August 08, (THEWILL) — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Professor Idia Nibukun Ize-Iyamu as the new Chief Medical Director of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH).
THEWILL reports that the new CMD is the wife of Pastor Ize Iyamu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State.
The appointment which takes effect from August 18, 2025, followed the successful completion of the tenure of the outgoing CMD, Professor Darlington Obaseki.
Prof. Ize-Iyamu, a highly distinguished academic, clinician, and administrator, brings to the role an unbroken record of service within UBTH spanning more than 27 years. She joined the hospital in 1997 as a Junior Registrar and rose through the ranks to become an Honorary Consultant in 2005. For over eleven years, she served as Head of Department, earning widespread respect for her integrity, deep institutional knowledge, and results-driven leadership.
Beyond her administrative and clinical excellence, Prof. Ize-Iyamu is a renowned teacher and trainer who has mentored and developed generations of doctors, many of whom have risen to become consultants, while others are practicing successfully in leading medical institutions across the world.
A globally trained specialist, Prof. Ize-Iyamu is a Commonwealth Fellow and a Craniofacial Orthodontist who honed her expertise at the Oxford University Teaching Hospital, United Kingdom, and furthered her training at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Her international exposure and global professional networks position her to introduce cutting-edge innovations and best practices to UBTH.
In her current role as Dean of the School of Dentistry, University of Benin, she has been celebrated as one of the institution’s most effective Deans, attracting public-private partnerships, mobilizing resources, and significantly improving infrastructure, staff welfare, and student training. She is also a prolific scholar with over 55 publications in reputable local and international journals, contributing meaningfully to evidence-based health policy and research.
While her appointment is expected to usher in a new era of transformative healthcare delivery at UBTH, Prof. Ize-Iyamu’s vision places patients firmly at the centre of every decision, with a focus on people-first service delivery, uncompromising quality assurance, and strategic innovation.
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