The Nigerian born Surgeon Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye
and his surgeon partner Dr. Darrell Cass of Texas Children's Hospital
that carried out an operation on a baby at 23 weeks and returned her
back to grow before delivery. if you missed this story click here Dr.
Olutoye is a Co-Director of the Texas Children's Fetal Center and fetal
surgery team member, as well as a general pediatric surgeon.
Dr.
Olutoye is a 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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