Kolawole S. Okuyemi

Kolawole S. Okuyemi, MD, MPH

Languages spoken: English
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Sugar House Health Center

801-581-2000

  • Kola Okuyemi, M.D., M.P.H., is a board certified family medicine physician who specializes in acute and chronic diseases and full spectrum care for patients of all ages. He received his medical degree from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Dr. Okuyemi completed a family medicine residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center and obtained a master’s degree in public health while on the faculty at the University of Kansas. He also completed a research fellowship at Morehouse School of medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. His professional interests include improving the health of racial/ethnic minorities and other socio-economically disadvantaged individuals, addressing health disparities/equity, socio-cultural and behavioral risk factors impacting health outcomes, professional development and mentoring. In his leisure time, Dr. Okuyemi enjoys reading, exercise, and spending time with his family. He accepts most insurance plans. At this time, Dr. Okuyemi is not accepting new patients.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Family Medicine
    Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

  • Kola Okuyemi, M.D., M.P.H., is a board certified family medicine physician who specializes in acute and chronic diseases and full spectrum care for patients of all ages. He received his medical degree from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Dr. Okuyemi completed a family medicine residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center and obtained a master’s degree in public health while on the faculty at the University of Kansas. He also completed a research fellowship at Morehouse School of medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. His professional interests include improving the health of racial/ethnic minorities and other socio-economically disadvantaged individuals, addressing health disparities/equity, socio-cultural and behavioral risk factors impacting health outcomes, professional development and mentoring. In his leisure time, Dr. Okuyemi enjoys reading, exercise, and spending time with his family. He accepts most insurance plans. At this time, Dr. Okuyemi is not accepting new patients.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Family & Preventive Medicine -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Family Medicine
    Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

    Education history

    Graduate Training Public Health - University of Kansas School of Medicine M.P.H.
    Medicine - Leavenworth VA Medical Center Research Intern
    Research Fellow Public Health - University of Kansas School of Medicine Research Fellow
    Family Medicine - University of Kansas School of Medicine Resident
    Research Fellow Community Health and Preventative Medicine - Morehouse School of Medicine Research Fellow
    Medicine - University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital Resident
    Internship Medicine - University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital Intern
    Medicine - University of Ilorin School of Medicine M.B., B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Pratt R, Ojo-Fati O, Adam A, Sharif H, Kahin A, Mahamud A, DuBois D, Mohamed S, Okuyemi K, Graham AL, Joseph A (2019). Text Message Support for Smoking Cessation During Ramadan: A Focus Group Study with Somali Immigrant Muslim Men. Nicotine Tob Res.
    2. Rogers CR, Okuyemi K, Paskett ED, Thorpe RJ Jr, Rogers TN, Hung M, Zickmund S, Riley C, Fetters MD (2019). Study protocol for developing #CuttingCRC: a barbershop-based trial on masculinity barriers to care and colorectal cancer screening uptake among African-American men using an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design. BMJ Open, 9(7), e030000.
    3. Harwood EM, Jones AR, Erickson D, Buchwald D, Johnson-Hemming J, Jones HP, Manson S, McGee R, Smith A, Steer CJ, Vishwanatha JK, Weber-Main AM, Okuyemi KS (2018). Early career biomedical grantsmanship self-efficacy: validation of an abbreviated self-assessment tool. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1445(1), 17-26.
    4. Agaku IT, Odani S, Okuyemi KS, Armour B (2019). Disparities in current cigarette smoking among US adults, 2002-2016. Tob Control.
    5. Pratt R, Pernat C, Kerandi L, Kmiecik A, Strobel-Ayres C, Joseph A, Everson Rose SA, Luo X, Cooney N, Thomas J, Okuyemi K (2019). "It's a hard thing to manage when you're homeless": the impact of the social environment on smoking cessation for smokers experiencing homelessness. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 635.
    6. Kagabo R, Kim J, Zubieta JK, Kleinschmit K, Okuyemi K (2019). Association between smoking, and hospital readmission among inpatients with psychiatric illness at an academic inpatient psychiatric facility, 2000-2015. Addict Behav Rep, 9, 100181.
    7. Collins SE, Nelson LA, Stanton J, Mayberry N, Ubay T, Taylor EM, Hoffmann G, Goldstein SC, Saxon AJ, Malone DK, Clifasefi SL, Okuyemi K, HaRT-S Community Advisory Board (2019). Harm reduction treatment for smoking (HaRT-S): findings from a single-arm pilot study with smokers experiencing chronic homelessness. Subst Abus, 40(2), 229-239.
    8. Davis DR, Hickman NJ, Choi K, Robinson CD, Patten CA, Fagan P, Okuyemi KS, Nahvi S, SRNT Health Disparities Network (2018). Impact of the SRNT Health Disparities Network's Scholarship on Professional Development of Its Recipients. Nicotine Tob Res.
    9. Allen A, Carlson SC, Bosch TA, Eberly LE, Okuyemi K, Nair U, Gordon JS (2018). High-intensity Interval Training and Continuous Aerobic Exercise Interventions to Promote Self-initiated Quit Attempts in Young Adults Who Smoke: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Lessons Learned From a Randomized Pilot Trial. J Addict Med, 12(5), 373-380.
    10. Hinderaker K, Power DV, Allen S, Parker E, Okuyemi K (2018). What do medical students know about e-cigarettes? A cross-sectional survey from one U.S. medical school. BMC Med Educ, 18(1), 32.
    11. Allen AM, Abdelwahab NM, Carlson S, Bosch TA, Eberly LE, Okuyemi K (2017). Effect of brief exercise on urges to smoke in men and women smokers. Addict Behav, 77, 34-37.
    12. Sorkness CA, Pfund C, Ofili EO, Okuyemi KS, Vishwanatha JK, NRMN team, Zavala ME, Pesavento T, Fernandez M, Tissera A, Deveci A, Javier D, Short A, Cooper P, Jones H, Manson S, Buchwald D, Eide K, Gouldy A, Kelly E, Langfor N, McGee R, Steer C, Unold T, Weber-Main AM, Baez A, Stiles J, Pemu P, Thompson W, Gwathmey J, Lawson K, Johnson J, Hall M, Paulsen D, Fouad M, Smith A, Luna R, Wilson D, Adelsberger G, Simenson D, Cook A, Feliu-Mojer M, Harwood E, Jones A, Branchaw J, THomas S, Butz A, Byars-Winston A, House S, McDaniels M, Quinn S, Rogers J, Spencer K, Utzerath E, Womack V (2017). A new approach to mentoring for research careers: the National Research Mentoring Network. BMC Proc.
    13. Pinsker EA, Enzler AW, Hoffman MC, Call KT, Amos S, Babington-Johnson A, Okuyemi KS (2017). A Community-Driven Implementation of the Body and Soul Program in Churches in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, 2011-2014. Prev Chronic Dis, 14, E26.

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