{"id":3141,"date":"2019-09-06T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/pedssurgery\/?post_type=directory&#038;p=3141"},"modified":"2025-10-07T11:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:20:16","slug":"adesola-akinkuotu-md","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/pedssurgery\/directory\/adesola-akinkuotu-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, MPH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor of Surgery<\/p>\n<h3>SPECIALTIES<\/h3>\n<p>Minimally invasive surgery, thoracic surgery, congenital anomalies, and prenatal counseling<\/p>\n<h3>EDUCATION<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Doctor of Medicine &#8211; University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 2010<\/li>\n<li>General Surgery Internship &#8211; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 2011<\/li>\n<li>Research Fellowship &#8211; Texas Children\u2019s Hospital, Houston, TX 2015<\/li>\n<li>General Surgery Residency &#8211; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 2017<\/li>\n<li>Fellowship, General Pediatric Surgery &#8211; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON 2019<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Science &#8211; Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 2005<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>BOARD CERTIFICATIONS<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>General Surgery \u2013 Board Certified 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>PUBLICATIONS<\/h3>\n<p>Search for publications on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PubMed<\/a> using <em><strong>Akinkuotu AC<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0as search criteria<\/p>\n<h3>Q &amp; A<\/h3>\n<p>Read Dr. Akinkuotu\u2019s Q &amp; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/new-pediatric-surgeon-adesola-akinkuotu-md-talks-about-joining-unc-surgery-and-her-goal-to-grow-the-fetal-care-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor of Surgery SPECIALTIES Minimally invasive surgery, thoracic surgery, congenital anomalies, and prenatal counseling EDUCATION Doctor of Medicine &#8211; University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 2010 General Surgery Internship &#8211; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 2011 Research Fellowship &#8211; Texas Children\u2019s Hospital, Houston, TX 2015 General Surgery Residency &#8211; Johns &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/pedssurgery\/directory\/adesola-akinkuotu-md\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Adesola Akinkuotu, MD, MPH\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3142,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3141","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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