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Our Leadership

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Dr. Ibrahim Opaleye, MD

 Founder 

Ibrahim Opaleye, MD, provides family medicine and spinal care services to patients at Buford Family Care in Buford, GA. He also provides technologies at his practice that enable him to satisfy his patients body contour and skin care needs.

He takes a non-traditional approach to traditional care, and believes in a patient-centered model.​

Dr. Opaleye earned his BSC Health Science and MBCHB at Obafemi Awolowo University. He then earned his ENT residency at Yaba Military Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria before relocating to the United States where he worked as a family practice resident at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Rockaway, New York.

He is licensed to practice in Georgia and New York, and is certified in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Basic Life Support, and narcotic dependence/addiction. Dr. Opaleye has worked for several hospitals throughout New York and Nigeria as a family practice physician, including Sheehan Hospital in Buffalo, Rapha Hospital in Buffalo, and Whitney M. Young Jr. Health Center in Albany. His special interests include pain management, immunology, addiction care, and weight management.

He is also experienced with African and Spanish-speaking patient populations.​

He looks forward to meeting new patients and helping them achieve optimum health!

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Elizabeth Bonsu, Research Site Owner / Regulatory Director


As the owner of Divinity Research Site in affiliation with Buford Maxwell Clinic, PC, I ensure that our patients have a good understanding of their healthcare services, and they are also provided the first opportunity to be involved in new drug study if they consent to it. Patient care and safety is our main goal here at Buford MaxWell and Divinity Research. I work with the Dr. O and the rest of our team to ensure our patients receive only the best care.

Jenny H, Practice and Research Manager
As the Practice and Research Manager, I am the first contact to our patients and it is always my pleasure to assist then, answer all questions and ensure they have everything they need when they visit our practice. I look forward to assisting our existing and new patients.

Contact us

1819C Buford Hwy

Buford, GA 30518

Phone: 678-228-9000

             678-228-9011

BufordFamilyCare@gmail.com

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What is Clinical Research?

Visit our Clinical Trials site www.divinityresearchsite.com

Clinical study is a process that ultimately help doctors find new and effective ways to stop, detect, diagnose, control, and treat illnesses. A clinical research study is conducted through subjects who are volunteers willing to partake in advancing drug. 

Clinical Trials must follow Good Manufacturing Practice guidelines (GCP) created by International Conference of Harmonization (ICH).  All Clinical trials must also follow Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines as well as Institutional Review Board (IRB) ethics guidelines, to ensure the rights, safety and welfare of the subjects involved in the clinical Research Study. Careful oversight and patient care steer the trial toward meaningful outcomes.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires clinical trials to be conducted on all new or improved drugs and new medical devices that usually falls under Class III device, before it can be approved to be available for the public use. Before a new drug reaches a clinical research trial, researchers spent many years testing, to determine the medication’s safety, risks, and efficacy. 

Why all people including  people of color should partake in clinical research? 

Participation Promotes Medical Impartiality​

Clinical trials participants are the key to creating medical advancement, so is diversity among those participants. 

To progress and promote equality in health care, it is essential that all people, including people of color, partake in clinical research studies.  This is because

race, disability and socioeconomic standing, and other demographic reasons can affect folk’s risk of developing certain medical conditions.

It can also affect how they respond to medical interventions and their overall health results. 

As more diverse group participants partake in clinical research trials, there is the likeliness that trial results and any decisions to begin or end clinical treatments will be applied to a diverse group of patients.  

It is also essential that research students represent the people who are most affected by the illness or condition under investigation. For instance, certain cancers and sickle cell illness are  frequent among people of color.  Hence, it's crucial that people of color participate in clinical studies of these serious illnesses. 

A recent evaluation of government-funded cancer research studies concluded  that all racial and ethnic minorities were extremely underrepresented. Additionally,  fewer than 2 percent of these clinical trials centers more on the needs of minorities

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