Board Member: Prof. Francis Abayomi Durosinmi–Etti
Professor Francis Abayomi Durosinmi-Etti (OFR) obtained his M.B.B.S degrees from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos in June 1972.
He worked as a Medical Officer at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) from where he proceeded to the Christie Hospital and Radium Holt Institute, University of Manchester, England between 1975 and 1979 for his Postgraduate training and qualifications in Radiation Therapy and Oncology. (Specialist in Cancer Treatment).
He had additional working experience at the Cookridge Hospital Leeds, and Clatterbridge Hospital, Liverpool, England before returning home in 1980 where he was soon appointed a Lecturer at the College of Medicine University of Lagos and Consultant in Radiation Therapy and Oncology to Lagos University Teaching Hospital.
In 1988 the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria appointed him as a Radiotherapy (Cancer) Specialist responsible for the worldwide activities of the IAEA in Cancer Radiotherapy.
He held this position between 1988 and 1995 during which period he was largely instrumental to the development of the specialty in 45 developing countries of the world spanning Africa, Asia and Pacific, Eastern Europe and Latin America among several others In 1988 the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria appointed him as a Radiotherapy (Cancer) Specialist responsible for the worldwide activities of the IAEA in Cancer Radiotherapy.
He held this position between 1988 and 1995 during which period he was largely instrumental to the development of the specialty in 45 developing countries of the world spanning Africa, Asia and Pacific, Eastern Europe and Latin America among several others He has served Nigeria at various other levels including his position as the Pioneer Chief Medical Director and Chief Executive Officer of the prestigious National Hospital, Abuja.
He was later appointed in 2003 as Secretary to the Federal Character Commission, under the Presidency in Abuja, a position which he voluntarily relinquished on 14 October 2011 to continue as full time Professor at the University of Lagos till date.
He also served as Chairman National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced persons and later as the Chairman of the Board of Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Metta, Lagos under whom the hospital attained magnificent heights.
He is the founding and current President of Cancer Education and Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria (CEAFON). He is a Fellow and Member of several local and International Professional Associations and a recipient of several local and International awards including the highly prestigious Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic. (OFR).
He has been at the forefront of upgrading radiotherapy services in different teaching hospitals different part of world including NIGERIA, BOLIVIA, CAMEROON, DEM. REP .OF KOREA,ECUADOR, EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, GUATEMALA, GHANA, HAITI, INDONESIA , JORDAN, KENYA, NICARAGUA ,PAKISTAN, SRI-LANKA,UGANDA, VENEZUELA, ZIMBABWE, ROMANIA, URUGUAY, VIETNAM, COLOMBIA,TANZANIA etc.