Nigerian Society for Colorectal Disorders

Endoscopes in Surgery

An astute Surgeon skilled in Endoscopy, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Colorectal and Hernia surgeries. with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and post-graduate surgery training acquired in India, Europe and the US. He has had a faculty position in the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Port Harcourt Nigeria since 2011 and is currently a Professor of Minimal Access Surgery in addition to being an Honorary Consultant Surgeon at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital Port Harcourt Rivers State Nigeria. He recently completed a 1- year Research Fellowship in the Colorectal Surgery department of Ellen Leifer and Steven Shulman Digestive Disease Center Cleveland Clinic Florida USA. Professor Ray-Offor is a surgeon educator, and has organized multiple workshops for training in Endoscopy/Minimal Access Surgery; a seasoned author with over 80 abstracts and peer-reviewed journal publications in addition to being the editor of two books. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Nigerian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, a reviewer of multiple scientific journals and a member of several professional societies in Africa, Europe, Asia and North America. These include the West African College of Surgeons WACS, the Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology SOGHIN, the Nigerian Society for Colorectal Disorders, European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons EAES, World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons WALS, American College of Surgeons ACS, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons SAGES, and American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons ASCRS. He is the founder of Oak Endoscopy Centre & Radiodiagnostics Port Harcourt Nigeria- a non-profit organization for advancing Endoscopy and MIS. His main professional and scientific interests focus on gastrointestinal endoscopy, minimally invasive general/ colorectal surgery, and colorectal cancer.

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Taiwo A. Lawal is a Professor at the Department of Surgery of the University of Ibadan. He also lectures in the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the Faculty of Technology. He is an Honorary Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. He graduated from the University of Ibadan with an MBBS Degree in 2000. He completed an MSc in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics from the same University and has a Doctorate Degree in Medicine from the Hannover Medical School in Germany. He is a Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons and the International College of Surgeons. He had Clinical and Research Fellowship training at the Medinische Hochschule Hannover (Hannover Medical School), Germany and the Pediatric Colorectal Center at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA, respectively. He won the DAAD Scholarship in 2006 and the International Guest Scholarship of the American College of Surgeons in 2015. His research interests are in the areas of surgical care of birth defects, paediatric colorectal disorders, global surgery and medical education. He is the Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences of the University of Ibadan. He is the Paediatric Surgery Representative on the Faculty Board of the West African College of Surgeons. He is a reviewer for several international and local journals and serves on the editorial boards of the African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences and the African Journal of Paediatric Surgery. He has over 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals, with over 7,700 citations on Google Scholar, an h-index of 41 and an i10-index of 71. He has obtained training and certification in leadership skills from various organizations including the University of Washington and the American College of Surgeons.

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Dr. Vincent Chidi Enemuo is a consultant general surgeon interested in surgical oncology at the University of Nigerian Teaching Hospital Enugu.  He is also a visiting honorary consultant to the Alex Ekwueme University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Nigeria. He is currently the Secretary of the Nigerian Society of Colorectal Disorder and a member of the West African College of Surgeons Surgery Curriculum Board. He is the Deputy Director of the Multidisciplinary Oncology Center of the University of Nigerian Teaching Hospital Enugu. Dr. Vincent Enemuo is the lead Facilitator of the Basic Surgical Skills program of the West African College of Surgeons at the Enugu Training Centre Dr. Vincent Enemuo is a fellow of the West African College of Surgeons and the International College of Surgeons. He had his undergraduate training at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka where he served as the Director of research and the President of the Medical Students Association. Dr. Vincent Enemuo had his Postgraduate training to obtain his Fellowship at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu where he served concurrently for two years as the Chief resident of Surgery, Dr. Enemuo also had a Post Fellowship training in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy at the Klinikum Da Universitat Munich Germany in 2014 and an advanced Laparoscopic course at the Alexandria Training Institute Egypt. He is the recipient of the Smith International Colorectal Scholar of the Cleveland Clinic Florida USA. Dr. Enemuo was an International Career Development Scholar of the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO). He had an Observership at the Duke Cancer Institute, North Carolina USA in 2024. As a professional with an interest in Surgery education, he has supervised students' masters research in General Surgery at the University of Edinburgh and for Part 2 Finals of the West African College of Surgeons.  Dr. Enemuo has several publications in peer-reviewed journals and has presented several abstracts at internal scientific conferences. Dr. Enemuo is passionate about the advancement of Colorectal surgery services in resource-constrained environments and has contributed immensely to surgical education.

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