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Lewis County Health System Welcomes OB/GYN Adewale Adegbenro, MD
Published: February 12, 2025
at 11:45 a.m.
By: Press Release from Lewis County Health System
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
February 12, 2025
LCHS WELCOMES
OB/GYN ADEWALE ADEGBENRO, MD
LOWVILLE, NY– Lewis County
Health System (LCHS) is pleased to announce that obstetrician and
gynecologist Adewale Adegbenro, MD, FACOG, has
joined the Women's Health Center medical staff. He will provide obstetrical and
gynecological care for women in all stages of life.
"Dr. Adegbenro is a welcomed addition to the medical staff
and aligns with our commitment to provide a full-service OB/GYN women's
health clinic for the women of Lewis County and surrounding areas,"
stated Lewis County Health System Chief Executive Officer Gerald R. Cayer.
Dr. Adegbenro received his medical degree from the
University of Calabar, Nigeria, in 2000.
He later completed his residency in the UK with the Royal College of
Obstetrics and Gynecologists. He is
a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, USA. Before joining LCHS, he was a clinical
instructor at the Division of General Gynecology and Obstetrics, University
of British Columbia, Canada, and on the medical staff at Fort St. John
Hospital, British Columbia, Canada.
"Dr. Adegbenro's experience will serve the women in our
community well and help our women's health team in meeting their
gynecologic and obstetric care needs," stated LCHS Chief Medical
Officer for Employed Practices Sean Harney, M.D.
With over two
decades of experience in obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Adegbenro
will provide patient-centered care for women at every stage of a woman's
life – from adolescence through menopause and beyond. He will focus
on medical and surgical obstetrical and gynecological care, well-woman
exams, prenatal, delivery, post-partum care, contraception management,
endometriosis, pelvic pain, menstrual disorders, infertility, menopause,
urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, pelvic organ prolapse, and more.
"I look
forward to working with the women's health team and providing OB/GYN care
for the women of Lewis County and the North Country throughout their
lifespan," stated Adewale Adegbenro,
M.D.
In addition to
his clinical practice, Dr. Adegbenro enjoys
spending time with his family and traveling, and he is an American football
fan.
The Women's
Health Center, located in the Medical Arts Building on the main hospital
campus in Lowville, has two additional physicians, Georges Akl and Daniel
Burns, and two family nurse practitioners, Danah
Ernst and Hali Reid. For more
information or to make an appointment, please call 315-376-5475.
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In photo: Adewale
Adegbenro, MD, FACOG
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