Ayodele Olajide Falase (born 4 January 1944) is a Nigerian cardiologist and academic. He is a former vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan. He served as a WHO Expert committee member on cardiopathies and on a WHO expert panel on cardiovascular disease. Early life Ayodele was born on 4 January 1944 in the village of Erin-Oke, Oriade local government of Osun state, Nigeria. Ayodele completed his education in the following schools: Secondary education at Remo Secondary School, Segamu, Lagos State, Nigeria - 1956 Igbobi College, Yaba - 1957-62 University of Ibadan - 1963-68 Royal College of Physicians, UK - 1971 National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria - 1976 Royal College of Physicians of London - 1982 Career Ayodele started his career at University College Hospital, Ibadan in 1968-69, immediately after graduation from the same university. He became a house physician in 1969-70 and a registrar in 1971-72, in the same college hospital. He held several positions on this career path until he rose to become a professor of cardiology and founder of Pan African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR). He was awarded the Nigerian National Merit Award in 2005 and currently one of the four Emeritus Professors at the Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan. An Introduction to Clinical Diagnosis in the Tropics, a popular clinical clerkship book among Nigerian clinical medical students was first published by him in 1986. Research Ayodele's publications include subjects on: Cardiomyopathy Peripartum heart disease Infectious and dilated cardiomyopathy Hypertension Heart failure Ischaemic Heart disease Congenital heart diseases Books The human heart fountain of life: inaugural lecture delivered on Tuesday 27 January 1981 An introduction to clinical diagnosis in the tropics(1986) Cardiovascular disease(1987) References 1944 births Living people Vice-Chancellors of the University of Ibadan Nigerian cardiologists Igbobi College alumni University of Ibadan alumni 20th-century Nigerian medical doctors