Know Best of Nigerians Surgeon That Makes Air Waves in USA, Dr Olutoye
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Prince Oluyinka Olutoye is the Son of Rtd. Major General Olufemi Olutoye,
The Alani of Idoani, Ondo State.
Prince Oluyinka Olutoye is a Fetal & Pediatric Surgeon Based in the USA.
He is the First Doctor to Operate an Unborn Baby.
In 2016,
A Routine Ultrasound Scan on a 16 Weeks Pregnant Woman Detected a Rare Birth Defect on the Foetus,
A Sacrococcygeal Teratoma- a Large Tumor on the Coccyx/ Tail Bone.
On the 23rd Week of the Pregnancy,
Dr. Olutoye Operated on the Baby-in-Utero,
He Removed the Foetus from the Mother for 20 Minutes,
Performed the Surgery & Safely Placed Back the Baby in the Mother’s Womb for the Remaining Gestation Period.
The Baby was Delivered Safely & Healthy at the Due Date of Delivery.
Following his Ground Breaking Feat,
He was Appointed Surgeon in Chief at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus Ohio.
Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye is an Almnus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
Where he Earned his Degree in Medicine,
He got his PhD in Anatomy from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond USA.
In 2019 he was Appointed Professor of Pediatric Surgery at the Ohio State University College of Medicine.