Nigeria's Dr. Olurotimi Badero, MD, F.A.C.P, F.A.S.N, F.A.C.C, F.S.C.A.I is the world’s only Combined Heart and Kidney Specialist Doctor.

He attained his medical degree from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-ife, Osun State, Nigeria.

Olurotimi John Badero is a Nigerian-American physician; Interventional cardiologist and Interventional nephrologist who has been recognised as the world’s first and only fully trained cardio-nephrologist (heart and kidney specialist).

The seventh of nine children, he was born in Lagos, Nigeria to parents with a humble background. He had his education in Nigeria and after obtaining his medical degree from Obafemi Awolowo University. He worked at General Hospital Isolo in Lagos to fulfill his one-year service requirement with the National Youth Service Corps. After this, he relocated to the United States where he completed three years of internal medicine residency training at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.

Olurotimi John Badero is a Nigerian-American physician; Interventional cardiologist and Interventional nephrologist who has been recognised as the world’s first and only fully trained cardio-nephrologist (heart and kidney specialist).

He did his residency at the State University of New York at Downstate Medical centre and got his fellowship in Nephrology and Hypertension at Emory University School of Medicine. Badero returned to SUNY Downstate to complete a three-year fellowship training in cardiovascular medicine. Following this, he attended the Yale School of Medicine where he completed a fellowship in invasive & interventional cardiology and another in peripheral vascular intervention. Badero then returned to SUNY Downstate for a year of fellowship training in interventional nephrology and dialysis access intervention.

Dr Badero is the Executive Director, Cardiac Renal & Vascular Associates. He is also the Medical Director of St. Joseph Hospice. He is on the global Advisory Board of the Therapeutics experts on Thrombosis and Atherosclerosis, Merck Pharmaceuticals U.S.A.

In all, Dr Badero completed an unprecedented 10 years of continuous post- graduate medical training and he is currently board certified and a consultant in:

Internal medicine
Nephrology & Hypertension
Interventional Nephrology & Endovascular Access
Cardiovascular Medicine
Nuclear Cardiology
Invasive & Interventional Cardiology.
He performed the first trans-radial cardiac catheterization and coronary angioplasty at CMMC Hospital Mississippi and has authored many peer-reviewed journals.

For his outstanding work and medical contributions, he has been recognized in the US, UK, and Africa including:

The Association of Black Cardiologists scholarship award for the Best Cardiology Fellow in the U.S.
The 2014 Mississippi Healthcare Heroes in the state of Mississippi.
He was also named one of Jackson, Mississippi’s Best Surgeons.
Dr Badero has authored many peer-reviewed journals and he combines his medical practice with being a church minister and assistant pastor at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Vine Chapel in Mississippi. He is also an entrepreneur, educator and motivational speaker.

https://m.guardian.ng/life/olurotimi-badero-only-kidney-and-heart-specialist-in-the-world/

The world history book will never add this...100 years time,u will read how Mr john bricklayer a whiteman,as the first combined heart and kidney surgeon in the world.

Impressive! When u make yourself a brand and develop your skills or career to a superb level, you'll be a utility person and a global citizen. You can then choose the life you want for yourself and ur generation, without recourse to regretting your first country of origin assuming it's Nigeria. Success may never have an easy pathway for everyone but dedication, passion, resilience, patience, character strength, hardwork, among other attributes in any professional role will surely pay and announce you to your world. Just nurture ur competencies, and you'll scale heights.

One of the many Nigerians representing us well in other nations. Kudos to him. Abundant blessings all the way.

donbachi:
The world history book will never add this...100 years time,u will read how Mr John Thomas, a whiteman,as the first combined heart and kidney surgeon in the world.

Great Man Of Our Time.

Hero worshippers, how does this move Nigeria forward?

He could be shot on sight for being black. Go on competing with them, you hia

Impressive! Congratulations sir.More heights to attain.

OK

Good

The way he will be looking at the interviewer when he hand him his CV.

Flat heads will not like this

No surprises. Cutting people in general is their speciality. We can give that to them

First in the world? Kudos to u man, you've set history and record.

donbachi:
The world history book will never add this 100 years time,u will read how Mr john bricklayer a whiteman,as the first combined heart and kidney surgeon in the world.

Eggzatili how the world works brother.

Same way everything Afticans invented were refined by the Whites after all, what does a bushman know? River Niger in my backyard was discovered by someone that came from far away England.

"an unprecedented 10 years of continuous post- graduate medical training" - 10years after school still in training. Wow. just wow. That's a major long run. I can't imagine goin' that long for training. Yu tried.
I'm proud of you big man.