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| Dr. Michael Ogunkoya, MD, The Hope Valley Fertility Clinic |
Dr. Michael Ogunkoya was born on
January 12, 1949 . He has his roots in Shagamu, Ogun State . He obtained his
First School Leaving Certificate from St. Paul ’s Primary school, Shagamu in
1960. His secondary education was at Ijebu Muslim College, Ijebu-Ode and the
Federal School of science Lagos where he did the GCE ‘O’ level in 1967 and GCE
‘A’ Level in 1969 respectively. Armed with the enabling credentials, Michael
gained admission into the University of Lagos to read medicine. Having
matriculated in 1970, he graduated with MBBS in 1975.
This medical guru did his
internship programme between 1975 and 1976. Then, he functioned as House
Officer in Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Medicine, surgery and Paediatrics. He did
the National youth service from July 1976 to June 1977, as a General Medical
Officer.
Dr. Ogunkoya acquired further
training and qualifications in his chosen branch of medicine from highly
acclaimed institutions in Nigeria and abroad. In 1979, he earned a Doctor
of Anaesthesia (D.A) from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.
Between November 1979 and May
1981, he was a Registrar at the Saint Nicholas Hospital, Lagos . From 1982 to
1986, he had a stint with the Institute of Obstetrics Gynaecology , university
of London ; The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London and
the Academy of Science , Semeiwess University , Budapest , Hungary . He was
made Fellow of theWest African College of Surgeons in
1986. He bagged both M.D. and F.H.C.O.G from the
Academy of Science, Semeiwess University.
Indeed, this man’s career, which
started substantively in 1981, is most fascinating between July 1981 and
January 1983, he worked as a Senior House Officer in three different medical
outfits namely the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London; the Good Hope
Hospital, Birmingham, West-Meidlands and Prince Charles Hospital Merthr Tydfil,
South Wales.
In June 1983 he joined the Saint
Paul ’s hospital, Cheltenham , Gloucestershire, as Registrar. His appointment
here lasted until May 1984. From June to November 1984, he was Registrar with
the Kings College Hospital , London . The Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Taplow,
Berkshire was the last place Dr. Ogunkoya worked before he returned to Nigeria
in 1986.
In Nigeria, he worked at the Dolphin Specialist Medical Centre,
Lagos as a Consultant with specialty in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Dr. Michael
Ogunkoya held this post until 2001 when he established The Hope Valley
Clinic Limited. This hospital handles various categories of infertility
cases such as women with blocked tubes, men with low or abnormal sperm count
and women with premature menopause. It also has facilities for sperm and embryo
storage and donation as well as sex selection (Gender Balancing).
In the field of research, this
man is also a reliable force. Way back in his days at Royal Free Hospital
London, as a Senior House Officer under Professor Ian Craft, he was
involved in preliminary In-Vitro Fertilization work. He has also carried out
other research programmes such as the one in Term Pregnancies
Complicated by Spontaneous, Premature Rapture of Membranes (S.P.R.O.M):
Comparing the Benefits and Adverse Effects of Conservative Policy against Early
Syntocinon Therapy.
An indefatigable scientist, he
did a comparative study on the pregnancy rate using Pure FSH for Stimulation in
a Standard In-Vitro Fertilization (Test Tube Baby) Cycle in Caucasian and
Nigerian Women below the age of 38 years.
Up to date, The Hope Valley
Clinic International has produced over 2681 babies and still counting.
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