Titus Odedun bags GAB Award

Former Surgery tutor of the Royal Colleges of Surgeon (Edinburgh & London) - Titus Wole Odedun, has bagged a Gathering of Africa's Best (GAB) Award for outstanding contributions to the promotion of the positive image of Africa and Africans through Health.

At a prestigious ceremony held at the Hilton Hotel London Canary Wharf, Dr Titus Odedun in his acceptance speech thanked the organisers for honouring him and said he was humbled to be a recipient of the Award. He reiterated his commitment to continue to support the health sector both in the UK and abroad.

Titus Odedun attained his Pre-Med at the Royal University of Malta, sitting summer 1971 Oxbridge “A” levels (plus two Scholarship papers). Thereafter, via Cambridge and Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew’s (University of London) he completed Clinical Medicine and graduated in 1977/78.  

Titus Odedun completed mandatory pre-registration in Wales and Scotland and proceeded to train as a Surgeon in stages at Southend-on-Sea, St Bartholomew’s & Old Hackney Hospitals (working for Sir John Chalstrey and William Shand), Wakefield (working for the famous F.G. Smiddy).

Titus Odedun gained Fellowship of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1981) and Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London (May 1982).

Titus Odedun proceeded to work as Lecturer (Honorary Consultant Surgeon) at the University of Calabar, Nigeria.

Titus Odedun returned to the UK (and Malta) and gained MD (1989) and was appointed Consultant - first at The Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, and later at West Lancashire NHS Trusts Ormskirk and Southport Hospitals (1991).

During the ensuing years, Titus Odedun maintained a large private medical practice in Rodney Street, Liverpool, and Harley Street, London where he was CEO of The London Medical Centre, 142-146 Harley Street, London.

Titus Odedun taught Post Graduate students at Manchester University and was examiner in Surgery for University of Liverpool.

Titus Odedun was also the London based Editor for The International Journal of Tropical Surgery.  In between these, Titus Odedun was elected Fellow of the International College of Surgeons based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Dr Titus Odedun has recently bought and commissioned a mobile medical unit which will travel around the rural areas of Nigeria providing free medical health care to all those who need it.