Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology/Electrophysiology, and Co-Director UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
About
Dr. Ajijola received his Bachelor’s degree with Distinction in Biology from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine, and his PhD in Molecular, Cellular & Integrative Physiology from UCLA. He completed his residency training in internal medicine at Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital and his fellowships in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology at UCLA. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Medicine and co-directs the UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP). He is a practicing interventional cardiac electrophysiologist and is recognized as a Southern California Super Doctor.
Dr. Ajijola’s research career has been dedicated to basic/translational investigation into the neural mechanisms of cardiac dysfunction and ventricular arrhythmias. In addition to the NIH Director’s New Innovator award, he is also a recipient of the A. P. Giannini Foundation postdoctoral award, the Jeremiah Stamler Award. He is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). He received the Sir Burdon Sanderson Prize Lecture Award from the University of Oxford in 2023. He is an alumnus of the New Voices program of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and is known for his achievements in leadership, and outstanding teaching & mentorship.
Outside of work, he enjoys traveling and exploring all Los Angeles.