Dr. Yewande O. BABALOLA

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	Name: Yewande O. BABALOLA
	Designation: Senior lecturer
	Faculty: CLINICAL SCIENCES
	Department: Ophthalmology
	Phone Number: +234 8023059297
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Biography: Dr Yewande O. Babalola graduated from the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 2000. She subsequently had her internship at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. She participated in the mandatory National Youth Service Scheme and was posted to the Jericho Nursing Home, Jericho, Ibadan. Her postgraduate residency training in Ophthalmology was at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. She obtained the fellowship of both the West African College of Surgeons and the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. She undertook a short-term fellowship in Medical retina at the Retinal foundation hospital, Ahmedabad, India in 2014. Subsequently, she completed a long-term fellowship in Retina & Vitreous at the prestigious LV Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneshwar, India in 2018. She is a dedicated teacher who is passionate about passing knowledge to the next generation of doctors, ophthalmologists and vitreoretinal surgeons. In her clinical practice, she is a committed and conscientious physician striving to give the very best outcomes to her patients. She is inspired to provide evidence-based medicine relating to vitreoretinal care in our peculiar African populace. Her research interests include global eye health, inherited retinal diseases (IRD) and infectious and inflammatory diseases of the eye. Yewande is currently a NIH/Fogarty global health fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan school of Public Health. She lectures in Ophthalmology at the University of Ibadan and is a consultant ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon to the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Her area of sub-specialization is Retina and vitreous/vitreoretinal surgery.

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Research

Current Research and Capacity Building Projects including Grants

1. Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and pattern of ocular disorders in diabetic patients attending a tertiary institution in Ibadan, South West Nigeria.

Completed Research

1. Survey of retinal diseases in Ibadan post subspecialization.

2. Ocular status of HIV/AIDS patients seen at the PEPFAR Antiretroviral clinic, University College Hospital, Ibadan.

Publications

Selected Publications

1. Babalola, YO. (2020). Preoperative Evaluation Of Patients For Scleral Buckling Surgery. In Step By Step Scleral Buckling Surgery. Oluleye TS, Babalola YO., Majekodunmi O, Ijaduola M. and Sarimiye T. Book builders(Eds). Nigeria.

2. Ogun OA, Babalola YO. (2023). Ocular involvement in Systemic Diseases. In Essentials of Ophthalmology in the Tropics. Editors - Bekibele CO, Oluleye TS, Ogun OA, Abdul MM, Onakpoya O, Imoro B, Akafo S, Edema O, Osaguona VB, Kyari F. Stirling Horden Publishers Limited, Ibadan, Nigeria

3. Babalola YO. Anterior Segment and Ocular Adnexal Lesions in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome at a Tertiary Hospital in Southwestern Nigeria. Niger J Med 2023; 32(1):63-68.

4. Babalola YO, Shah M, Padhy SK, Behera UC. Bilateral astrocytic hamartoma with vasoproliferative tumour in retinitis pigmentosa. Niger Postgrad Med J 2023;30:81-4.

5. Babalola YO. Learning points from selected cases of scleral buckling surgery for rhegmatogenous retinal detachments. Niger J Vitreoretin Dis 2022;5:54-65.

6. Babalola YO, Ibiyemi AA, Oluseye MO. X-linked Juvenile retinoschisis presenting with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in a male Nigerian adolescent: A case report. Niger Postgrad Med J. 2022;29:278-80.

7. Babalola YO. Coloboma of the retina, choroid and iris co-existing with cardiac & Skeletal anomalies in a male Nigerian: A case of Noonan syndrome. Niger J Clin Pract 2022;25: 1377-81.

8. Babalola YO, Oluleye TS, Ashaye AO. Vitreoretinal manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in patients attending an antiretroviral therapy clinic in Nigeria: A cross sectional study. J Clin Sci 2022;19:7 3-9.

9. Megbelayin EO, Babalola YO, Nkanga Dennis E. Ocular B-scan audit in a sub-Saharan African retina facility. Nigerian Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases NJVRD 2021;(4) 1:11-16

10. Oluleye TS, Babalola YO, Majekodunmi OI, Ijaduola MA. Sickle cell retinopathy: Patient awareness, mode of presentation and treatment modalities in Ibadan, South-Western, Nigeria. Niger J Med 2021;30:481-6

11. Babalola YO. Macula hole as a sequelae of presumed ocular toxoplasmosis, an incidental finding in a female Nigerian: Case report and review of literature. Niger J Clin Pract 2021;24:959-63

12. Babalola YO, Baiyeroju AM. Optic disc drusen and a constellation of other features of Retinitis pigmentosa: A Case report. International Journal of Ophthalmology & Visual Science. Int J Ophthal & Vis Sci 2021;(6) 1:63-66

13. Oluleye TS, Babalola YO, Majekodunmi OI, Ijaduola MA, Adewole TA. Visual outcomes of Anti-vascular Endothelial growth factor injections at the University College hospital, Ibadan. Ann Afr Med. 2021 Oct-Dec; 20(4): 276–281.

14. Oluleye TS, Babalola YO, Majekodunmi OI, Ijaduola MA. Macula diseases in Ibadan. Niger J Clin Pract 2021; 24:341-4

15. Babalola YO, Oluleye TS, Majekodunmi O, Ijaduola M. Intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) for retinopathy of prematurity in Ibadan: Method of administration. Niger J. Med. 2020. 29(3): 37:460-465

16. Oluleye TS, Babalola YO, Olusanya BA, Majekodunmi O, Ijaduola M: Learning styles of fresh clinical students in Ophthalmology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria – A pilot study. Niger J. Med 2020. 29 (3):377- 383

17. Taleb EA, Nagpal MP, Mehrotra NS, Bhatt K, Goswami S, Babalola YO, Nomam A: Comparison of clinical outcome between 23G and 25 G vitrectomy in diabetic patients. Oman J Ophthalmol 2017; 10:213-9

18. Oluleye TS, Babalola YO, Ijaduola M: Chloroquin retinopathy: Pattern of presentation in Ibadan, Sub-saharan Africa. Eye 2016; Jan 2; 30 (1):64-7

19. Oluleye TS, Babalola YO. Indications for intravitreal bevacizumab in Ibadan, Sub-saharan Africa. The Open Ophthalmology Journal 2014; vol 8:87-90

20. Oluleye TS; Babalola YO. Pattern of Idiopathic choroidal polypoidal vasculopathy in Ibadan, Sub-saharan, Africa. Clinical Ophthalmology (Auckland NZ) 07/2013;7: 1376-8

Supervision

CURRENT STUDENTS

 Fellowship Level

1. Project title- Assessment of macular thickness in sickle cell and non-sickle cell disease patients at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Student’s Name - Avuru Chukwunalu James
Examining Body and Year of Entry – West African College of Surgeons, 2022
Year of Completion of Study – In view

 PREVIOUS STUDENTS

 Fellowship Level

1. Project Title - Effect of pupillary dilatation and cycloplegia on ocular parameters in adult patients at Eleta Eye institute, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Student’s Name – Kassim Rita Oyin
Examining Body – National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (NPMCN)
Year of Completion of Study - 2023

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