John Obafunwa ya kasan ce kwararren likita ne a Nijeriya, kuma masanin ilmin cututtuka, lauya, marubuci kuma tsohon Mataimakin Shugaban Jami’ar Jihar Legas . Obafunwa an kuma haife shi ne a Epe, a karamar hukumar da ke Jihar Legas, dake Kudu maso Yammacin Najeriya . Ya sami digiri na farko a fannin likitanci daga Jami'ar Legas . Kafin ya samu takardar shedar kammala karatunsa na kwaleji a kwalejin likitanci ta kasa a shekarar 1987, ya kwashe shekaru biyar yana zama yana horar da sashen nazarin cututtukan jikin dan adam na asibitin koyarwa na jami’ar Legas . A 1991, ya kammala karatun difloma a fannin ilimin likitanci daga Jami'ar Edinburgh Medical School, Scotland kafin ya zama memba na Royal College of Pathologists in 1992. Ya kuma rike wani aramin Hakoki mataki bayan ya sauke karatu daga Northumbria University a shekarar 2004. Kafin nadin nasa a matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban Jami’ar Jihar Legas na 7, Obafunwa ya yi aiki kuma ya yi aiki a kungiyoyin ilimi da na likitanci da dama wadanda suka hada da na bangaren binciken likitanci, A Jami’ar Edinburgh Medical School da kuma Kudancin Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust .