Basil Ezeanolue

Basil Chukwuemeka Ezeanolue (born 17 November 1953) is a Nigerian professor of Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery). He was a member of senate and he is a fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Basil Ezeanolue was the Secretary (from 1999 to 2003) and later President of the Otorhinolaryngological Society of Nigeria (2005 to 2009). Ezeanolue also delivered the 6th Valedictory Lecture of the University of Nigeria entitled, "Challenges of balancing work with life, Geriatric Otorhinolaryngology and living post-work life of retirement - A discourse of the experiences and the lessons learnt from the Nigeria University System and Health Services Sectors perspectives of an Academic Clinical Otorhinolaryngologist Head and Neck Surgeon" on 10 November 2023. He is the Founder and Surgeon-in-Chief of Balsam Clinics, Enugu, Nigeria. On 20 September 2018, he delivered the 36th Convocation Lecture of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, entitled, "Do Not Be Afraid And Do Not Fail To Rescue – a discourse on the challenges confronting Nigeria Health Sector" at Ijanikin, Lagos. Basil Ezeanolue's publications have been cited 440 times according to the AD Scientific index ranking. and the fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons (FWACS) in Otorhinolaryngology in the year 1990. He was part-time lecturer in the Department of Anatomy, University of Nigeria (1991 to 2005).

Basil Ezeanolue became an academic staff of the University of Nigeria in November 1991 as Lecturer I and rose through the ranks to become a full Professor of Otorhinolaryngology on 1 October 2005. He was the Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus (from 2012 to 2014). Ezeanolue was Chairman, Medical and Dental Consultant Association of Nigeria (UNTH Chapter), from August 2006 till December 2008. On 20 September 2018, he delivered the 36th Convocation Lecture of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, entitled, "Do Not Be Afraid And Do Not Fail To Rescue – a discourse on the challenges confronting Nigeria Health Sector" at Ijanikin, Lagos. He also delivered the 6th Valedictory Lecture of the University of Nigeria entitled, "Challenges of balancing work with life, Geriatric Otorhinolaryngology and living post-work life of retirement - A discourse of the experiences and the lessons learnt from the Nigeria University System and Health Services Sectors perspectives of an Academic Clinical Otorhinolaryngologist Head and Neck Surgeon" on 10 November 2023.

Editorship of academic journals Basil Ezeanolue is the pioneer Editor-in-Chief of the Nigerian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology (2004 to 2016); Associate Editor of the Orient Journal of Medicine (2000 to 2010); Associate Editor of the Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal (from June 2011 to December 2017). He has also served in the editorial board of the Journal of the American Academy of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.

Select publications Basil Ezeanolue's publications have been cited 440 times according to the AD Scientific index ranking. and 443 times according to the google scholar index. His publications include: