THE EARLY PHYSICIANS OF IBADAN MEDICAL SCHOOL: PROFESSOR ALEXANDER BROWN

O S Ogah; S O Ajayi; M F Okeke; A Ogunniyi

THE EARLY PHYSICIANS OF IBADAN MEDICAL SCHOOL: PROFESSOR ALEXANDER BROWN

Ann Ib Postgrad Med. 2022 Dec;20(2):179-186.

Authors

O S Ogah¹, S O Ajayi¹, M F Okeke¹, A Ogunniyi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan/University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
² Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

PMID: 37384348
PMCID: PMC10295093

Abstract

The paper chronicles the life and times of Professor Alexander Brown, the Foundation Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Ibadan. The official opening of the University College Ibadan, Nigeria on 20 November 1957 as well as the graduation of the first set of clinical students in 1960 were glorious moments for Alexander Brown who laboured for 12years to witness these. He was also instrumental to the creation of the Department of Paediatrics (1962), Department of Radiology (1963) and the Medical Illustration unit of the hospital. Paediatrics and Radiology were initially units in the Department of Medicine. He played significant role in the development of postgraduate programmes in Cardiology, neuropsychiatry and nephrology units of the hospital and substantial role in the development of nursing education in the hospital. He was the brain behind the famous Ibarapa Community Health Project.

Keywords: Alexander Brown; Department of Medicine; Ibadan; Nigeria; University College Hospital; University of Ibadan.