Our Guest Today: Omolara Y. Otaigbe, M.D.

Posted by Wes Brooks 
on Jan 14, 2014
 

 

Today we welcome Dr. Omolara Otaigbe.  Dr. Otaigbe specializes in Family Practice and, as you will read, brings extensive medical experience from across the globe to team of medical professionals at Wesley Medical Center in Hattiesburg.  
 
01/03 – present
Wesley Medical Group, Hattiesburg, MS
Family Physician
  • Broad-based outpatient and inpatient practice
  • Special interest in diabetes care and management, including initiation and management of insulin pumps.
  • Medical Director of the Diabetes Education Center at Wesley Medical Center.
  • Serving on the Medical Executive Committee at Wesley Medical Center, February 2012 – present.
  • Adjunct Clinical Professor, William Carey University
 
01/00 – 07/02
McFarland Clinic, Ames, IA
Family Physician
  • Broad-based outpatient practice
  • Adult and pediatric inpatient practice
 
08/98-12/99
Boone County HospitalBoone, IA
  • Emergency Room Physician
 
07/95-08/98
North East Iowa Family Practice Center, Waterloo, IA
Family Practice Resident
  • Practicing community-based medicine in various subspecialties such as internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics/Gynecology, and surgery
 
02/92-02/93
Stoke Mandeville Hospital, National Spinal Injuries Center, Aylesbury, UK
Senior House Officer
  • Managed acutely injured spinal patients from injury to rehabilitation
  • Assisted in spinal surgery
 
08/91-01/92
Accident and Emergency Department, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, UK
Senior House Officer
  • Managed various medical and surgical emergencies
 
09/89-03/90
Life Support Medical Center, Lagos, Nigeria
Senior House Officer
  • Managed outpatient and inpatients with renal failure, hemodialysis
 
08/88-07/89
Nigeria Army Military Hospital, Anambra, Nigeria
Senior House Officer
  • Assisted in surgery
  • Provided extensive primary care in internal medicine and pediatrics
 
08/87-07/88
University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria
Pre-registration Intern
  • Received internship training in surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, and internal medicine
 
LICENSURES
  • Board certified with the American Board of Family Medicine until 2016
  • Aviation Medical Examiner Certification – FAA, March 2013
  • Certified Diabetes Educator, June 2011
  • Physician License in the State of Mississippi, July 2002
  • Physician License in the State of Iowa, July 1996
  • Limited registration with the General Medical Council of Great Britain, June 1991
  • Full registration with Nigerian Medical Council, July 1988
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
  • American Academy of Family Practice
  • Mississippi State Medical Society
  • American Medical Association
  • American Association of Diabetes Educators
 
EDUCATION
  • University Of Lagos, College of Medicine, Lagos, Nigeria
    • Bachelor of Medicine
  • Bachelor of Surgery, 1987
 
  • Queen’s College, Lagos, Nigeria
  • Advanced level General Certificate of Education (Sciences), 1980
 
HONORS
  • President, Lagos State Medical Students Association, 1984-85
  • Recipient, John F. Kennedy Memorial Essay Competition award, 1979
  • Received “Best Student Award” in English Language and Literature, 1975-77