Dr Tosin Otunla

About

Dr Tosin Otunla is a consultant paediatrician and neonatologist, and a paediatrician with expertise in cardiology. He qualified in medicine at the University of Lagos in 1987, trained in paediatrics in the United Kingdom, completed a neonatal fellowship in Vancouver, and was awarded his certificate of completion of specialist training in paediatrics and neonatal medicine in 2003. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, with subspecialty accreditation in neonatology, and has been a consultant at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2005. He holds an honorary consultant post in paediatric cardiology at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, chairs the national working group for paediatricians with expertise in cardiology, and represents the network on the Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease Operational Delivery Network board. He sees children from four weeks to sixteen years with heart murmurs, chest pain, palpitations and fainting, performs echocardiography and screens families with a history of heart disease, and sees younger children for feeding and growth concerns, skin complaints and musculoskeletal problems. He teaches regularly on UK paediatric echocardiography courses, and was a member of the review team for the Ockenden independent maternity review.