John K. Ajiboye
Summary
Experienced Physician and Endocrinologist with over 17 years’ experience in patient care, clinical research and teaching. Expert in building strong scientific relationships, and deep understanding of research methodology. Strong strategic thinker with passion for clinical development. Focused on addressing medical gaps while leading studies, fostering applicability of derived data from bench to bedside. Excellent communicator proven by solid record of conference presentations. Solution oriented, with an ability to adapt global interventions pragmatically in resource-constrained settings.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CONSULTANT / Principal Investigator
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham
12.2023 - 11.2024
- Teaching, coaching and mentoring of medical students from University of Birmingham
- Involvement in Quality improvement activities of the Trust
- Providing timely and appropriate interventions to patients according to Trust guidelines to ensure good clinical and psychological outcomes
- Ensuring effective communication and meetings with patients, colleagues, staff, patient’s families and caregivers to ensure optimum care in the best interest of the patients
- Discussion and engaging other consultant colleagues to ensure multidisciplinary management of patients
- Supervision and coordinating the activities of junior colleagues
- Morning hurdles/ board round MDT involving the pharmacists, occupational and physical therapists, nurses, and doctors discussing each patient in detail and charting a care plan for them
- Post-taking of acute patients in ambulatory care
- Developed and implemented research protocols for studies
- Analysed data to identify trends and patterns in research findings
- Lead projects teams of up to 10 researchers on multi-site projects
- Follow up on all AE/SAE
- Leading in various clinical research projects
CONSULTANT
St George’s University Hospital
London
10.2023 - 11.2023
- Teaching and mentoring of medical students from University of London
- AMU radiology meeting for review of images and teaching
- Involvement in Quality improvement activities of the Trust
- Consultant in charge of the adult medical ward (Cavell Ward), a 28-bed ward, attending to various medical conditions and in-patient care
- Providing timely and appropriate interventions to patients according to Trust guidelines to ensure good clinical and psychological outcomes
- Ensuring effective communication and meetings with patients, colleagues, staff, patient’s families and caregivers to ensure optimum care in the best interest of the patients
- Discussion and engaging other consultant colleagues to ensure multidisciplinary management of patients
- Supervision and coordinating the activities of junior colleagues
- Morning and afternoon hurdles/ board round MDT involving the pharmacists, occupational and physical therapists, nurses, and doctors discussing each patient in detail and charting a care plan for them
- Post-taking of acute patients in ambulatory care
SENIOR CLINICAL FELLOW / Sub-investigator
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Wolverhampton
10.2022 - 10.2023
- Acute medical unit: clerking of patients, led ward rounds, participated in teachings, and performed procedures
- Endocrine and diabetes unit: I ran clinics both face-to-face and by telephone and also did clinic letters, led Ward rounds, carried endocrine and diabetes bleep, performed endocrine procedures and participated in multidisciplinary team meetings
- Participated in juniors' and colleagues' teachings
- Presented at West Midlands endocrine meetings
- Reviewed patient records to ensure accuracy of data collected for clinical trials
- Assisted principal investigator with recruitment of participants for clinical trials
- Documented adverse events according to protocol guidelines
- Provided education to patients on the risks and benefits associated with participating in clinical trials
CLINICAL FELLOW / Sub-Investigator
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Wolverhampton
04.2022 - 10.2022
- Providing medical support in Endocrine and diabetes clinics, ward rounds, acute medical unit, and general medicine
- Reviewed patient records to ensure accuracy of data collected for clinical trials
- Assisted principal investigator with recruitment of participants for clinical trials
- Documented adverse events according to protocol guidelines
- Provided education to patients on the risks and benefits associated with participating in clinical trials
CLINICAL FELLOW
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Wolverhampton
12.2021 - 04.2022
- Providing medical services for patients in both medical and neuro-neurorehabilitation wards
- Working with other members of multidisciplinary teams like speech therapists, occupational therapists, nurses, and discharge facilitators to get our patients back to either baseline or as best to baseline as possible
- Communicating with patients and their family
ENDOCRINE AND DIABETES SPECIALIST
Endocrine and Diabetes Centre
, Saudi Arabia
03.2020 - 11.2021
- Company Overview: Sakaka, Al Jouf, Saudi Arabia
- Providing medical solutions for treating a diverse range of diseases such as Diabetes, Cholesterol, Metabolic, thyroid and other endocrine Disorders
- Working in this capacity gave me an opportunity to see and manage several endocrine cases like congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and autoimmune polyglandular syndrome which are hitherto scarce in my home country
- Advising patients on medical treatment plans as well as complementary lifestyle and health activities
- Sakaka, Al Jouf, Saudi Arabia
CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN/ENDOCRINOLOGIST/Principal Investigator
University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital
Ondo, Nigeria
05.2019 - 02.2020
- Company Overview: Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
- Work as an Endocrinologist in the Endocrinology unit, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
- Teaching clinical medical students, the rudiments of medical practice and endocrinology
- Delivery of lectures on important aspects of basic endocrinology and general medicine
- Supervision and teaching of junior doctors, house officers, teaching medical students
- I was engaged by MSLs for seminar presentations at conferences
- Research and seminar presentations
- Conducting ward rounds with medical students with the aim of perfecting their clinical clerkship and demonstrating of clinical signs as applied to general medicine and endocrinology at the bedside
- Conducting once weekly endocrine, diabetes, and metabolic clinics with medical students to expose them to the common cases of diabetes, endocrine, and metabolism
- Organizing once weekly seminar with medical students to discuss cases and topics relating to endocrinology and general medicine
- Organizing weekly grand rounds with residents and medical students in attendance
- Involvement of medical students in ongoing research in endocrine medicine and teaching them the rudiments of conducting good research
- Conduction of both end-of-posting and professional examinations for medical students in internal medicine
- Run an outpatient clinic once a week with an average patient list of 60
- Receive referrals for endocrinological assessment of medical, surgical, obstetrics and patients in the ICU
- Management of in-hospital General medicine and endocrine patients
- Performing investigations for both in-patients and out-patients such as performing and reporting resting Electrocardiograms (ECG), dynamic and basal hormone testing, venipunctures, abdominal paracentesis, thoracocentesis, lumbar puncture
- Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria
VISITING CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN/ENDOCRINOLOGIST
Life crystal Specialist Hospital
Akure, Nigeria
10.2018 - 02.2020
- Company Overview: Akure, Nigeria
- Endocrinology / General Medicine
- The in-house physician / Endocrinologist
- Also functioned as the Deputy Clinical Operations Coordinator
- Worked with a team of 8 doctors, 6/7 nurses, and 2 paramedics in a 6-bed emergency room
- In charge of the general medicine department including the emergency unit
- Ward rounds to assess and re-evaluate patients who may need to be admitted, observed, or transferred to the wards
- Participate in a post-call morning review remotely and physically where cases admitted the previous day are carefully audited to see if there are gaps in the care and act accordingly
- Organized training of staff in basic life support Involved in supervising the daily running of medical A and E, training the medical officers assigned to the units
- Interpreting investigation results and performing procedures including electrocardiography
- Running the Endocrinology clinic and supervising the patients admitted to the hospital
- Akure, Nigeria
SENIOR REGISTRAR/Sub-Investigator, ENDOCRINE UNIT
Federal Medical Centre
Owo, Nigeria
04.2014 - 04.2019
- Company Overview: Owo / Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching, Hospital, Ile Ife, Osun state, Nigeria
- Rendered support as a Senior Registrar under the Endocrine Unit responsible for Clinical care of patients
- Managed medical conditions and emergencies of patients and ensured their stability
- Clerked patients and took medical history and vitals
- Initiated medical investigations and prescribed appropriate medical procedures
- Participated in data collection, clinical audits and Quality Assurance activities
- Supervised teaching sessions
- Worked an average of 84 hours/week including calls
- Worked under the supervision of four Consultant Endocrinologists and served with other Senior Registrars, six junior doctors, Nurses and diabetic educators
- Took calls 10 - 14 days in a month for patients admitted for endocrine care and other medical emergencies
- Responsible for the daily care and management of an average of 20 in-patients with different medical ailments such as diabetic emergencies, thyroid disorders, stroke, heart failure and other acute medical conditions
- Outpatient clinics twice weekly under the supervision of consultants, seeing patients with diabetes and diabetic complications, thyroid disorders, growth disorders, obesity and other metabolic conditions and pre-op endocrine assessment for patients
- Optimized and counselled patients where appropriate for basal and dynamic hormone testing
- 12-month rotation, 2 months each through other sub-specialties like Nephrology, gastroenterology, neurology, respiratory, dermatology and cardiovascular medicine
- I had engagement with several Medical Science Liasons both during clinical practice and several conferences
- Reviewed patient records to ensure accuracy of data collected for clinical trials
- Assisted principal investigator with recruitment of participants for clinical trials
- Documented adverse events according to protocol guidelines
- Provided education to patients on the risks and benefits associated with participating in clinical trials
- Owo / Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching, Hospital, Ile Ife, Osun state, Nigeria
REGISTRAR/Sub-Investigator
Federal Medical Centre
Owo, Nigeria
01.2011 - 04.2014
- Company Overview: Owo, Nigeria
- Functioned as Registrar in charge of ensuring the provision of health care services to patients as well as clinical administrative support
- Updated records of history and medical examination of new admissions as well as arranged appropriate medical procedures as required
- Documented each episode of patient care and at the time of discharge to meet medical record standards
- Provided clinical supervision and teaching to medical colleagues
- Liaised with state and external agencies on medical aid and services
- Supervise teaching sessions and give lectures
- Worked 72 hours/week including calls
- During this period, I spent reasonable time of about 2 months in the geriatric unit where we were involved in assessing elderly patients daily
- We had a joint meeting with other members of the health team to ensure the elderly patients are well taken care of
- The elderly patients were assessed for frailty, falls, activities of daily living, and delirium using various scoring systems
- I worked directly under the supervision of a Consultant Geriatrician
- History taking, examination, investigation and treatment of patients in the medical emergency under the supervision of a senior registrar and Consultant Emergency Physician
- Reviewed and attended to consults from other clinical departments
- Did clinical 3-month rotations each through clinical units like cardiology, neurology, gastroenterology, nephrology, pulmonology, endocrinology, haematology and non-clinical units like radiology and histopathology
- Ground rounds, departmental and unit clinical presentations and journal reviews in the department of medicine
- Provided counselling and support to patients on a wide range of health issues
- Owo, Nigeria
MEDICAL OFFICER
Federal Medical Centre
Owo, Nigeria
05.2009 - 01.2011
- Company Overview: Owo, Nigeria
- Appointed as Group Leader in charge of medical doctors assigned to the department
- Assisted as first on-call personnel in charge of triaging and resuscitation of patients
- Recorded patients’ history and instituted initial patient management
- Facilitated post-round orders and reviewed medical plans to ensure their execution
- Checked on patients during the Outpatient Clinics
- Assisted in securing Intravenous access, passing nasogastric tubes and Urethral Catheter
- Worked an average of 84hrs a week
- Managing In-patient and out-patients in medical wards and medical outpatient clinics
- Acute medical cases in the accident and emergency unit during call hours under close supervision of the team lead/consultants
- Running general medical clinics
- Performing basic procedures like securing intravenous access, phlebotomies, lumbar punctures, and blood transfusions
- Owo, Nigeria
MEDICAL OFFICER
State General Hospital
Ifaki-Ekiti, Nigeria
03.2009 - 05.2009
- Company Overview: Ifaki-Ekiti, Ekiti State
- Ensured proper clerking of patients and diagnosis of medical cases
- Worked with a team of medical professionals in taking vaginal deliveries and administering post-partum care
- Conducted health education sessions for expecting mothers at Antenatal briefings where they received information and prepared for labour, birth, and parenting
- Prepared patients for surgeries and assisted during the surgical procedures
- Organized counselling and public health awareness for outpatients
- Performed outpatient clinic services
- Ifaki-Ekiti, Ekiti State
MEDICAL OFFICER
Primary Health Care
Kofa, Nigeria
03.2008 - 03.2009
- Company Overview: Kofa, Kusada LGA, Katsina State
- Physician-in-Charge and the only doctor on the ground
- Served as first-on-call responsible for triaging and resuscitation of patients
- Documented patients’ history performed physical examinations and instituted initial patient management
- Monitored labour of expecting mothers, took deliveries and repaired tears and episiotomies
- Conducted post-round orders as well as investigated and ensured medical plans were carried out
- Kofa, Kusada LGA, Katsina State
MEDICAL INTERN
Federal Medical Centre
Owo, Nigeria
04.2007 - 03.2008
- Company Overview: Owo, Ondo State
- Proactively delivered patient care in the emergency and outpatient departments of Surgery, Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Offered consultation and care to patients living with HIV / AIDS
- Owo, Ondo State
Education
Leadership and Management in Health Certificate -
University of Washington
Seattle, WA12.2019
Resident Physician - Diabetes and Endocrinology
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital/Federal Medical Center
Ile-Ife/Owo, Nigeria11.2018
Master of Public Health -
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, Nigeria09.2015
Resident Physician - Internal Medicine
Federal Medical Centre
Owo, Nigeria11.2014
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) -
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, Nigeria09.2007
Skills
- Scientific and technical components of the clinical development process
- Conducting medical research
- Research coordination
- Analysis
- Data management
- Medical content review
- Grants management
- Promoting education
- US regulatory guidelines
- GCP guidelines
- Medical communication strategies
Membershipassociations
- British Medical Association (BMA)
- British Endocrine Society (BES)
- Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)
- Endocrine and Metabolism Society of Nigeria (EMSON)
- West African College of Physicians (WACP)
Certification
- Adult Advanced Life Support, Resuscitation Council, UK, 2027
- Good Clinical Practice, NIDA Clinical Trials Network, 2027
- Leadership and Management in Health, 2019
Peerreviewedpublications
- Malnutrition in elderly type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Nigerian tertiary hospital: A cross-sectional study., Junaid OA, Ojo OA, Adejumo OA, Junaid MF, Ajiboye JK, Ojo OE, Akitikori TO, Kolawole AB, Ikem TR., Dialogues in Health, 2022
- The social and economic impacts of epilepsy on women in Nigeria., Komolafe MA, Sunmonu TA, Afolabi OT, Komolafe EO, Fabusiwa FO, Groce N, Kett M, Disu JO, Ajiboye JK, Olaniyan SO., Epilepsy & Behavior, 2012
Dissertations
- The relationship between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and microvascular complications in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at the Federal Medical Centre Owo., Professor Kolawole BA, Professor Ikem RM and Dr (Mrs) Ojo OA., 2018
- Assessment of the level of utilization of antenatal care services among pregnant women in Owo LGA Owo, Ondo State., Prof Ijaduola KT, community health department, OAU, Ile-Ife., 2015
- Assessment of sense of wellbeing among educated adults in Ife central LGA, Ile-Ife., Dr. Kuteyi, Department of Community Health, OAU, Ile-Ife., 2006
Awardshonours
- Fellow, West African College of Physicians, Endocrinology (FWACP), 2018
- Member, West African College of Physicians, Internal Medicine (MWACP), 2014
Coreknowledgeandskills
- Good understanding of the scientific and technical components of the clinical development process
- Working knowledge of conducting medical research, research coordination, analysis and data management.
- Competencies in medical content review, grants management and promoting education
- Knowledge of US regulatory, and GCP guidelines
- Expert in medical communication strategies.
Timeline
CONSULTANT / Principal Investigator
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
12.2023 - 11.2024
CONSULTANT
St George’s University Hospital
10.2023 - 11.2023
SENIOR CLINICAL FELLOW / Sub-investigator
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
10.2022 - 10.2023
CLINICAL FELLOW / Sub-Investigator
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
04.2022 - 10.2022
CLINICAL FELLOW
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
12.2021 - 04.2022
ENDOCRINE AND DIABETES SPECIALIST
Endocrine and Diabetes Centre
03.2020 - 11.2021
CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN/ENDOCRINOLOGIST/Principal Investigator
University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital
05.2019 - 02.2020
VISITING CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN/ENDOCRINOLOGIST
Life crystal Specialist Hospital
10.2018 - 02.2020
SENIOR REGISTRAR/Sub-Investigator, ENDOCRINE UNIT
Federal Medical Centre
04.2014 - 04.2019
REGISTRAR/Sub-Investigator
Federal Medical Centre
01.2011 - 04.2014
MEDICAL OFFICER
Federal Medical Centre
05.2009 - 01.2011
MEDICAL OFFICER
State General Hospital
03.2009 - 05.2009
MEDICAL OFFICER
Primary Health Care
03.2008 - 03.2009
MEDICAL INTERN
Federal Medical Centre
04.2007 - 03.2008
Leadership and Management in Health Certificate -
University of Washington
Resident Physician - Diabetes and Endocrinology
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital/Federal Medical Center
Master of Public Health -
Obafemi Awolowo University
Resident Physician - Internal Medicine
Federal Medical Centre
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) -
Obafemi Awolowo University