Olugbenga Ayodji Afilaka

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Get to know General Practitioner Dr. Olugbenga Ayodeji Afilaka, who serves patients in Aveley, Australia.

Dr. Afilaka is an experienced general practitioner who diagnoses and treats patients at Aveley Medical Centre in Aveley, Australia. Aveley Medical Centre is a friendly, modern, AGPAL-accredited practice that aims to provide high-quality healthcare to patients. The practice offers general medical consultation, men’s health, women’s health, child health, and immunization, travel medicine, minor skincare surgical procedures, and pathology services.

Dr. Afilaka is a highly trained and qualified physician with extensive expertise in all facets of his work, especially family medicine. Family medicine, formerly family practice, is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. Dr. Afilaka earned his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1991. 

Dr. Afilaka is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. The RACGP is the professional body for general practitioners in Australia. It is responsible for maintaining standards for quality clinical practice, education and training, and research in Australian general practice. Dr. Afilaka attributes his success to his hard work and God. In his spare time, he enjoys playing basketball and tennis, as well as traveling. 

Dr. Afilaka is a member of the Australian Medical Association and the Australian Wound Management Association. In the medical profession, a general practitioner (GP) is a medical doctor who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education to patients. A General Practitioner, like Dr. Afilaka, manages types of illnesses that present in an undifferentiated way at an early stage of development and may require urgent intervention.

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