Biography

Munir’deen Aderemi Ijaiya is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, faculty of clinical sciences, University of Ilorin, and a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. He holds an MB.BS degree from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (1989), a Doctor of Medicine, a fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons (1999), a Diploma in Reproductive Health from LSTM, Liverpool, and a Master of Public Health. He is a Harvard-certified clinical researcher (GCSRT Harvard). He is a renowned fistula surgeon with 120 publications; he invented the use of the posterior lip of the cervix for supracervical vesicovaginal fistula closure (M.Ijaiya’s technique) and patented it. Ijaiya is a recipient of several awards and scholarships including the 2015 John Sciarra International Journal of Gynaecology & Obstetrics prize for the best Clinical research article from a Low / Middle-Income Country. He was appointed a full professor in 2014.