The Top 21: Our List of Outstanding Black Doctors
Dr. Olakunle Akinboboye is considered one of the best in the world of cardiovascular medicine. He was included in Castle Connolly’s list of top doctors in the New York metro area. Now a nuclear cardiologist, Dr. Akinboboye graduated from the University of Ibadan College of Medicine before coming to the US about 20 years ago. Soon after arrival he completed an internal medicine residency at the Nassau County Medical Center, and cardiology fellowship at the State University of New York. He went on to Columbia University and completed another fellowship with dedicated training in nuclear cardiology and advanced echocardiolography. Dr. Akinboboye’s medical education is also complimented by an MBA and master’s degree in public health from Columbia.
