ISSN: 2311-3278
Taofeek Kunle Owonikoko
Assistant Pofessor, Translational Research
Emory University, USA
Dr. Taofeek Owonikoko obtained his primary Medical Degree from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Nigeria in 1991. He received specialty training in Anatomic Pathology at the Lagos University Hospital, Lagos Nigeria and at the Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany. He also completed doctoral research work and obtained his PhD in Anatomic Pathology from the Heinrich Heine University, Germany from where he was recruited to the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore in 2000 as a postdoctoral fellow in nuclear imaging.He subsequently completed a residency training in Internal Medicine at the Graduate Hospital of Drexel University in Philadelphia from 2002 to 2005. His clinical fellowship training in Hematology and Oncology took place at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center from 2005-2008. Dr. Owonikoko has been designated a Distinguished Cancer Scholar by the Georgia Cancer Coalition since 2008 when he joined the staff of Emory University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hematology & Medical Oncology.
Dr. Taofeek Owonikoko obtained his primary Medical Degree from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Nigeria in 1991. He received specialty training in Anatomic Pathology at the Lagos University Hospital, Lagos Nigeria and at the Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany. He also completed doctoral research work and obtained his PhD in Anatomic Pathology from the Heinrich Heine University, Germany from where he was recruited to the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore in 2000 as a postdoctoral fellow in nuclear imaging.He subsequently completed a residency training in Internal Medicine at the Graduate Hospital of Drexel University in Philadelphia from 2002 to 2005. His clinical fellowship training in Hematology and Oncology took place at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center from 2005-2008. Dr. Owonikoko has been designated a Distinguished Cancer Scholar by the Georgia Cancer Coalition since 2008 when he joined the staff of Emory University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Hematology & Medical Oncology.