Doctor Lateef

Dr Lateef Akinola

MBBS, MSc, PhD, MBA, FRCOG

Consultant Obstetrician, Gynaecologist, Reproductive Endocrinologist and Assisted Reproductive Technologies/IVF Specialist

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Clinical Interest

  • IVF
  • Fertility treatment
  • Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • Key-hole surgery
  • Laparoscopy
  • Hysteroscopy
  • Antenatal care
  • Low and High-risk pregnancy care.

Specialties

  • Benign Gynaecology – Endometriosis, Fibroids, Ovarian disease etc Gynaecological Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy
    Assisted Reproductive Technologies/IVF
    Reproductive Medicine/ Endocrinology
  • Low and High risks Obstetrics

Accepted Insurance

  • Axa Mansard
  • Leadway
  • Reliance
  • Bupa
  • Axa PPP
  • Vitality UK

Biography and Education

Dr Lateef Adekunle Akinola graduated from the University of Ibadan in 1985 with MBBS. Since then has trained in Nigeria and abroad to earn a Master of Science in human anatomy/embryology, University of Lagos); PhD (Molecular Reproductive endocrinology, University of Oulu Finland–where through his research he cloned the gene responsible for estrogen metabolism in human and research animals); he is a Fellow of the RCOG, England FRCOG–(Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He also got an MBA (Health services management – University of Plymouth, England; to sharpen his health services management skills) Dr Lateef Akinola is a distinguished obstetrician & gynaecologist, reproductive medicine specialist. He is a tutor of tutors and an undergraduate / postgraduate teacher in various hospitals, home and abroad. He trained in the London deanery and has worked as a trainee and consultant at St Bartholomew’s Assisted Conception Unit, Royal London Hospital, Newham University Hospital, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, The Poundbury Fertility Clinics and The London Women’s Clinics. While working in these hospitals, he gained advanced specialist interest in Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Minimal Access Surgery (Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy), and Fertility Medicine. He has a keen interest in molecular biomedical research, especially in ovarian steroidogenesis and folliculogenesis, as it pertains to assisted reproductive technologies. His clinical research interests also encompass recurrent miscarriages, fertility optimisation, polycystic ovary syndrome and high-risk obstetrics. He has published extensively his area of clinical/research interests in high-impact journals. He is happily married with children. He presently practices in Lagos as a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Reproductive Medicine/IVF specialist at the Medison Specialist Women’s Hospital, Lekki, Lagos. He is a member of the SOGON, AFRH, British Fertility Society, European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).

Qualifications

  • – PhD. Reproductive Endocrinology – University of Oulu, Finland)
  • – FRCOG – (RCOG, London, UK)
  • – MBA (Health services management – University of Plymouth, UK)
  • – MSC Human Anatomy. (Univ Of Lagos)
  • – MBBS (Univ of Ibadan)
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Administrative and Educational/Teaching duties
  • Adjunct Associate Lecturer-Human Reproduction and Women’s health. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos
  • Editor-In-Chief–African Journal of Reproduction and Gynaecological Endoscopy – Association for Fertility and Reproductive Health, Nigeria (AFRH),          and the Association Gynaecological Endoscopy of Nigeria (AGES)

Chairperson–Training Committee–Association for Fertility and Reproductive Health (AFRH) Chairperson–Scientific committee – Association for Fertility and Reproductive Health (AFRH)

Areas of clinical experience and research

  • Benign advanced gynaecological surgery–open and key-hole surgery, for uterine, ovarian and pelvic pathologies including fibroids, ovarian cyst and deep infiltrating endometriosis. Reproductive endocrinology and assisted conception. Polycystic ovary syndrome. Advanced obstetrics and labour ward practice. Labour ward leadership.

Professional membership

  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
  • European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
  • American Society of Reproduct ive Medicine (ASRM)
  • BSGE
  • AAGL

Sampled Publications

1. Akinola LA, Inyangudo GN, Ottun AT, Olumodeji AM, Adewunmi AA, Olalere FH, Omololu OM, Ogungbemile BD. 2024 Exploring Serum Vitamin D, Sex Hormones, and Lipid Profile Disparities in Women With and Without Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Case-Control Study. Cureus:16(5):e60975. doi: 10.7759/cureus.60975. PMID: 38800769; PMCID: PMC11120010.

2. Akang EN, Opuwari CS, Enyioma-Alozie S, Moungala LW, Amatu TE, Wada I, Ogbeche RO, Ajayi OO, Aderonmu MM, Shote OB, Akinola LA, Ashiru OA, Henkel R. 2023 Trends in semen parameters of infertile men in South Africa and Nigeria. Sci Rep;13(1):6819. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-33648-4. PMID: 37100822; PMCID: PMC10133443.

3. Anolue, F. and Akinola, L., 2022. Laparoscopic Port Position, Placement and Closure. In Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgery: Basic Concepts (pp. 97-105). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

4. Ikeanyi, E.M., Akinola, L. and Allagoa, D.O., 2022. Anatomy of the Female Pelvis. In Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgery: Basic Concepts (pp. 47-64). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

5. Akinola L. A. 1, Olumodeji A. M., Okohue J. E., Adewole A. A, Oshodi Y. A., Akinajo O. R., Anolue F. C., Ibrahim S. A., Kadas S., Obajimi G. O., Afolabi B. B. Impact of Uterine Fibroids on Perceived Health-related Quality of Life among Women in Selected Tertiary Institutions Across Nigeria: A Prospective Cross- sectional Survey. African Journal of Reproduction and Gynaecological Endoscopy 7(1):p 51-55, January-December 2022. | DOI: 10.4103/4444-6666.385243

6. Lateef Adekunle Akinola, Jude Okohue, Joseph Ikechebelu Christian Olajuwon Alabi, Ayokunle Moses Olumodeji. Approach to Adhesion Prevention Following Hysteroscopic Myomectomy by Endoscopic Gynaecologist in Nigeria. African Journal of Reproduction and Gynaecological Endoscopy 7(1):p 51-55, January- December 2022. | DOI: 10.4103/4444-6666.385243

7. Akinola, Lateef. Editorial: African Journal of Reproduction and Gynaecological Endoscopy (AJRGE). African Journal of Reproduction and Gynaecological Endoscopy 7(1):p 1, January-December 2022. | DOI: 10.4103/ajrge.ajrge_7_23

8. Akinola, LA and Olumodeji AM Computer-Assisted Seminal Fluid Analysis: Pattern of Seminal Fluid Analysis Parameters of Male Partners of Infertile Couples in a Lagos-based Fertility Clinic in Nigeria. African Journal of Reproduction and Gynaecological Endoscopy 7(1):p 51-55, January-December 2022. | DOI: 10.4103/4444-6666.385243

9. Akinola, Lateef Adekunle1,2; Okohue, Jude3,4; Ikechebelu, Joseph5; Alabi, Christian Olajuwon6; Olumodeji, Ayokunle Moses7. Approach to Management of Submucous Fibroids by Gynaecological Endoscopy Surgeons/Trainees in Nigeria. African

Journal for Infertility and Assisted Conception 6(1):p 1-9, Jan–Dec 2021. | DOI: 10.4103/ajiac.ajiac_5_21
10. Akinola, Lateef Adekunle. Covid-19 Pandemic: Impacts Survey of Fertility Practitioners in Nigeria. African Journal for Infertility and Assisted Conception 5(1):p 16-22, Jan–Dec 2020. | DOI: 10.4103/ajiac.ajiac_4_20

11. Ashiru OA, Akinola LA (2013) Emerging roles of anatomists: Development of Assisted Reproductive Technology in West Africa. Anatomy Journal of Africa 2, 84 – 96.

12. Akinola Lateef – The Current Controversies and Opportunities in Reproductive Medicine. www.obgyn.netCME archive– April 2010. http://www.obgyn.net/educational- tutorials/educationaltutorials.asp?page=ART_controversies/ART_controversies

13. Akinola, L. and Al Shawaf, T., 2009. Tubal disease and assisted reproduction. The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, 11(2), pp.148-148.

14. Ghersevich S, Akinola L, Kaminski T, Poutanen M, IsomaaV, Vihko R, Vihko P (2000) Activin A, but not inhibin, regulates 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 activity and expression in cultured rat granulosa cells. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 73, 203-10.

15. Akinola LA, Poutanen M, Peltoketo H, Vihko R, Vihko P. Characterization of rat 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 gene and mRNA transcripts. Gene. 1998 Feb 27;208(2):229-38. doi: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00669-0. PMID: 9524272.

16. Akinola LA, Poutanen M, Vihko R, Vihko P. Expression of 17β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 and Type 2, P450 Aromatase, and 20α-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Enzymes in Immature, Mature, and Pregnant Rats. Endocrinology. 1997 Jul 1;138(7):2886-2892. doi: 10.1210/endo.138.7.5258. PMID: 28200169.

17. Akinola, L.A., 1997. Expression and Regulation of 17 [beta]-hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 and Type 2 in the Rat: Implications in the Regulation of Female Sex Steroid Metabolism. Oulun yliopisto.

18. Kaminski T, Akinola L, Poutanen M, Vihko R & Vihko P (1997) Growth factors and phorbol-12- myristate- 13-acetate modulate the follicle stimulating hormone- and cAMP-dependent regulation of 17-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 expression in rat granulosa cells Mol Cell Endocrinol. 136, 47-56.

19. Akinola LA, Poutanen M, Vihko R. Cloning of rat 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 and characterization of tissue distribution and catalytic activity of rat type 1 and type 2 enzymes. Endocrinology. 1996 May;137(5):1572- 9. doi: 10.1210/endo.137.5.8612487. PMID: 8612487.

20. Akinola, L.A., Poutanen, M.A.T.T.I. and Vihko, R.E.I.J.O., 1996. Cloning of rat 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 and characterization of tissue distribution and catalytic activity of rat type 1 and type 2 enzymes. Endocrinology, 137(5), pp.1572-1579.

21. Elo JP, Akinola LA, Poutanen M, Vihko P, Kyllönen AP, Lukkarinen O, Vihko R. Characterization of 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase isoenzyme expression in benign and malignant human prostate. Int J Cancer. 1996 Mar 28;66(1):37-41. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960328)66:1<37::AID- IJC7>3.0.CO;2-#. PMID: 8608963.

22. Akinola LA, Ashiru AO. Effect of cryoprotective media and freezing techniques on human semen preservation. West Afr J Med. 1993 Jul-Sep;12(3):166-9. PMID: 8312215.

23. Ashiru OA, Akinola LA, Okanlawon AO and Adegoke F (1993) Reflections on the state of the art of human reproduction. Afr J of Med Med Sci 22, 3, 1-6.