Looking Back

<p>In this autobiography<em> Looking Back: The History of an Oke Padi Resident</em> Professor Laditan travels back in time to tell the story of his life that spans over eight decades. It is the story of his birth early childhood education marriage and career. The book deals with his polygamous upbringing and describes how he spent early childhood with his mother and grandmother in Ibadan. His life journey took him through varied experiences as he later lived in Ilaro with his paternal grandparents both of whom were non-literate. He was fourteen-years-old when he started to live with his father and stepmother in Lagos. He attended Igbobi College in Lagos for his school certificate and higher school certificate education after which he proceeded to the United Kingdom to study medicine at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Professor Laditan is a retired professor of Child Health and Paediatrics. His professional career started as a Paediatric Resident at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan Nigeria. He later transferred his service to the University of Ibadan (UI) as a Research Fellow and Consultant Paediatrician at the Institute of Child Health where he became Professor and Director of the Institute. In 1984 he was invited from the Institute of Child Health to be the Foundation Provost of a new Medical School Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences (OACHS) and the Pioneer Chief Medical Director of its teaching hospital in Sagamu Ogun State Nigeria. In 1988 he left for Saudi Arabia and practised as a Consultant Paediatrician until he left in 2002 and relocated to the USA.</p><p> </p>