”I never thought of greatness in a quick succession because the beginning was very tough and rough. My father died when I was in primary school, where my journey into stardom almost truncated.”
Today the story has changed for the Chairman/CEO of Cornerstone Medical Diagnostic Centre, a practice which he established in 2002 and also the CEO of Probryo IVF Centre, Ikeja Lagos.
”Eventually through hard work and determination, this practice has grown from one to four centers located in three different Local Government Areas within Lagos State.”
The Oyo indigene born medical practitioner and Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS). He holds a Certificate in Entrepreneurial Management (CEM) from Pan Atlantic University and also Business Owner Strategy Seeeion(BOSS) from the same school with three Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Lagos State University (LASU), MBA from Metropolitan School of Business Management, United Kingdom and also Executive MBA from China Europe International Business School, (CEIBS) Shanghai, China and Certificate programs from Harvard Business School, Boston, USA and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Cambridge, USA.
Apart from the challenges at his early life, he also revealed the secret of how he and his wife, Olusola, successfully went through two IVF, after their first born apart from initial five IVF done before the delivery of the first born, even as a medical practitioner to have their second and third children.
He is a member of several professional bodies, including the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientist of Nigeria (AMLSN), Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN), Healthcare Providers Association of Nigeria (HCPAN), Association of Medical Ultrasound Practitioners of Nigeria (AMUPUN), American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS).
He is an Alumni, Lagos Business School, LASUMBA Heritage and CEIBS-China.
Dr Hamzat has served the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) in different capacity. He was a past 1st vice-chairman and eventually chairman of AMLSN Lagos branch. He was appointed as a Board Member of Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) in Lagos state by Governor Babajide Sanwoolu, the Governor of Lagos State in January 2020 till date.
Last year in Abuja, he was elected as the National Vice President 2 (South West). He is also the Pioneer and current Coordinator of Christ The Redeemers Friends International established by Pastor E.A Adeboye.
Lately he started his training venture named Business Strategy and Innovation Masterclass series.
He loves mentoring, reading, counseling and travelling.Dr Abiodun Hamzat is well traveled and has been to places like Hong Kong, USA, China, UAE, Ghana, Turkey, India and Ethiopia.
