Portrait of Dr Taiwo Ladapo

Dr Taiwo Ladapo

Specialty Lead: Paediatrics

About

Dr Taiwo Ladapo is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Education and the Specialty Lead for Year 4 Paediatrics at the KMMS. She holds an MSc in Clinical Education from the Queens University, Belfast, UK, and is keen to contribute to the education of the next generation of medical students. She was a Lecturer at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria, where she was involved in various aspects of undergraduate medical education before relocating to the UK in 2016. She currently practices acute paediatrics at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent.

Research interests

Dr Ladapo has co-authored several publications in paediatrics, some of have been presented at regional and international conferences. She is currently exploring further research in medical education with interests in differential attainment in undergraduate medical education and medical education leadership.

Teaching

Dr Ladapo is also a Teaching a Fellow in Clinical and Professional Skills at the KMMS alongside her current role and is experienced in undergraduate teaching in a variety of formats and settings. In addition, over the past 5 years, she has been involved in the teaching and assessment of medical students at the Queen’s University in Belfast and King's College, London, alongside her clinical practice.

Professional

- Ladapo TA, Pandita S. Adu A. Accessibility of child health care services during a national lock-down in the UK: a parental survey. BMJ Paediatrics Open Apr 2021, 5 (Suppl 1) A62; DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2021.
- Eke FU, Ladapo T, Okpere AN, et al. The current status of kidney transplantation in Nigerian children: still awaiting light at the end of the tunnel. Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 Mar;36(3):693-699. doi: 10.1007/s00467-020-04753-7.
- Ladapo TA, Gajjar P, McCulloch M, Scott C, Numanoglu A, Nourse P. Impact of revascularization on hypertension in children with Takayasu’s arteritis-induced renal artery stenosis: a 21-year review. Pediatr Nephrol. 2015;30(8):1289–95. doi: 10.1007/s00467-015-3049-y

Publications

1. Ladapo TA, Pandita S. Adu A. Accessibility of child health care services during a national lock-down in the UK: a parental survey. BMJ Paediatrics Open Apr 2021, 5 (Suppl 1) A62; DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2021. 2. Eke FU, Ladapo T, Okpere AN, et al. The current status of kidney transplantation in Nigerian children: still awaiting light at the end of the tunnel. Pediatr Nephrol. 2021 Mar;36(3):693-699. doi: 10.1007/s00467-020-04753-7. 3. Ladapo TA, Gajjar P, McCulloch M, Scott C, Numanoglu A, Nourse P. Impact of revascularization on hypertension in children with Takayasu’s arteritis-induced renal artery stenosis: a 21-year review. Pediatr Nephrol. 2015;30(8):1289–95.

Last updated March 17, 2025