Matthew Temitayo Shokunbi is a

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neurosurgeon and professor of

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. He got his

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degree at the

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shortly after completing his

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after which he started a residency program in Neurosurgery in Ontario, Canada. He is a lecturer in

Anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...

at the

, and in Neurological surgery at the

University College Hospital, Ibadan University College Hospital, Ibadan is a federal teaching hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria attached to the University of Ibadan. History The University College Hospital, (UCH) Ibadan was established by an August 1952 Act of Parliament in response to ...

where he also doubles as a Honorary

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Neurosurgeon.

References

Living people Nigerian neurosurgeons University of Ibadan alumni Academic staff of the University of Ibadan Year of birth missing (living people) {{Nigeria-academic-bio-stub