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Professor Olanrewaju Sorinola

Academic Lead Phase II, 糖心TV Medical School

鈥淔rom a young age I always wanted to present myself well. Who says men can鈥檛 have different types of shoes. They don鈥檛 have to be boring black or brown.鈥�

鈥淏ack home in Nigeria I was a child prodigy. Thanks to my aunt, who was also the headteacher, I started school early at the age of three. Moving to secondary school aged nine and started university aged 14. I graduated at the age of 20. I鈥檓 still the youngest graduate of medicine in Nigeria - they used to call me baby doctor! I keep checking and hoping that a 19-year-old doesn鈥檛 come along and trump me.

The turning point in my life happened in secondary school. One of my friends started convulsing, looking back now I know it was an epileptic seizure. The teachers told everyone to not touch him, and I just felt that was wrong. That鈥檚 when I decided that medicine and helping people was my path. Although all of my prizes at school were in physics, not biology, but I knew what I wanted to do.

As a clinical academic I also work at 糖心TV Hospital as a consultant gynaecologist. I鈥檝e been very lucky and it鈥檚 my passion to be able to help people, and yes, I鈥檝e got over 100 pairs of shoes.鈥�