Professor Chris Bode did his basic training in Nigeria with occasional stints outside the country. He graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) Teaching Hospital and later came to LUTH for his post graduate training from 1973 -1980. Upon completion, he joined the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos as a lecturer in November 1992 and steadily rose to the post of professor.