Dr. Jafaru Abu is a Consultant Gynecological Oncology Surgeon who, before joining Burjeel Medical City, Burjeel Holdings, occupied a senior position at Nottingham University Hospitals in the United Kingdom. In a career span of nearly three decades, he worked in the field of obstetrics and Gynecology and as a consultant for almost 20 years in gynecological oncology. During his post graduate training years, he worked in a chain of leading Teaching hospitals in the United Kingdom. Following his general training in obstetrics and gynecology, Dr Abu decided to undergo a focused and highly specialised surgical training in gynecological oncology between 2003 to 2006 and worked as Subspecialty Fellow at the University Hospitals of Leicester, United Kingdom. He was also a visiting Fellow in Gyn Oncology to The Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital, Queensland, and The Royal Northshore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Dr. Abu undertook all of his postgraduate training in Obstetrics and Gynecology in the UK and worked as a House Officer, Senior House Officer, Specialist Registrar, Senior Registrar and Clinical Research Fellow. He was a brilliant academic performer throughout his undergraduate and postgraduate training, qualifying with excellent grades. After gaining his first degree in medicine (MBBS) from the University of Benin Medical School, Nigeria, Dr. Abu moved to the United Kingdom, where he undertook all his postgraduate medical training and qualified as a Member (and later a Fellow) of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, UK, (MRCOG, FRCOG) and gained Colposcopic accreditation from the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (BSCCP). He also studied for and gained a Master’s degree in clinical sciences from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom and earned double qualifications during his Specialist training years initially in Obstetrics and Gynecology and later in Gynecological Oncology: the Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in obstetrics and gynecology from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, UK, and the Certificate of Completion of Sub-specialty Training (CCST) in Gynecological Oncology, jointly from the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, UK. Following the completion of his sub-specialty training in gyn oncology, he was appointed as a Consultant Gynecological Oncology Surgeon in 2006 at Nottingham University Hospitals, one of UK’s largest teaching hospitals. Immediately following his appointment, he began and led a significant transformation in the surgical management of gynecological malignancies in Nottingham and its surroundings by pioneering the introduction of several innovative surgical procedures
Surgical Oncology
