A Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology since 1987, Osato Ona Frank Giwa-Osagie was educated in Nigeria and abroad. He holds several academic and professional qualifications, including Cambridge University Medical Tripos; B.A. (Hons.) Pathology, Cambridge University Natural Sciences; M.A. (Hons.); M.B., B. CHIR (Hons.) Cambridge; E.C.F.M.G., USA; and M.Sc. (Steroid Endocrinology), Leeds University.
Emeritus Professor Osato Giwa-Osagie has served society in various critical capacities. He was Locum Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Free Hospital, London; and Lecturer, WHO Research Centre, King’sCollege Hospital, London.
In the University of Lagos system, he was variously Senior Registrar and Consultant at the University Teaching Hospital (LUTH); Lecturer I, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor,College of Medicine; Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, LUTH; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Head of Department for three terms; Co-ordinator of IVF programme, and Head, Unit of Reproductive Endocrinology and Fertility Regulation.
He retired from full-time schedules in 2012 at the age of 65; and has been a Distinguished Professor since 2011 and a Professor Emeritus from 2017.
His ad-hoc schedules include special assignments as Foundation Chairman, Board of National Hospital, Abuja; Honorary Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to the State HouseClinic, Lagos and Abuja (1988-1999); and with the National Committee on Maternal and Child Health; Federal Ministry of Health Task Force on Blood Transfusion; Family Health Service Programme; and Federal Ministry of Science and Technology Special Advisory Panel on the Safety of the injectable contraceptive known as Depo Provera.
Internationally, there have been consultancies and executive appointments with WHO-Geneva, West African College of Surgeons, Johns Hopkins University, Pathfinder Fund Boston, Margaret Sanger Centre New York, Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception New York, International Programmes Assistance Services (IPAS) North Carolina, Programme of Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Washington, United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), and Society for Family Health, among many others.
Professor Osato Giwa-Osagie is also engaged with some NGOs and Charities, including COPE (on breast cancer awareness), Howzat Foundation for Cricket development, Post-Abortion Care Network of Nigeria, and Professor Oladele Akinla Trust Fund (to support research in the O&G Department).
His professional affiliations too numerous to recount here include: Fellowships of the West African College of Surgeons (FWACS), Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG), International College of Surgeons (FICS), College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of South Africa, and Academy of Medicine Specialities of Nigeria. He is also a Member — Clare College Cambridge Association, Royal Society of Medicine, London, Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria, Fertility Society of Australia, American Fertility Society, General Medical Council, England, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, and Nigerian Medical Association. Our eminent honouree has also served these bodies in executive capacities, among which are: President and Trustee, West African College of Surgeons; Trustee, Association for Fertility and Reproductive Health; and Trustee, Academy of Medicine Specialities of Nigeria.
Widely published and a regular feature on learned circuits, Emeritus Professor Osato Giwa-Osagie has been severally honoured across the land. He is an Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON); and a recipient of Senegal’s National Honour of “Chevalier de L’ordre National du Lion” (COL) for Service to Surgical Education; Life-Time Achievement Award for Exceptional Dedication to Improving Women’s Health” by IPAS, USA; Maiden Distinguished Service Award of the Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON) for pioneering research in In-Vitro Fertilisation in West Africa; D.Sc. degree (Honoris Causa) of University of Benin; and he isObarisiagbon of Benin Kingdom.
He is married with children to Dr. Mrs. A. P. Giwa-Osagie.
Ladies & Gentlemen, we invite Emeritus Professor Osato Ona Frank Giwa-Osagie to receive the Hallmarks of Labour Role Model Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Medicine.
Congratulations, Sir!