Olakunle O. Akinboboye MD, MPH, MBA, FACP FACC, FAHA, FASNC, FSCCT, DABSM

Dr. Akinboboye is a Clinical Professor of Cardiology at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra-Northwell. He is also the medical director of Laurelton Heart Specialist P.C., in Laurelton, Queens. NY.

Dr. Akinboboye was on the faculty of Columbia University from 1995 to 2000 as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine. He obtained a Master of Public Health Degree from the School of Public Health at Columbia University in 1998. He also received a Masters's degree in Business Administration from Columbia Business School in 2001. He is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiology, hypertension, cardiac CT, sleep medicine, and nuclear cardiology.

He served as the president of the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC). In addition to this leadership position, Dr. Akinboboye was co-chair of the Examination Drafting Committee and a member of the Board of the Certifying Board of Nuclear Cardiology.

He also served on the International Board of Governors of the American College of Cardiology and on the Professional Education Committee of the American Heart Association. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease).

Dr. Ola Akinboboye has received numerous awards. He was selected by Castle Connolly as one of America's Top Doctors in the New York metro area from 2005 to 2010. He was recognized by New York Magazine as one of New York’s best heart doctors in 2006-2008 and on the cover of The Network Journal in 2008, as one of the best black doctors in the New York tri-state area.

He received a humanitarian award from the College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria in 2005 for his ongoing efforts to spread expertise in the techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Nigeria. He also received an award from the Association of Black Cardiologists for his dedicated service as a board member from 1999 to 2005.