Orishejolomi Thomas

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Orishejolomi Thomas
Born 1917
Died 1979
Residence Lagos
Nationality Nigerian
Fields Surgery Tropical Medicine
Institutions University of Lagos
Known for Tropical Medicine
Notable awards Memorial Lecture

Orishejolimo Horatio Thomas (1917-1979) was a Nigerian academic and pioneer provost of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. He was also the first head of the University's Teaching Hospital, LUTH. He was a senior Lecturer and surgeon at the University of Ibadan, at the institution's inception to 1962 before proceeding to Lagos. He was an editor of the West African Medical Journal and was a member of the Federal Electoral Commission in 1958.

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