BLACK ICON: OLUYINKA OLUTOYE


 
 

Dr Oluyinka Olutoye

We shall be celebrating some black icons in our February series of blog post: stay tuned and enjoy. Make sure u save the post and read it to your kids and wards. These are amazing achievers.  The first of the series is:
Oluyinka Olutoye a Nigerian doctor, Co-Director of the Texas Children's Fetal Center and fetal surgery team member, as well as a general pediatric surgeon. He has specialized clinical expertise in fetal and neonatal surgery, with specific interest in congenital diaphragmatic hernia and complex wounds. In 2016, Dr. Olutoye and his surgeon partner Dr. Cass of Texas Children's Hospital carried out a rare operation on a baby at 23 weeks. The baby was removed from her mother’s womb when they discovered she was suffering from a tumor known as sacrococcygeal teratoma. The operation was successfully carried out and the baby was returned to the mother’s womb. Amazingly, the baby healed and continued to grow until she was born at 36 weeks. culled from US Embassy Nigeria facebook page.

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