP). "Dr. Ola Akinboboye, MD, Laurelton". Cardiology insights. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ Aloysius B. Cuyjet MD; Ola Akinboboye MD (July 2014). "Acute Heart Failure in the African American Patient". Journal of Cardiac Failure. 20 (7): 533–540. doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2014.04.018. PMID 24814871.
External links[]
- "Association of Black Cardiologists". PhRMA.
- "The Team". Queens Heart Institute.
- Living people
- University of Ibadan alumni
- Nigerian cardiologists
- Nigerian emigrants to the United States
- State University of New York faculty
- Columbia Business School alumni
- Columbia University fellows
- American people of Yoruba descent
- African-American physicians
- American cardiologists
- African-American academics
- Cornell University faculty
- Yoruba academics
- Yoruba physicians
- 20th-century births
- 20th-century American physicians
- 21st-century American physicians
- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health alumni
- Fellows of the American College of Cardiology
- 20th-century African-American people
- 21st-century African-American people