Background
Onadeko, Babatunde Owolabi was born on November 14, 1938 in Ishara, Ogun, Nigeria. Son of Adeniyi Gabriel and Edith Modupe (Martins) Onadeko.
Onadeko, Babatunde Owolabi was born on November 14, 1938 in Ishara, Ogun, Nigeria. Son of Adeniyi Gabriel and Edith Modupe (Martins) Onadeko.
Bachelor, University Dublin, Ireland, 1964. Bachelor of Medicine BChir, University Dublin, Ireland, 1966. Master of Arts, University Dublin, Ireland, 1973.
Doctor of Medicine, University Dublin, Ireland, 1977.
Intern Birkenhead (England) General Hospital, 1966-1967. Senior house officer University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1967-1968. Registrar University College Hospital, 1968-1970.
Clinical assistant City Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1970-1972, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, 1970-1971. Senior registrar University College Hospital, Ibadan, 1972-1974. Lecturer University Ibadan, 1974-1976, senior lecturer, 1976-1979, professor medicine, 1979-1987, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, 1987-1990.
Director clinical services and training University College Hospital, Ibadan, since 1996. Professor Kuwait University, since 1996.
Medical advisor Nigerian Society for Asthmatics, Ibadan, since 1995. Fellow American College of Physicians (Blaine Bower scholar 1993), Royal College Physicians London, Royal College Physicians Edinburgh, American College Chest Physicians. Member American Thoracic Society, British Thoracic Society, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Nigerian Thoracic Society president 1995-2000).
Married Modupe Onayinka Onabamiro, December 24, 1968. Children: Sola, Jade, Wole, Kemi.