A board-certified Neurological Surgeon, a fellow of the West African College of Surgeons in Neurosurgery, with mini-fellowships in skull base surgery in the Netherlands, Israel, New York and North Carolina. An executive committee member of the AANS/CNS Joint Tumor Board since 2010.
Dr Kanu is involved in Neurosurgical Education at graduate and postgraduate levels at the University of Lagos College of Medicine. He is committed to training and research among Nigerian and African population through collaboration and team efforts.

Dr Kanu manages General Adult and pediatric Neurosurgical patients (Brain and Spine), but has special interests and passion for management of brain tumors and lesions of the base of skull. He is involved in an oncology and skull base Consortium working closely with the maxillofacial, E.N.T (Otorhinolaryngology), ophthalmology and plastic/reconstructive surgeons. He does perform both open (microscopic) and endoscopic procedures.

Dr Kanu's research interest revolves around Neurosurgical infections, Neurosurgical Oncology (tumors) especially the biology and characterization of brain and spinal tumors, and translational studies in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is also interested in Anthropometry in relation to surgical neuroanatomy in Africans.