Thomas Adesanya Ige Grillo


Thomas Adesanya Ige Grillo, was a son of J. Aina Osaoba and V. Adenike Omolara Grill. He was the First professor of Anatomy in Nigeria.

Education

He studied at Baptist Academy, Lagos and Hope Waddell Training Institution, Calabar for his primary and secondary Educations respectively. He continued his studies at City College Norforlk, England. He was then admitted to Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, St. Stephen Green, Dublin, Ireland. He subsequently got his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy, at St. John's College, Cambridge, England, 1960. Doctor of Science, Trinity College, Dublin, 1972. Doctor of Medicine, University College, Dublin, 1993.

Career

Supervisor St. John's College, Cambridge, England, 1955-1960. Assistant professor Stanford University, California, 1960-1961. Professor University of Ibadan, 1966-1972. Professor, dean foundation University Ife, 1972-1990. Prf., principal College Medicine, Sierra Leone, 1988-1992. Fellow Churchill College, Cambridge, England, 1992-1994. Professor Emeritus Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Consultant Pathologist Ife University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, 1975-1984. Consultant World Health Organization, Africa, 1973-1986

Publications and articles

  1. Book The Evolution of Pancreatic Islets
  2. Editor: Journal University Ibadan, 1962–1972
  3. Evolution of the Pancreatic Islet, 1976.

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