19 December, 2024

Adedamola Ogunniyi

Dr. Ogunniyi is an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where she has serves as an Associate Program Director and is primarily in charge of the didactic curriculum for the residency program. She also serves as a mentor for the PGY 2 class. She completed her residency training at Harbor-UCLA, followed by a fellowship in Global Health at the same institution, working on projects in rural South Sudan and in Amman, Jordan. Her academic interests are in medical education, simulation, global health, and social emergency medicine, with a goal of integrating these into residency training curricula. At the medical school level, she serves as one of the co-chairs for an unembalmed cadaver lab course at UCLA and is an instructor for various teaching courses. She is also a mentor to fourth year students looking to pursue a career in Emergency Medicine. In addition, she is an active member of various departmental, hospital, and medical school committees, including the departmental Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee and the International and Domestic Health Equity and Leadership (IDHEAL) section at UCLA. Dr. Ogunniyi is also adjunct faculty at the Charles Drew University School of Medicine and serves as a preceptor to third year medical students. She has also been an invited speaker to both national and international conferences and author of several book chapters and peer reviewed publications.