Location information
Hospital address
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital No 1-5, Oba Akinjobi Street, GRA Ikeja, Lagos/Nigeria 20001 Nigeria
Hospital type
Public
Hospital description
Third-Level Hospital (Referral)
Hospital website
This is a teaching hospital
Description
We provide short rotations for neurosurgical exposure to interns, post-graduate trainees of other specialties, train suitable post-graduates for careers in academic and clinical neurosurgical practice and provide further training at fellowship levels for Neurosurgical graduates of other institutions. Our practice includes management of brain and spinal injuries, brain and spinal tumours, congenital disorders, neurovascular, degenerative spine diseases intracranial infections and minimally invasive neurosurgery.
We have ongoing active researches on conditions common to adults and children in a developing world environment. These include congenital anomalies, minimal invasive surgeries, advanced spinal stabilization techniques, brain injury, brain infections, brain tumours, and many others. We are constantly seeking to improve our understanding of these complex disorders and advance the methods that we have available to treat more effectively.
Member information
Name
Olufemi Idowu
Member type
Clinical department with teaching programme
Specialty
Neurosurgeon
Subspecialties
- Adult neurosurgeon
Languages spoken
- English
Professional affiliations / memberships
- CAANS
- AANS
- ISPN
- CNS
Social profiles
Current and past partnerships
Has current partners or past partnership experience in these countries
- Italy
- United States of America
- United Kingdom
Spinal dysraphism
Neurocritical care study
Conditions treated
- Hydrocephalus
- Neurotrauma
- Neurovascular
- Spine
- Spinal dysraphism
- Tumor
- Craniofacial
- Radiosurgery
- Skull Base
Equipment used
- Drill
- Microinstruments
- Microscope
- Neuroendoscope Flexible
- Neuroendoscope Rigid
- Spinal instrumentation
- MRI
- Angiography
- CT