Isaac Folorunso Adewole

Isaac Folorunso Adewole FAS (born 5 May 1954) is a Nigerian professor of gynaecology and obstetrics.

Adewole was born on 5 May 1954 in Ilesa, a city in Osun State in southwestern Nigeria.

His parents are traders, and his choice of career was informed by his father, who was an agent of the United Africa Company, a British company that principally traded in West Africa during the 20th century.

His initial plan was to choose a career in aeronautics, particularly aerospace engineering, though his school guidance counselor suggested subjects that were useful for a career in medicine.

The chairman of the 60th birthday celebration was Wole Olanipekun, a legal luminary, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, and a past Pro-Chancellor of the university.

He described Adewole as a "cat not only with nine lives, but one with 18 lives, who surmounted all the travails and conspiratorial petitions hatched against him by his malignar."

In 1960, he attended Ogudu Methodist Primary School, Ilesa, where he spent one year, and Methodist School, Oke Ado in Ibadan, where he also spent one year before hcompletinghis primary education at St .Mathias Demonstration School ,Akure.

He later attended Ilesa Grammar School, where he obtained a Grade I certificate with distinction in 1970 and Ha igher School Certificate (HSC) in 1972.

In October 1973, he enrolled at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan; there he obtained an MBBS degree and ,in 1978 ,won the Glaxo Allenbury pPize for outstanding performance in paediatrics.

In 1978, the same year he graduated from the University of Ibadan, he joined the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

In 1979, he left the hospital for Sokoto for a compulsory year of service in the National Youth Service Corps.

On completion of his service, he worked for a year as a medical officer at Adeoyo Maternity Hospital, Ibadan, before returning to the college hospital as a senior house officer of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology.

He held the position for one year before he was appointed registrar in 1982.

In 1985, he left Nigeria for a research fellowship in the department of medical oncology at Charing Cross Hospital in London.

Following completion of the fellowship programme, he returned to Nigeria to join the Royal Crown Specialist Hospital, Ibadan, where he spent four years before returning to the University College Hospital as Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist.

He began his academic career as lecturer grade I at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, where he became a senior lecturer in 1992.

On 1 October 1997, he was appointed a professor of medicine at the University of Ibadan, the same year he was appointed as a member of the University Senate.

In 1999, he was appointed as acting head of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology.

He served in that capacity for one year.

On 1 August 2000, he was appointed as the Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences and Dentistry, a position he held until 31 July 2002.

On 1 August 2002 he was appointed as provost, college of medicine and was succeeded by Professor Akinyinka Omigbodun.

While serving in this capacity, he was member of the committee of provost and deans as well as chairman, university campus committee on AIDS.

He also served as chairman of the committee on evaluation of academic staff in 2004.

it was recalled how malignar tried relentlessly to sabotage his appointment as the vice-chancellor of the institution in 2010.

On 1 May 2010, he became an adjunct professor at Northwestern University in Chicago.

Prior to his appointment as the 11th substantive vice-chancellor of the university, he served as provost at the Ibadan]], the largest and oldest medical school in Nigeria.

His research interest is in the area of human papillomavirus, HIV, and gynaecologic oncology, a specialised field of medicine that focuses on cancers of the female reproductive system, including ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, vaginal cancer, cervical cancer, and vulvar cancer.

Adewole is a member of the governing council of Adeleke University and chairs the National Panel on Cervical Cancer Control Policy.

He is the only Nigerian professor appointed as member of the Council of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

He was appointed to serve as a member of the international advisory board of the African Cancer Institute, a comprehensive cancer centre in sub-Saharan black Africa.

In 2012, he was elected as a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, the apex academic organisation in Nigeria.

He was inducted into the academy along with Professor Mojeed Olayide Abass, a Nigerian professor of computer science at the University of Lagos, and Professor Akinyinka Omigbodun, the president of the West African College of Surgeons and former provost of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan.

In 2014, he celebrated his 60th birthday.

In a public lecture held at the International Conference Centre of the University of Ibadan,

In 2014, he was appointed as a member of Adeleke University's governing council and in June 2015 he was appointed as a member of Pan-African University's governing council.

Pan-African University is a post-graduate training and research network of university apex in five regions, supported by the African Union.

He was minister of health of Nigeria from November 2015 to May 2019 under the Cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari.

He is a former vice-chancellor of the University of Ibadan, and president of the African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer.

On 28 March 2015, he was appointed as the Independent National Electoral Commission's Collation Officer in Lagos State for the Nigerian general election, 2015 and on 11 April, he served as returning officer for the Lagos State gubernatorial election.

On 11 November 2015 he was appointed Minister for Health of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.