Prof Taofeek Owonikoko

Prof. Taofeek Kunle Owonikoko is an American physician who is a Professor and Vice-Chair for Faculty Development, at the Department of Haematology and Medical Oncology at the Winship Cancer Institute. His research considers small-cell lung cancer. He was a 2019 Emory University Woodruff Leadership Academy Fellow.

Prof. Owonikoko is a thoracic medical oncologist specializing in treating lung cancer patients. His clinical interests include medical oncology (diagnosis and treatment of cancer), hematology (diagnosis and treatment of blood disorders), and internal medicine (treatment of diseases in adults).

Prof. Owonikoko is the executive director of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Center. He is also the senior associate dean of cancer programs at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. In addition, he is the associate vice president of cancer programs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Prof. Owonikoko is from Nigeria. He attended the Obafemi Awolowo University, where he specialized in medicine. Owonikoko completed his Lagos University Teaching Hospital residency. In 1998 he was awarded a German research fellowship to join Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. Whilst Owonikoko earned a doctoral degree in anatomical pathology in Germany.