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Summary
- Dr. Omofoye is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon at Tidelands Health with a focus on cranial neurosurgery and brain tumors. He graduated with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from UNC Chapel Hill and obtained a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University in New York. He received his medical degree from the UNC School of Medicine and completed his neurosurgical residency at the University of California Davis Medical Center with an enfolded fellowship at Boston Medical Center. After residency, he completed an additional CAST-approved fellowship in neurosurgical oncology and skull base neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to specialize in brain tumors.
Dr. Omofoye’s primary clinical interests are surgical treatment of metastatic and primary brain tumors such as meningiomas, glioblastomas, pituitary tumors etc. He directs the cranial and brain tumor program at Tidelands Health with cutting-edge technology such as a stereotactic brain biopsy robot, advanced neuronavigation with a state-of-the-art surgical microscope, virtual reality integration, and an intraoperative ultrasound. He is proficient in minimally invasive neurosurgical techniques such as endonasal pituitary surgery, brain tumor resection through an eyebrow incision and tubular retractor systems. In 2021, he performed the first brain biopsy using a cranial robot in the state of South Carolina.
His research interests include clinical trials for brain tumors and engineering applications in neurosurgery and neurosurgical oncology. He has authored 25 peer-reviewed scientific articles, abstracts, and book chapters, and given 31 national and international neurosurgery presentations. He received resident of the year awards for academic excellence in 2017 and 2020, as well as a resident scholarship award from the San Francisco Neurological Society in 2020. He is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
Education & Training
- Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterFellowship, Neurosurgical Oncology, 2020 - 2021
- University of California Davis HealthResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2018 - 2020
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Neurological Surgery, 2017 - 2018
- University of North Carolina HospitalsResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2012 - 2017
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 2012
- Columbia UniversityMS, Mechanical Engineering, 2006 - 2007
- University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBS, Biomedical Engineering, 2002 - 2006
Certifications & Licensure
- SC State Medical License 2021 - 2025
- CA State Medical License 2018 - 2022
- MA State Medical License 2017 - 2018
- NC State Medical License 2012 - 2017
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- James E. Boggan Resident Scholar Award UC Davis Department of Neurosurgery, 2020
- Department of Neurosurgery Resident Award Kaiser Foundation Hospital Sacramento, 2020
- Resident Scholarship Award San Francisco Neurological Society, 2020
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 35 citationsA Phase I Study of Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccine Pulsed with Allogeneic Stem-like Cell Line Lysate in Patients with Newly Diagnosed or Recurrent Glioblastoma.Jethro Hu, Oluwaseun Adeola Omofoye, Jeremy Rudnick, Sungjin Kim, Mourad Tighiouart, Surasak Phuphanich, Hongqiang Wang, Mia Mazer, Toni Ganaway, Ray M Chu, Chirag G. ...> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2021 Dec 3
- 4 citationsIntracranial myeloid sarcoma presentation in distant acute myeloid leukemia remission.Dennis Lee, Oluwaseun A. Omofoye, Tejas Karnati, John Paul Graff, Kiarash Shahlaie> ;Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2021 Jul 1
- 6 citationsNeoplastic Cerebral Aneurysm From Metastatic Nonsmall Cell Lung Carcinoma: Case Report and Literature Review.Oluwaseun A Omofoye, Randaline Barnett, Winnie Lau, Dimitri G. Trembath, J. Dedrick Jordan, Deanna Sasaki-Adams> ;Neurosurgery. 2018 Dec 1
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Press Mentions
- Is That Pounding Headache Caused by a Brain Tumor? Probably NotOctober 31st, 2022
- Tidelands Health First in South Carolina to Perform Life-Saving Surgery Using Cutting-Edge TechnologyOctober 5th, 2021
- Good News – July 2017July 21st, 2017
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Committees
- Resident Member, Program Evaluation Committee, UC Davis Department of Neurosurgery 2018 - 2019
- House-staff representative, Cancer Committee 2018 - 2019
Research History
- Skull Base Research Fellow2010 - 2011
Professional Memberships
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- North American Skull Base SocietyMember
- California Association of Neurological SurgeonsMember
- San Francisco Neurological SocietyMember
Hospital Affiliations
- Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet, South Carolina
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