Dr Olutoye Oluyinka is a pediatric surgeon who specializes in clinical expertise in fetal and neonatal surgery, with a specific interest in congenital diaphragmatic hernia and complex wounds.
Born to Major-General Olufemi Olutoye (rtd) and Prof. Omotayo Olutoye, Dr Oluyinka was introduced early in life to strive for excellence. He maintains that the excelling character his parents helped him inculcate as a child has endured until now.
Dr Olutoye Oluyinka attended the Lagos University Staff School and subsequently King’s College Lagos for his primary and secondary school education respectively.
Dr Olutoye received his medical degree from Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, in 1988 and his PhD in anatomy from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, in 1996.
He completed his residency in general surgery at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Virginia Commonwealth University, and his fellowships in paediatric surgery at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA.
Dr Olutoye is certified by the American Board of Surgery in Surgery and Pediatric Surgery. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the West African College of Surgeons. He is also a member of the American Surgical Association, the American Pediatric Surgical Association and past president of the International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society.
According to medical reports, the unborn baby had a sacrococcygeal teratoma, a rare tumour that appeared at the base of the baby’s tailbone. It is estimated that these types of tumours occur in about one of 40,000 pregnancies, and if left unchecked, could continue taking the baby’s blood supply and eventually cause heart failure.
Interestingly, Dr Oluyinka Olutoye and his colleague, Dr Darrell Cass, had about seven years ago, successfully performed a similar surgery. The two doctors, alongside a team of about 20 others, performed yet another ‘miracle’ when they carried out a successful surgery on the unborn baby to remove the tumour and returned it to the mother’s womb. The baby became known globally as ‘the baby born twice’.
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In August 2019, Dr Oluyinka Olutoye was appointed the Surgeon-In-Chief of The National Children’s Hospital, USA. In this role, Dr Olutoye leads one of the largest children’s hospital surgery departments in the world.
Through his leadership of 11 surgical departments, Dr Olutoye works to advance Nationwide Children’s common mission, philosophy and approach to excellence in patient care, dedication to outstanding clinical outcomes, commitment to academic excellence and education of the next generation of leaders in children’s surgery.
At Baylor College of Medicine, also in Houston, TX, he is a tenured Professor of Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Pediatrics, and chair of the Faculty Senate.
Dr Oluyinka Olutoye was also appointed as the E. Thomas Boles chair of Pediatric surgery at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine. He serves as the primary surgical liaison between Nationwide Children’s and the OSU College of Medicine.
In addition to his clinical expertise, Dr Olutoye also leads an established research program focused on the role of the inflammatory response in scarless fetal wound healing, in-utero correction of severe congenital malformations, and the early detection of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants.
With all his achievements, Dr Oluyinka Olutoye shows no sign of slowing down and continue to save lives.
We are proud and inspired.