Segun Toyin
Dawodu, a Yoruba man (born October 13, 1960 in Nigeria) is currently an Attending
Interventional Physiatrist with the WellSpan Health and was previously an
Associate Professor of Pain Medicine at Albany Medical College. He has been a major contributor to the
peer-reviewed articles on the diagnosis and management of Spinal Cord Injury,
Cauda Equina and Conus Medullaris Syndromes, Swallowing Disorders Traumatic
Brain Injury, and chapter in Comprehensive Pain Management in the
Rehabilitation Patient. In 1998, he established dawodu.com, a website on Nigeria's
socio-political issues.
He is a
graduate of Medicine (MD) from University of Ibadan, Nigeria, of Law from
University of London (LL.B and LL.M) and King's College London The Dickson Poon
School of Law (LL.M in International Corporate and Commercial Law, as its first
graduate in that degree), graduate of Medical Informatics (Master of Science) from
Northwestern University and a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Carey
Business School with an MBA. He is board certified in the medical specialties
of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine, Sports Medicine,
Clinical informatics, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine and Electro Diagnostic
Medicine. He is also a diplomate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh,
Scotland
He is a
licensed Physician in the United States in New York and other states in the
United Kingdom with the General Medical Council, Nigeria with the Medical and
Dental Council of Nigeria and Medical Board of Trinidad and Tobago. He is also
a licensed Medical Informatician as a specialist in Medical Informatics Health
informatics with the United Kingdom Council for Health Informatics Professions
(UKCHIP).
He was previously
(2000-2001) a Clinical Instructor of Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke Medicine
at Mount Sinai Hospital/Medical School in New York City before going into solo
private practice.
He has
served in many capacities in different professional organizations including
being formerly a pioneer member of the editorial board and author in the
Knowledge NOW publications of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation, membership of different committees of the American Academy of
Neuromuscular and Electro Diagnostic Medicine etc.
He is a
Fellow of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Fellow
of the American Academy of Neuromuscular and Electro Diagnostic Medicine, Fellow
of the Royal Society for Public Health, Fellow of the Royal Society of
Medicine, Member of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, and
Member/Diplomate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
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