PROFESSOR VINCENT OLUBUNMI ROTIMI

I was a pioneering student of the ABU Medical School, Zaria, where I obtained a MB:BS degree. After a brief stint as surgical resident at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, I then attended the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London University) for MSc in Medical Microbiology. I obtained PhD in Medical Microbiology 2 years later from the Sheffield University, UK. During this period I also joined the trainee program at the Northern General Hospital and Children Hospital, Sheffield training for the Royal College of Pathologists professional degrees (MRCPath and FRCPath). I was a Wellcome Trust (UK) and Forgarty (NIH, Bethesda, USA) scholar at the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA and later awarded Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA). I am a Clinical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases physician with research interest in anaerobic infections, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms and hospital infections. A retired Professor of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases at Kuwait University for many years and Consultant/Head of Microbiology Department at the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital, Kuwait. Currently a Professor of Clinical Microbiology (contract) at the LASUCOM, Ikeja. I have extensive teaching experience at the College of Medicine of Lagos University and Kuwait University, at the undergraduate and graduate (MSc & PhD) levels. In addition, I was the Chairman and Chief Examiner of the Faculty of Clinical Microbiology, Kuwait Institute of Medical Specialization and successfully trained 32 Fellows of the Royal College of Pathologists and Kuwait Board. I initiated the Fellowship program in Medical Microbiology at LUTH and integrated MSc degree into their training schedule. Have mentored numerous mentees in their academic and professional careers who are as of today great achievers in their own rights in the country and abroad.