The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) Teaching Hospital, has appointed Emmanuel Olaseinde Bello as the pioneer chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) of the hospital.
The CMAC, which serves as the administrative head of the directorate of clinical services, is one of the three directorates that make up the administrative structure of Federal Teaching Hospitals across the country. Bello’s appointment marks a significant milestone in the hospital’s history as he becomes the first to occupy the position.
Bello is an experienced consultant paediatrician and neonatologist. He had his undergraduate education at the College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and underwent his residency training at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, after which he became a fellow of the West African College of Physicians in Paediatrics.
Bello was first appointed a consultant paediatrician to the former state specialist hospital, Akure in 2015 and, he became one of the foundation staff of the UNIMED Teaching Hospital, Akure, when the former hospital became incorporated into the Unimed Teaching Hospitals Complex. He was a former head of department of paediatrics and child health in the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo, where he is also a senior lecturer.
At various times, Bello had served as chairman and as member of a number of statutory and Ad Hoc committees of both the teaching hospital and at the University, including the the infection prevention and control team at the hospital and the hospital/community liaison committee.
Bello is an acclaimed medical researcher who has published a number of academic papers in reputable peer-reviewed Nigerian and International Medical Journals. He is also an experienced and well-received teacher and trainer, both of medical students and of resident doctors.
