Dr. Oluwaferanmi “Dr. O” Okanlami is the Director of Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services at the University of Michigan, where he leads Services for Students with Disabilities, Testing Accommodation Centers, Academic Support and Access Partnerships, and founded the Adaptive Sports & Fitness Program. He also holds multiple faculty appointments across Medicine—including Family Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Urology, and Orthopaedic Surgery—and is building a national adaptive sports medicine program through an adjunct role at UCLA in preparation for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Born in Nigeria and raised in the U.S., Dr. O is a Stanford graduate, former Track & Field captain and Academic All-American, and earned his MD from the University of Michigan. During orthopedic surgery training at Yale, he sustained a spinal cord injury that reshaped—but didn’t diminish—his path. Now a proud wheelchair user, he went on to earn a master’s degree from Notre Dame, complete a Family Medicine residency in Indiana, and build a career championing access, inclusion, and “Disabusing Disability®”—his signature message that disability does not mean inability.

His leadership includes service on boards and councils across academic medicine, public health, and federal advisory groups, including the Alpha Omega Alpha Board of Directors, the America250 Foundation Health and Wellness Advisory Council, and the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition. His work has been featured on Good Morning America, CBS News, PBS NewsHour, and MSNBC’s Morning Joe.

At STC, Dr. Okanlami will focus his keynote address on the recent Title II updates to the Americans with Disabilities Act—and what they mean for SUNY campuses. He will explore how IT organizations can strengthen digital accessibility, evolve campus technologies and processes, and proactively prepare for the new compliance landscape while building a more inclusive experience for all students, staff, and faculty.