This course incorporates basic and advanced obstetric ultrasound training holding in Nigeria with high focus on hands on practical training. The course is coordinated by Dr Enigha Enabudoso, the ISUOG ambassador to anglophone West Africa.
The following members of ISUOG International Faculty are speaking at the workshop:
For more than a decade, Professor Ehigha Enabudoso has been closing the distance between world-class obstetric ultrasound and the women who are least likely to receive it. An obstetrician-gynaecologist, implementation scientist and Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Benin, Nigeria, he has built his career on a single conviction: that expertise in fetal medicine belongs in low- and middle-income countries as much as anywhere else, and that the way to get it there is to train the people who will stay.
Building capacity where it is needed most
In 2014, Professor Enabudoso founded the Fetal Diagnostic and Ultrasound Centre in Benin City and launched the ISUOG-endorsed Fetal Medicine and OBGYN Ultrasound Workshop, the first international-standard obstetric ultrasound training programme of its kind in the region. Since then, the workshop has trained hundreds of clinicians from across West Africa and has brought ISUOG courses to Nigerian audiences through livestreaming. His training model, built around capacity-building, task-shifting and scalable diagnostic innovation, has since taken him to Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Liberia, and as a master trainer for the GE Healthcare and USAID HealthyMagination Mother and Child Initiative (HMCI), he equipped community midwives in rural Nigeria with basic obstetric scanning skills.
A career shaped by ISUOG
Professor Enabudoso's relationship with ISUOG began as a travel grant recipient. He went on to serve as ISUOG Ambassador to Anglophone West Africa, then as Vice Chair and subsequently Chair of the ISUOG Outreach Committee. Along the way he has mentored many ISUOG travel grant winners, championed livestreaming of ISUOG courses in Nigeria and worked steadily to grow ISUOG membership in the country, turning a personal opportunity into a pipeline for others.
Research at the frontier of ultrasound in low-resource settings
He currently leads the research team for the Gates Foundation-supported “Pathway for AI-Enabled Point-of-Care Ultrasound (AI POCUS) Introduction in Nigeria,” a project exploring how artificial intelligence can extend high-quality obstetric imaging to frontline health workers. His implementation science portfolio includes multi-centre collaborations on maternal mortality, early detection of obstetric complications and AI-assisted fetal surveillance, and he has contributed to landmark trials aimed at improving Nigeria's maternal and neonatal outcomes, including E-MOTIVE and AZIN-V. His current work focuses on tools for competence assessment in basic ultrasound. Some publications capture the foundations of this work among others:
Enabudoso E, Adams OH. An international standard fetal ultrasound training programme organized in a low resource setting: The ISUOG-Benin City experience. Trop J Obstet Gynaecol. 2016;33(3):292–296.
Enabudoso E, Adams OH. Organizing an international-standard obstetric ultrasound training program in a low-resource setting. Int J Gynecol Obstet. 2017;136(1):102–104.
Enabudoso E, Awowole I, Thompson O, & Okoror C. Despite the Long Learning Curve for Ultrasound, How Beneficial Is A 5-Day Basic Obstetric Ultrasound Training for Foetal Biometry. AJFMED. 2024. 3(1), 20–25.
Anya C, Enabudoso E, Awarute F, Idemudia O, Oshiomhole C. Introduction of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Primary Healthcare in Edo State, Nigeria: Achievements, Barriers, and Implementation Realities. Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2025. 13(5), 87-96. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jgo.20251305.12
Training and credentials
Professor Enabudoso trained in medicine and completed his residency at the University of Benin and the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, before undertaking training in fetal medicine and OBGYN ultrasound at Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He holds Fetal Medicine Foundation certifications in fetal ultrasound and obstetric Doppler, and is a Fellow of the West African College of Surgeons and of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, where he also serves as an examiner and member of the Faculty Board. In 2019 he served as Associate Clinical Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, within the World Bank collaborative programme at the Liberia-Japanese Friendship Hospital in Monrovia.
A vision for outreach
Professor Enabudoso is a firm believer in home-grown solutions to the challenges facing low- and middle-income countries, and in strong local leadership as the surest route to closing the global gap in healthcare. He brings that conviction, together with his experience across West Africa and beyond, to the task of expanding the reach and ambition of ISUOG's outreach programme, so that the next generation of clinicians in LMICs can offer their patients the standard of care that every woman deserves.
Country: Nigeria
Field: Obstetrics
Specialties: Fetal ultrasound, Obstetric Dopplers; Ultrasound education.
Language: English
Prof. Anthony Odibo, MD, MSCE, FRCOG, FACOG
Anthony Odibo is currently employed as a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA. He completed his medical training at the University of Benin, Nigeria and trained in Obstetrics and Gynecology / Maternal Fetal Medicine in the UK and USA. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Anthony Odibo also holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Anthony Odibo splits his time between an active clinical practice, with focus on prenatal diagnosis and fetal therapy, as well as research investigating prediction models and the role of the placenta in development of adverse pregnancy outcomes. He is the Medical Director of the Fetal Care Center of Tampa Bay.
Anthony Odibo is the new Editor in Chief of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has previously served as the Deputy Chief Editor for ACTA and Editor for BJOG and Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and is on the Editorial Board for BJOG and Prenatal Diagnosis.
Recent publications:
Customized fetal growth standard compared to the Intergrowth-21st Century standard at predicting small-for gestational age neonates.
Odibo AO, Nwabuobi C, Odibo L, Leavitt K, Obican S, Tuuli MG.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2018 Jun 7. doi: 10.1111/aogs.13394. [Epub ahead of print]
Vasa previa screening strategies: a decision and cost-effectiveness analysis.
Sinkey RG, Odibo AO.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2018 May 22. doi: 10.1002/uog.19098. [Epub ahead of print]
Elective induction of labor at 39 weeks among nulliparous women: The impact on maternal and neonatal risk.
Sinkey RG, Lacevic J, Reljic T, Hozo I, Gibson KS, Odibo AO, Djulbegovic B, Lockwood CJ.
PLoS One. 2018 Apr 25;13(4):e0193169. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193169. eCollection 2018.
External validity in perinatal research.
Odibo AO, Acharya G.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2018 Apr;97(4):424-428. doi: 10.1111/aogs.13268. Epub 2017 Dec 18. Review.
Weight discordance and perinatal mortality in twin pregnancies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
D'Antonio F, Odibo AO, Prefumo F, Khalil A, Buca D, Flacco ME, Liberati M, Manzoli L, Acharya G.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Nov 20. doi: 10.1002/uog.18966. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
Screening and prevention of preterm birth: what is a clinician to do?
Odibo AO.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2017 Aug;96(8):905-906. doi: 10.1111/aogs.13142. No abstract available.
Three-Dimensional Power Doppler Evaluation of Cerebral Vascular Blood Flow: A Novel Tool in the Assessment of Fetal Growth Restriction.
Goetzinger KR, Cahill AG, Odibo L, Macones GA, Odibo AO.
J Ultrasound Med. 2018 Jan;37(1):139-147. doi: 10.1002/jum.14323. Epub 2017 Jul 14.
Sexual Dimorphism in Umbilical Vein Blood Flow During the Second Half of Pregnancy: A Longitudinal Study.
Widnes C, Flo K, Wilsgaard T, Odibo AO, Acharya G.
J Ultrasound Med. 2017 Dec;36(12):2447-2458. doi: 10.1002/jum.14286. Epub 2017 Jun 24.
Prenatal diagnosis of aortopulmonary window associated with aberrant subclavian artery.
Louis-Jacques AF, Običan SG, Nguyen T, Odibo A.
Cardiol Young. 2017 Sep;27(7):1441-1443. doi: 10.1017/S104795111700035X. Epub 2017 Mar 16.
A stillbirth calculator: Development and internal validation of a clinical prediction model to quantify stillbirth risk.
Trudell AS, Tuuli MG, Colditz GA, Macones GA, Odibo AO.
PLoS One. 2017 Mar 7;12(3):e0173461. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173461. eCollection 2017.
Country: USA
Field: Obstetrics
Specialties: Fetal anomaly screening T1 &T2; fetal biometry and wellbeing; aneuploidies; fetal anomalies; fetal growth restriction; maternal and fetal Doppler; fetal interventional procedures; multiple pregnancy; preeclampsia; preterm delivery
Language: English