Francis Faduyile, MD, FMCPath

He is a successful medical practitioner, an ebullient university don, a vibrant union leader, a frontline politician of the progressive breed and a Prince. He is happily married with lovely children. He hails from Ikoya in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State and the first son of the present Abodi of Ikale land, HRM Oba G.B. Faduyile, Adegun II.
As a Prince, he grew under an atmosphere of strict cultural, moral and social tutelage. As a son of parents who are both educationists, he was trained to imbibe discipline and diligence as the only means for achieving success in life. He weaved into his personality honesty, dedication to duty and fear of God to make him a man one can always depend on.
EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
He began his elementary education in St. John’s Primary School, Okitipupa, Ondo State between 1976 and 1982. He proceeded to Ikoya Grammar School, Ikoya in 1982 and was only there till 1983. He continued his secondary school in Methodist High School, Okitipupa between 1983 and 1987 when his father who was the school principal was transferred there. To earn his A-Level Certificate, he attended Christ School, Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State in 1988 and Ondo Boys High School, Ondo, Ondo State in 1989.
He proceeded to the University of Lagos, Lagos State for his tertiary education. He bagged his MBBS from the College of Medicine of the institution in 1996. Not satisfied with just being trained as a medical doctor and realising the indispensable input of business orientation in all successful human endeavours, he got Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the Federal University of Technology, Akure in 2005 while working as a medical officer in the State Specialist Hospital, Akure.
In an attempt to satisfy his unquenchable thirst for knowledge, he went back to the University of Lagos and got Masters in Cell Biology and Genetics in 2006.
His passion for amassing knowledge not just in the field of medicine but also in all human dealings is propelled by his inherent desire to find solution to virtually all kinds of problems bedevilling humanity. This explains why he went further to become a Fellow of the Medical College of Pathologists in 2007, from the National Post Graduate Medical College of Nigeria where he took Advanced Courses in Pathology, Surgical Pathology and Forensic Medicine.
In 2008, he sought to further broaden his medical horizon by obtaining a Diploma of the National Cancer from the Division of Cancer Prevention, USA. He has just passed a Diploma of Forensic Human Identification from the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine in United Kingdom
With uncountable professional trainings in terms of workshops and seminars many of which he attended outside the country, one cannot be surprised at the exploits he has made in his chosen career. His researches, publications and presentations are there to testify to his sagacity in medicine.
WORK HISTORY
He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine of the Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Lagos State. He is also an Honorary Consultant at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos State. These positions he has been holding since 2007.
He was for few months in 2007, the Supernumerary Fellow in the Department of Anatomical Pathology of the St. Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia.
He had his residency in the Department of Morbid Anatomy of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, (LUTH), Idi-Araba from 2002 – 2007 during which he held various positions such as the Chief Resident, Senior Registrar, the Registrar in various sections.
His first appointment as a medical doctor was with the State Specialist Hospital, Akure, Ondo State where he was for 3years.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP AND POSITIONS HELD
He has since been an active member of various professional societies such as the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) which he joined immediately he began his medical career. At that time (1999 – 2002), he was elected as the Secretary of the NMA in Ondo State while he was with the State Specialist Hospital, Akure. He made contributions in no small measure towards the negotiation that yielded the best pay-schedule for doctors in the state compared to their peers in south-west states at that time.
In his residency days in Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba he was a member of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). He participated actively in the politics both locally and nationally. He was the social-secretary and later the President of the association in LUTH, Idi Araba, the largest branch in the nation. He was also the National PRO of the association. The exploits and achievements he made have records that any interested person can go to verify.
He was also made the vice-chairman of the Medical and Dental Consultant Association of Nigeria no sooner than he got appointed as a Consultant Pathologist to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
He is also a member of both International Association of Pathologists (West African Anglophone Division) and Association of Pathologists of Nigeria (ASSOPON)
He has demonstrated his belief in politics as the most veritable vehicle for positively affecting the possible largest number of people since his university days. No wonder, he became the House of the Lord Chancellor, the head of the House of parliament in the College of Medicine, University of Lagos in those days. He was also member of the University of Lagos Students’ Union and the Students’ Representative Council.
He was elected the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association in Lagos State in 2012. A position he held till July 2014 when he meritoriously bowed out after serving the maximum two year tenure. During his tenure he was able to resolve all the rifts within the association and was able to reconcile the Association with the Lagos State government after the protracted conflict before his tenure.
He is the current President of Nigerian Medical Association, a position he has occupied since May 2018.
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