Nigerian Surgeon Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye and his surgeon partner Dr.
Darrell Cass of Texas Children's Hospital carried out an operation on a
baby at 23 weeks. (Read here)
Lynlee Hope, who suffered from a tumour known as
Sacrococcygeal Teratoma was removed from her mother's womb, operated on
and returned back. She healed and continued to grow until she was born
again at 36 weeks.
Dr.
Olutoye is Co-Director of the Texas Children's Fetal Center and fetal
surgery team member, as well as a general pediatric surgeon. Dr. Olutoye
received his medical degree from Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife,
Nigeria, in 1988 and his PhD in anatomy from Virginia Commonwealth
University in Richmond, VA, in 1996.
He completed his residency in
general surgery at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Virginia
Commonwealth University, and his fellowship in pediatric surgery at The
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. Olutoye is a member of the
International Fetal Medicine and Surgery Society and is a Fellow of the
Surgical Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American
College of Surgeons; he is also a Fellow of the West African College of
Surgeons.
Dr. Olutoye has specialized clinical expertise
in fetal and neonatal surgery, with specific interest in congenital
diaphragmatic hernia and complex wounds. Dr. Olutoye's research
interests include understanding the role of the fetal inflammatory
response in scarless fetal wound healing, development of animal models
of congenital anomalies, in utero correction of severe congenital
malformations, and the study of endothelial-leukocyte and
endothelial-tumor cell interactions with a goal to better understand the
mechanisms of tumor metastasis.
Dr. Olutoye is certified by the American Board of Surgery in Surgery and Pediatric Surgery.
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