Work Focus: Medicine, Cancer Care, Technology, Social Entrepreneurship
I spoke to Dr. Omolola Salako, who is an Oncologist, specialising in the treatment of breast, head and neck cancer, brachytherapy, economics of cancer and other solid adult tumours. Omolola is the youngest of the 70 Consultant, Clinical, and Radiation Oncologists in Nigeria and she practices in the Department of Radiation Oncology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
She is the Founder and Executive Director of Sebeccly Cancer Care, an innovative cancer charity with a vision to empower and treat cancer patients.
From Sebeccly, she founded Oncopadi.com, a friendly cancer app. Oncopadi is Africa’s first digital oncology clinic that will offer information, navigation and online medical consultations to cancer patients.
Omolola obtained her MBBS degree from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. She completed her oncology residency in Lagos University Teaching Hospital and obtained her Fellowship from the Faculty of Radiology, West Africa College of Surgeons.
An active cancer researcher; she has authored and co-authored several publications in high impact journals locally and abroad.
Omolola is an alumna of Lagos Business School and Enterprise Development Centre (EDC). She is also a multiple award-winning scientist and social entrepreneur who has attracted grants from the National Institute of Health/National Cancer Institute, Union International Cancer Control, Memorial Sloan Kettering Comprehensive Cancer Centre, ACT Foundation and the American Cancer Society.
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