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About Us

Welcome to the department of MORBID ANATOMY AND FORENSIC MEDICINE

Anatomical Pathology is the bedrock of medical practice. Only a solid foundation of anatomical pathology can guarantee understanding of the mechanisms of diseases and help in providing appropriate care for patients. To be able to train medical students to be good physicians, we need to impact knowledge in the best way possible with reference points/benchmarks so that the doctors will also measure up to internationally acceptable standards.

 

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND   

The department evolved from the present College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria inaugurated as Faculty of Health Sciences in May, 1972.  By the early 80’s, the Department of Morbid Anatomy and Forensic Medicine was created and headed by   Prof. W.O. Odesanmi; the first Head of the Department. He set a good foundation for the training of many generations of resident doctors.

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The current Head of Department is Dr. O.O. Olaofe, a Senior lecturer.

Below are the past Heads of Department.

  1. W.O. Odesanmi (1979 – 1989)
  2. Olusegun Ojo (1990- 2004, 2016-2019)
  3. K.A. Adelusola (1998-1999, 2004-2007)
  4. B.J. Olasode (2007-2010)
  5. Mrs. G.O. Omoniyi-Esan (2011-2012, 2015-2016)
  6. A.O. Komolafe. (2012-2015, 2021-2023)
  7. O.O. Olaofe (2019-2021, 2023- date)

 

Our philosophy cum goals and objectives:

  1. Since a sound understanding of Anatomical Pathology is crucial to good medical practice, we aim to present, teach, and structure the curriculum of morbid anatomy so that medical students can have a good understanding of the basic mechanisms of diseases with a view to providing appropriate care for patients.
  2. To impart requisite knowledge in the best way possible with reference points/benchmarks.
  3. Emphasize universal and local ailments so that our products can be relevant locally and measure up to internationally acceptable standards.

 

To achieve these philosophies of excellence, we recognize four (4) definite entities that we need to emphasize in the training of medical students:

 

  1. Anatomic Pathology (Morbid Anatomy)

a General Pathology

b. Systemic Pathology

c. Tropical Pathology