Orishejolomi Thomas

Professor Horatio Oritsejolomi Thomas
Born	1917 Sapele
Died	1979 Onboard Lagos - Warri
Residence	Lagos
Citizenship	[NIGERIAN]
Nationality	Nigerian
Fields	Surgery Tropical Medicine
Institutions	University of Lagos; Vice Chancellor University of Ibadan
Alma mater	University of Birmingham
Known for	Tropical Medicine
Notable awards	Memorial Lecture

Professor Oritsejolomi Horatio Thomas (1917–1979), was a Nigerian medical pioneer and one of black Africa's first cardiac surgeons. Professor Thomas was educated at Methodist Boys' High School Lagos and Birmingham University England. He was a Nigerian academic and pioneer provost of the College of Medicine University of Lagos and the first Nigerian to be admitted to the Royal College of Surgeons of Great Britain.^[1][2] He was also the first head of the University's Teaching Hospital, LUTH. He was a senior Lecturer and surgeon at the University of Ibadan, at the institution's inception to 1962 before proceeding to Lagos. He was an editor of the West African Medical Journal and was a member of the Federal Electoral Commission in 1958.

References

1. "Good health, democracy and a sound economy". the nation. December 4, 2008. Retrieved April 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. Toyin Ayeni. I Am a Nigerian, Not a Terrorist. Dog Ear Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 978-160-8447350.

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