Taiwo A. Lawal is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Ibadan and a Consultant Pediatric Surgeon to the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. He graduated from the University of Ibadan with an MBBS Degree and has a Doctorate Degree in Medicine from the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover in Germany. He was awarded the DAAD Scholarship in 2006 and the International Guest Scholarship of the American College of Surgeons in 2015. He underwent surgical residency training at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, clinical fellowship in Pediatric Surgery at the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover and research fellowship at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA.
He has over 150 publications, with 8,800 citations on Google Scholar, and an h-index of 43. He has obtained training and certification in leadership skills from various organizations. He is one of the global leaders in pediatric colorectal surgical research. His research demonstrated the major pathological cause of residual aganglionosis in the treatment of Hirschsprung disease. He was among the pioneer researchers and advocates of the appropriate use of laparoscopic techniques in pediatric colorectal surgery. The outcome of his research has encouraged the adoption of minimally invasive approaches to the thorax in children.
His research also focuses on surgical care of birth defects, global surgery, and medical education. His global surgery research has enhanced the capacity to reduce the burden of unmet surgical needs through global initiatives. He is the Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences at the University of Ibadan.
