Prof. Ijaiya Munir'deen Aderemi

Prof. Ijaiya Munir'deen Aderemi

Professor
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

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). Furthermore, Ijaiya is a renowned fistula surgeon with over 125 publications to his credit; he invented and patented “the use of posterior lip of cervix for juxtacervical vesicovaginal fistula closure (M. Ijaiya’s technique)”. He is a recipient of several awards and scholarships including 2015 John Sciarra International Journal of Gynaecology & Obstetrics prize for the best Clinical research article from a Low / Middle-Income Country. Ijaiya is a Royal college of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists scholar, Ford foundation, and Harvard Medical School scholar. He is a fellow of the Nigeria Academy of Medicine. Ijaiya was appointed a full professor in 2014.

Qualifications

  • MB.BS (ABU)
  • PGDPA (Kwara Poly)
  • FWACS (West Africa)
  • DRH (LSTM Liverpool)
  • SRHR (Geneva)
  • MPH (Ilorin)
  • GCSRT (Havard)
  • MD (Nig.)
  • FMCOG (Nigeria)

Professional Affiliations

  • Nigeria Medical Association (Member)
  • Nigerian Academy of Medicine (Fellow)
  • West African College of Surgeons (Fellow)
  • Harvard Medical School Alumni (Member)
  • International College of Surgeons (Fellow)
  • Medical and Dental Consultant Association of Nigeria (Member)
  • International society of obstetric fistula surgeons (Member)
  • International continence society (Member)
  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Alumni (Memeber)
  • Liverpool Associate in Tropical Health (Member)
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (Associate Member)
  • International Urogynaecology Association (Member)
  • Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (Member)
  • Community of African innovators (Member)
  • Postgraduate Medical College Fellows' Association (Fellow)

Teaching & Research Areas

Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Urogynaecology, Emergency Obstetric Care

Undergraduate Teaching

  • Management of labour
  • Assisted vaginal delivery
  • Control of micturition and urinary incontinence
  • Vesicovaginal fistula & Rectovaginal fistula
  • Perineal tear & Obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI))
  • Malpresentation and malposition
  • cute Kidney injury in obstetrics & gynaecology
  • Partograph
  • Emergency obstetric and newborn care

Postgraduate Teaching

  • Management of labour
  • Vaginal discharge
  • Assisted vaginal delivery
  • Control of micturition and urinary incontinence
  • Near miss in Obstetrics
  • Vesicovaginal fistula & Rectovaginal fistula
  • Perineal tear & Obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI))
  • Malpresentation and malposition
  • Acute Kidney injury in obstetrics & gynaecology
  • Partograph
  • Emergency obstetric and newborn care

Get in Touch

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Office Address
Room 18, Block E, Old College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin