Boluwaji Ogunyemi

Professional and Research Interests:

• Health Policy
• Health Systems Leadership
• Social Accountability
• Diversity, Inclusion, Equity
• Clinical Epidemiology
• Medical Dermatology
• History of Medicine and Medical Humanities
• Medical Education

Education

Fellowship in Health Sciences Improvement, University of Alberta School of Public Health, 2024

Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion, Cornell University, Ithica, NY, 2020

Graduate Certificate in Medical Teaching, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2019

Dermatology Postgraduate Residency Program, The University of British Columbia, 2018

Doctor of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2013

Clinical Epidemiology Graduate Diploma, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2009

Bachelor of Sciences Honors Double Major in Sociology and Medical Sciences, 2008
Western University

Leadership Training

Physician Leadership and Management Project, 2023 – 2024

ICD.D Designation, Director Education Program, Rotman School of Management, 2021 - 2022

Selected Honors and Achievements

2023 Faculty of Science Alumni Award of Achievement, Western University

2022 Globe & Mail Changemaker Award

2022 Canadian Medical Association Award for Young Leaders

2022 Cultural Educator of the Year - The Association For New Canadians

2021 Most Inspiring Immigrants in Atlantic Canada 2022

2021 Nominee - Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Award 

2021 Early Career Volunteer Award, Canadian Dermatology Association

2019 Memorial University Alumni Tribute Awards, Horizon Award

2019 Western University Alumni Awards of Merit, Young Alumni Award

2018 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Convocation Speaker

2018 Royal Bank of Canada Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards

2018 American Academy of Dermatology Members Making a Difference Award

2017 Harry Jerome Award for Excellence in Health Sciences

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association Leadership Award

Selected Research Scholarships

National Institutes of Health (NIH) – National Medical Association Scholarship
Canadian Dermatology Association Early Career Research Award
Frederick Kalz Award, Canadian Dermatology Foundation
Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada Medical Scholarship
Canadian Rheumatology Association Research Scholarship
Memorial University Individual Merit Fund

National Leadership and Governance Positions

Canadian Medical Association Governance Committee 

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Anti-Black Racism Accreditation Working Group 

Public Health Ethics Consultative Group, Public Health Agency of Canada 

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Canadian Dermatology Association

Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Advisory Panel, Practice Section 

Board of Directors, Skin Research Group of Canada
Physician Advisor, Black Physicians of Canada
Ambassador, Canadian Medical Association

Previous National Leadership and Governance Positions

Board of Directors, Canadian Dermatology Association
Executive Committee, Canadian Professors of Dermatology
Executive Committee, Resident Doctors of British Columbia

Publications, Mainstream Media Outlets

The New York Times
The Globe and Mail
CBC News
The Vancouver Sun
The Huffington Post

Reviewer, Scientific Journals

Academic Medicine
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery – Case Reports
University of British Columbia Medical Journal

Select Publications – Peer-Reviewed

Rosacea as a potential risk factor for dementia. Abdi, P., Haq, Z., Diaz, M., Maibach, H., and Ogunyemi, B. International Journal of Dermatology. 17 June 2024.

Accuracy of ChatGPT-3.5 anf GPT-4 in diagnosing clinical scenarios in dermatology involving skin of color. Qureshi, S., Alli, S., and Ogunyemi, B. International Journal of Dermatology. 9 August 2024.

Efficacy of Combinational Therapy Using Topical Minoxidil and Microneedling For the Treatment of Androgenetic Alopedia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Parsa Abdi; Christian Awad; Michelle R. Anthony; Christopher Farkouh; Bret Kenny; Howard Maibach; Bolu Ogunyemi, MD. Archives of Dermatological Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-023-02688-1

Skin of Color Representation at the Canadian Dermatology Association's Annual Conferences. Akkufo-Ado, E., George, A., and Ogunyemi, B. J Cutan Med Surg. 2023 July.

Representation of Skin of Color in Canadian Postgraduate Dermatology Education & Programs — A Cross-Sectional Survey Study. Mahmood, F. Copps, B. Ladha, M. Ogunyemi, B. and Purdy, K. J Cutan Med Surg. 2022 August. https://doi-org.qe2a-proxy.mun.ca/10.1177/12034754221116101

Atopic dermatitis and skin infections are a poorly documented crisis in Canada's Indigenous pediatric population: It's time to start the conversation. Pediatr Dermatol. 2021;38(Suppl. 2):188–189. Asiniwasis RN, Heck E, Amir Ali A, Ogunyemi B, Hardin J.

A Brief History of Psoriasis Management. Maliyar, K., Fleming, P., Ogunyemi, B., and Lynde, C. (2020) Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery). J Cutan Med Surg. 2020 Jan 31:1203475420903682

The State of Ethnic Dermatology in Canada. (2017) Ogunyemi, B. and Miller-Monthrope, Y. Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. 2017, Vol. 21(5) 464– 466
Cultural-ecological Theory of Academic Disengagement used to explain A Story of Race, Culture and Education. Ogunyemi, B. (2016) Journal of the National Medical Association.
Surgical Innovation in the Cold War era: Gavril Ilizarov and his apparatus as a device for external fixation
and limb Lengthening. Ogunyemi, B. (2017). University of British Columbia Medical Journal. 8.2 (29-30)

A Cultural History of Ethnic Identity and Aesthetic Surgery in the Twentieth Century. Ogunyemi, B. (2013). University of Alberta Health Sciences Journal Volume 8, Issue 1.

Mortality trends in a Canadian Cohort of Psoriatic Arthritis Patients. Ogunyemi, B., McGill Journal of Medicine. Vol 14, No 2 (2013).

Psychosis in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Atypical presentation. Gandhi, P, Ogunyemi, B., MacDonald, A., Gamit, A. (2012) British Medical Journal Case Reports. 2012 Jan 18; 2012.

Hypertension as an Independent Risk Factor for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Review. Ogunyemi, B. (2011) The University of Toronto Medical Journal.  Vol 89, No 1.

Case Report – Leuprolide Acetate-Induced Necrotic Skin Ulceration.
W.C. Ian Janes, MSc., MEd.¹, B. Ogunyemi, MD, FRCPC¹, M. Andrews, MD, FSCRC² 
Canadian Urological Association Journal

Links

https://twitter.com/OgunyemiMD
https://www.linkedin.com/in/boluogunyemi/
https://gazette.mun.ca/campus-and-community/renaissance-man/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEGFpPIStg0