The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has appointed a Nigerian doctor, Olakunle Akinboboye, as the chair of the cardiovascular disease board.

It is the first time that the 81-year-old body would appoint a black chair to head the cardiovascular disease board.

Akinboboye will be responsible for certifying all deserving cardiologists in the United States.

Heading the 12 members of the board from all over the country, Akinboboye will carry out periodic knowledge assessments of all practising cardiologists in the US.

Commenting on his appointment, Akinboboye said he is “proud to have the opportunity to chair this very important Board.

“Unfortunately I am taking over the mantle of leadership at a point in time in which many cardiologists are openly revolting because of what they perceive as high handedness of the board over the years.”

Akinboboye said his goal as the board chair is “to work with other board members to come up with assessments for practicing cardiologists that are fair, and not unduly burdensome”.

Richard Baron, president and CEO of ABIM, via a press release, welcomed the new chair on behalf of the board.

He said, “we are honored to have Dr. Berns, Dr. Akinboboye and Dr. Udden—three highly regarded physicians with significant clinical experience to serve the community in their disciplines and across specialties to offer more choice, relevance and convenience as they help to set the standards for excellent patient care”.

Here are a few things to note about the doctor.

EDUCATION

Akinboboye received his medical degree from the College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and later finished his internal medicine residency and part of his cardiology fellowship at the Nassau County Medical Center, State University of Stony Brook.

He has masters degrees in public health from Columbia University and business administration from Columbia Business School.

He completed his fellowship in cardiology with two years of dedicated training in nuclear cardiology and advanced echocardiography, when he moved to Columbia University.

ACHIEVEMENT

Certified in cardiovascular disease, hypertension and sleep medicine, this won’t be his first board appointment. Akinboboye serves as chair of the clinical trials committee of the organisation and also on the international board of governors of the American college of cardiology as the liaison for Africa.

He is an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York, the medical director of Queens Heart Institute/Laurelton Heart specialist in Rosedale, Queens, New York and a past-president of the National Association of Black Cardiologists’ (ABC).

The doctor won an award for “exemplary professional services and outstanding contributions to cardiovascular medicine” while serving as president of the Ibadan College of Medicine alumni association, North America, between 2004-2005.


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Early this year, Wale Adebanwi became the first Black African Rhodes professor at Oxford university.

About 2 months ago, Dr Oluyinka Olutoye performed surgery on a baby and returned her back to her mother’s womb.

Tell them to paste it on their walls that Yorubas are not their daddy's mates.

Na joke oh, those pipu with deformed heads senior us for fufu powder exportation and kidnapping

Anyway, Bolanle dance jor

Jetleeee:
Cc Okoyibo Kn23h omofunaab Evilmetahuman Totit shukuokukobambi scholes0 ODVanguard

Proud of our omo odua
Oya, let's dancià jare, make we sòdimukè

Yoruba la wa oooo.

Success is synonymous to us

Oodua son doing it big!

repping very nicely

To even think he started his medical training at UI

omofunaab:
Yoruba la wa oooo.

Success is synonymous to us

Potor la wa oooo

And we are very DOPE!

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Jetleeee:
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If you're a proud Yoruba son, click like

If you're a proud orekelewa, click share.

Oduduwa a gbe wa o.

Yoruba dara!!


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Lord Jesus, my heavenly father.

Eledumre, a dupe.

If I die and you ask me which developing nation I want to be sent to, I want you to create a Yoruba nation and send me there.

I'm not asking for millions of dollars, or large estates, I just want to come back as a Yoruba man.

Yoruba first, others follow.

I greet all my Yoruba people scattered across the globe.

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We are proud of you Dr Olakunle Akinboboye


That's how we roll in Yoruba land

Igbos green with envy right now

Three Days ago,
13 Grammy's - All Yorubas

Day before yesterday,
4 Lagos Billionaires - 3 Yorubas

Yesterday
Proforce, the first Armoured vehicle manufacturer in West, East and Central Africa.
Owned by Yoruba, situated in the Yoruba Kingdom of Ijebu Ode.

Today
Team representing Nigeria overseas
All Yorubas

Another one
Uncle Kunle is the Chair of US Cardio disease board.

This space is the burial ground of all ipod piglets who are going to die from frustration tonight.

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neoOduduwa:
Olakunle Akinboboye

While Yorùbá people are working hard abroad and making the country proud

Some lowlifes with coffee-table shaped heads are busy giving the country a bad name with their dusting powder trades.

If you talk now, them go say na them hustle pass. Delusional baboons.

when I saw dusting powder my mind cut immediately

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Lalasticlala... this ought to be on front page

AT LAST AFONJES CAN SLEEP, ATLEAST THIS WILL REFRESH THEIR BRAIN AFTER PREVIOUS READ ABOUT NNAMDI KANU AND BIAFRA PROGRESS

I LIKE MY YORUBA BROS.
#DOPE
#SOFTWORK

Congrats to him.

...PROUDLY the BEST for all your research projects, business plans, etc.
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Hmm

Our bad education system can't contain him or at least share in his knowledge and we still believe in one Nigeria!

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congrats to him

dats ma uncle

TeflonBlixx:
Why do the Yoruba's like pontificating emselves??


We hustle pass them!!

Why do Ibos love envying Yorubas?

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