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Niyi Ade-Ajayi

MPhil, FRCS (I) FRCS (Paed), FWACS NAA studied medicine at the University of Lagos.

His general surgery training was in Ireland and the United Kingdom. He specialised in paediatric surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London and the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town. He is a Consultant Surgeon and the Lead for Minimal Access Paediatric Surgery at Kings College Hospital, London. He Chairs the International Affairs Committee of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS) and is Paediatric Surgery Lead for the West African College of Surgeons (UK). He is a passionate advocate for Global Africa and sits on the Executive Committee of the Pan-African Paediatric Surgery Association (PAPSA). He is an International Editor of The African Journal of Paediatric Surgery. He has focused his recent research on the outcomes following neonatal surgical intervention in Africa.