BRIEF PROFILE-
Dr Akinsola Sunday AINA is a Consultant Ophthalmologist with interest in anterior
segment subspeciality. Presently a Senior lecturer with Bowen University Iwo and an
honorary consultant with Bowen University Teaching Hospital Ogbomoso.
He graduated from Ladoke Akintola Univerity Of technology in the year 2003 where he
obtained his MBBS degree. He had his ophthalmology residency training programme at
the University College Hospital Ibadan and obtained the fellowship of National
Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria in Ophthalmology(FMCOph) and Fellowship of
West African College of Surgeons(FWACS) in 2015 and 2016 respectively. Dr Aina’s
interest in academics and research made him to enrol for a Master’s programme in the
University of Ibadan where he obtained Msc. Ophthalmology(one of the pioneer set) in
2017. In his desire to improve both his academics and clinical skills, he applied and won a
scholarship from the International Council of Ophthalmology and was sponsored for a
short-term fellowship training in Cornea and External disease at the prestigious LV
Prasad eye Institute Hyderabad, India in 2018 where he learnt various surgical skills.
Dr Aina is the pioneer researcher in the use of Focometer(an instrument in assessing
refractive error ) in Nigeria, this gave him the opportunity to win the Lions Clubs
International Foundation Sightfirst research grant award in the year 2017. Dr Aina has
attended various local and international scientific conferences and has publications in
peered review journals.