Adewale Adisa is a Professor of Surgery at the Obafemi Awolowo University and Consultant General Surgeon in the Department of Surgery, at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. He is a Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons, the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, and the American College of Surgeons. His special interests are in Minimal Access Surgery and Surgical Education. He has pioneered laparoscopic services in general surgery in Ile-Ife where he has led a team to perform more than a thousand cases and, in the process, raised a new generation of laparoscopic surgeons across the country.
Selected publications from PubMed
Implementing discharge summary documentation: a quality improvement initiative in a Nigerian hospital.
Omon H, Owagbemi OF, Ndegbu C, Adesunkanmi A, Balogun S, Ajekwu T, Anele C, Olasehinde O, Adisa A, Komolafe EO
BMJ Open Qual. 2026 Aug 18;15(3) doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2025-003762.
Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: A Common Challenge among Nigerian Breast Cancer Survivors.
Olasehinde O, Wuraola F, Di Bernardo M, Knapp G, Aderounmu A, Omisore A, Oladele A, Awe MO, Mohammed T, Romanoff A, Kingham TP, Mango V, Adisa A, Alatise O
Breast Care (Basel). 2026 Apr;21(2):83-90 doi: 10.1159/000547583.
Surgical health policy 2025-35: strengthening essential services for tomorrow's needs.
Nepogodiev D, Picciochi M, Ademuyiwa A, Adisa A, Agbeko AE, Aguilera ML, Agyei F, Alexander P, Henry J, Anyomih TTK, Aregawi AB, Atun R, Biccard B, Chalwe M, Chu K, Coomarasamy A, Crawford R, Darzi A, Davies J, Gathuya Z, George C, Ghaffar A, Ghosh D, Glasbey JC, Haque PD, Harrison EM, Hesse A, Allen Ingabire JC, Kamarajah SK, Karekezi C, Kruger D, Lapitan MC, Latif A, Lawani I, Ledda V, Li E, Linder C, Makasa E, Martin J, Maswime S, Mathai S, Meara JG, Mudede-Moffat F, Ntirenganya F, Park KB, Phelan LN, Pramesh CS, Ramos-De la Medina A, Raykar N, Rivello R, Roslani AC, Roy N, Samad L, Shrime M, Sobhy S, Sullivan R, Tabiri S, Tangi V, Tissingh E, Weiser TG, Williams O, Bhangu A
Lancet. 2025 Aug 23;406(10505):860-880 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00985-7.
Analysis of Risk Factors, Treatment Patterns, and Survival Outcomes After Emergency Presentation With Colorectal Cancer: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study in Nigeria.
Aderibigbe AS, Dare AJ, Kalvin HL, Olasehinde O, Wuraola F, Adisa A, Omisore AD, Komolafe AO, Omoyiola OZ, Okereke CE, Katung A, Egberoungbe A, Ariyibi O, Olatoke SA, Adeyeye AA, Agodirin SO, Bojuwoye MO, Fayenuwo JO, Ademakinwa OR, Osinowo D, Lawal AR, Abdulkareem FB, Goldman D, Knapp G, Murthy S, Kahn R, Gonen M, Kingham TP, Alatise OI, African Research Group in Oncology Colorectal Cancer Working Group
J Surg Oncol. 2025 Feb;131(2):170-182 doi: 10.1002/jso.27878.
Environmentally sustainable surgical systems.
Ledda V, Adisa A, Agyei F, Caton L, George C, Ghaffar A, Ghosh D, Hachach-Haram N, Haque PD, Ingabire JCA, Kudrna L, Li E, McClain C, Nepogodiev D, Ntirenganya F, Shrime MG, Williams I, Bhangu A
BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Nov 7;9(Suppl 4) doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015066.
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