AREA OF INTEREST

• Spectrum of paediatric Kidney Diseases including histological types
• Paediatric HIV
• Severe Acute Malnutrition

AREA OF SPECIALTY

• Paediatric Nephrology
• Paediatric HIV
• Paediatric Malnutrition

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
• Paediatric HIV infections
• Severe Acute Malnutrition in children
• Pharmokinetics of anti-tuberculosis and antiretroviral drugs in children; a 5-year NIH-sponsored collaborative research between Miriam Hospital, USA, and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi. Started in 2012 and ongoing. Position: Site-PI
• A Bioecological Paediatric HIV disclosure HIV intervention in Ghana-“SANKOFA”; a 5-year NIH-sponsored collaborative research between Yale University, USA, and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi. Started September 2012 and ongoing. Position: Site-PI
• H3 Africa Kidney Disease Research Network; a 5-year NIH sponsored multi-center genomic research into kidney diseases in Africa. Started 2013 and ongoing. Position: Co-Investigator
• Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome Observational Study (CNOS); a 5-year multi-center study of newly diagnosed childhood nephritic syndrome. Started 2015 and ongoing. Position: Site PI.

INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED

• IPNA Fellowship Training, Red Cross Hospital, South Africa
• College of Medicine of South Africa
• University of Cape Town
• West African College of Physicians
• Ghana College of Physicians & Surgeons
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
• University of Science and Technology

QUALIFICATIONS

• IPNA Fellow
• Certificate of Nephrology (Paediatrics)
• Mphil Paediatric Nephrology
• Fellow, Ghana College of Physicians
• Diploma in Project Design & Management
• MB ChB
• Cert Nephrol-Paed
• Bsc Hum Bio

EMPLOYMENT & POSITION HELD/HOLD

• Associate Professor, Dept of Child Health, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology. 2014 –to date
• Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Child Health, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. 2008-2014
• Lecturer, Dept. of Child Health, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
• Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Child Health, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. 2000 -2002
• Demonstrator, Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. 1997 -1999
• Honorary Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist i/c: Paediatric Nephrology Unit. Dept of Child Health. Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. 2011-to date
• Locum Doctor, St Mary’s Hospital, Drobo, Brong/Ahafo Feb. 2002 –April 2002
• Paediatrician Specialist, Dept of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. 2001-2002
• Senior Medical Officer, Dept. of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. 1998 -2001
• Medical Officer, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. April, 1995- March, 1996
• House Officer, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. February 1994- March 1995

ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS

• Nestle Nutritional Institute, Member
• International Society of Nephrology (ISN), Member
• ISN Dialysis Committee, Member
• ISN African Regional Board on Nephrology, Member
• International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA), Member
• African Paediatric Nephrology Association (AFPNA), Central African Regional Representative
• Ghana Kidney Association (GKA), Secretary
• African Society of Human Genetics, Member
• H3 African Consortium, Member
• National HIV/STI Technical Working Group on Anti Retroviral Therapy, National AIDS Control Program (NACP) –Ghana, Member
• Paediatric Society of Ghana, Member

HONOURS, AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

• IPNA Travel Grant Award for IPNA 2013 Congress in Shanghai, China
• Overall Best Worker for Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for 2011
• Best Consultant for Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for 2011
• Best lecturer for MB ChB III, KNUST-SMS for the year 2004/2005 academic year
• Best lecturer for MB ChB III, KNUST-SMS for the year 2005/2006 academic year
• Established peritoneal dialysis for acute renal failure in children in Ghana in 2012
• Established the paediatric renal clinic at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in 2009
• Established the paediatric HIV clinic in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in 2004
• Established the paediatric malnutrition unit for in-patients care in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in 2004

PROFESSIONAL / TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• University Lecturer, School of Medical Sciences-KNUST, 2002-date
• Visiting Lecturer, School of Medical and Health Science, UDS, Tamale 2011-to date
• External Examiner, WACP Part I Membership and Part II Fellowship Examinations in Ibadan and Accra, 2011-to date
• External Examiner, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons 2012-to date
• External Examiner, School Of Medicine And Allied Health Sciences, University Of The Gambia, 2014
• External Examiner, JFK Teaching Hospital, Liberia. 2010
• External Examiner, University of Ghana Medical School, 2011-2013
• Foundation Examiner, School of Medical and Health Science, UDS, Tamale 2011, then 2014

PUBLICATIONS

• Ann Christine Catlin, Sumudinie Fernando, Ruwan Gamage, Lorna Renner, Sampson Antwi, Jonas Kusah Tettey, Kofi Aikins Amisah, Tassos Kyriakides, Xiangyu Cong, Nancy Reynolds, and Elijah Paintsil on Behalf of the Sankofa Project Team. Disclosure Special Issue: Sankofs Pediatric HIV disclosure Intervention Cyber Data Management: Building Capacity in a Resource-limited Setting and Ensuring Data Quality. AIDS Care (In Print)
• Elijah Paintsil, Lorna Renner, Sampson Antwi, Joycelyn Dame, Anthony Enimil, Angela Ofori-Atta, Amina Alhassan, Irene Pokuaa Ofori, Xiangyu Cong, Tassos Kyriakides, and Nancy Reynolds. HIV Knowledge, Stigma and Illness Beliefs among Pediatric Caregivers’ in Ghana who have not Disclosed their Child’s HIV Status. AIDS Care (In Print)
• Awewura Kwara, Anthony Enimil, Fizza Gillani, Hongmei Yang, Amina Sarfo, Albert Dompreh, Antoinette Ortsin, Lawrence Osei-Tutu, Sandra Kwarteng Owusu, Lubbe Wiesner, Jennifer Norman, Jaclynn Kurpewski, Charles Peloquin, Daniel Ansong, Sampson Antwi. Pharmacokinetics of First-line Antituberculosis Drugs Using WHO Revised Dosage in Children with Tuberculosis with and without HIV Coinfection. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. May 2015.pp1-10
• Reynolds NR, Ofori-Atta A, Lartey M, Renner L, Antwi S, Enimil A, Catlin AC, Fernando S, Kyriakides TC, Paintsil E. Sankofa: a multisite collaboration on paediatric HIV disclosure in Ghana. AIDS. 2015 Jun;29Suppl 1:S35-45
• Antwi S. State of Renal Replacement Therapy in Ghana. Blood Purif. 2015;39(1-3):137-40
• Antwi S, Aboah KE, Sarpong CK.The Unacknowledged Impact of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Children: 5 cases from Kumasi-Ghana. Ghana Med J. 2014 Dec;48(4):228-33.
• Ocheke IE, Antwi S, Gajjar P, McCulloch IM, Nourse P. Pelvi-Ureteric Junction Obstruction at Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town: a six-year review. AJNT 2014. 7(1)33-36
• Callegari J, Antwi S, Wystrychowski G, Zukowska-Szczechowska E, Levin NW, Carter M. Peritoneal dialysis as a mode of treatment for acute kidney injury in sub-saharan Africa. Blood Purif. 2013;36(3-4):226-30. Epub 2013 Dec 20.
• Asafo-Agyei SB, Antwi S, Nguah SB. HIV infection in severely malnourished children in Kumasi, Ghana: a cross-sectional prospective study. BMC Pediatr. 2013 Nov 9;13(1):181
• Timmann C, Thye T, Vens M, Evans J, May J, Ehmen C, Sievertsen J, Muntau B, Ruge G, Loag W, Ansong D, Antwi S, Asafo-Adjei E, Nguah SB, Kwakye KO, Akoto AO, Sylverken J, Brendel M, Schuldt K, Loley C, Franke A, Meyer CG, Agbenyega T, Ziegler A, Horstmann RD. . Genome-wide association study indicates two novel resistance loci for severe malaria. Nature. 2012:443-6
• Ansong D, Asante KP, Vekemans J, Owusu SK, Owusu R, Brobby NA, Dosoo D, Osei-Akoto A, Osei-Kwakye K, Asafo-Adjei E, Boahen KO, Sylverken J, Adjei G, Sambian D, Apanga S, Kayan K, Janssens MH, Lievens MJ, Olivier AC, Jongert E, Dubois P, Savarese BM, Cohen J, Antwi S, Greenwood BM, Evans JA, Agbenyega T, Moris PJ, Owusu-Agyei S. T Cell Responses to the RTS,S/AS01(E) and RTS,S/AS02(D) Malaria Candidate Vaccines Administered According to Different Schedules to Ghanaian Children. PLoS One. 2011 Apr 27;6(4):e18891.
• Antwi S. Assessment and Management of severe malnutrition in children. West Afr J Med. 2011 Jan-Feb;30(1):11-18.
• Lalya F, Ocheke IE, Hounnou-d’Almeida, Sagbo G, Alao J, Antwi S, Ayivi B, Koumakpai S. Paediatric tuberculosis at the National Teaching Hospital CNHU-HKM of Cotonou, Bein: A review. West Afr J Med. 2010 Jul-Aug;29(4):263-266
• Eastwood JB, Kerry SM, Plange-Rhule J, Micah FB, Antwi S, Boa FG, Banerjee D, Cappuccio FP. Assessment of GFR by four methods in adults in Ashanti, Ghana: the need for an eGFR equation for lean African populations. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010 Jan 25
• Antwi S. Peritoneal Dialysis using improvised PD catheter and self-constituted dialysis solution. Pediatr Nephrol (Sept 2010). 25:1938 (Abstract).
• Antwi S, McCulloch M, Gajjar P, Nourse P. Audit of Posterior Urethral valve at Red Cross Children’s Hospital. Pediatr Nephrol (Sept 2010). 25:1964 (Abstract).
• Antwi S, P. Gajjar, H. Burger, P. Sinclair, P. Nourse, l. Savage, I. Ocheke, M. McCulloch, J. Wiggelinkhuizen, D. Maythem, G. Van Dauteren, C. Morrison. Epidemiology/Aetiology of ESRF among renal transplant recipients at red cross children’s hospital. Pediatr Nephrol (Sept 2008). 24:1879 (Abstract).
• Owusu-Agyei S, Ansong D, Asante K, Kwarteng Owusu S, Owusu R, Wireko Brobby NA, Dosoo D, Osei Akoto A, Osei-Kwakye K, Adjei EA, Boahen KO, Sylverken J, Adjei G, Sambian D, Apanga S, Kayan K, Vekemans J, Ofori-Anyinam O, Leach A, Lievens M, Demoitie MA, Dubois MC, Cohen J, Ballou WR, Savarese B, Chandramohan D, Gyapong JO, Milligan P, Antwi S, Agbenyega T, Greenwood B, Evans J. Randomized controlled trial of RTS,S/AS02D and RTS,S/AS01E malaria candidate vaccines given according to different schedules in Ghanaian children. PLoS One. 2009 Oct 2;4(10):e7302
• Antwi S. Malnutrition: missed opportunities for diagnosis. Ghana Med J. 2008 Sep;42(3):101-4.
• Antwi S, Bates I, Baffoe-Bonnie B, Critchley J. Urine dipstick as a screening test for urinary tract infection. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2008 Jun;28(2):117-22
• Evans JA, May J, Ansong D, Antwi S, Asafo-Adjei E, Nguah SB, Osei-Kwakye K, Akoto AO, Ofori AO, Sambian D, Sylverken J, Busch W, Timmann C, Agbenyega T, Horstmann RD. Capillary refill time as an independent prognostic indicator in severe and complicated malaria. J Pediatr. 2006 Nov;149(5):676-81
• Kerry SM, Emmett L, Micah FB, Martin-Peprah R, Antwi S, Phillips RO, Plange-Rhule J, Eastwood JB, Cappuccio FP. For the patient. How much salt is used in Ashanti, West Africa?Ethn Dis. 2005 Winter;15(1):150-1.
• Kerry SM, Emmett L, Micah FB, Martin-Peprah R, Antwi S, Phillips RO, Plange-Rhule J, Eastwood JB, Cappuccio FP. Rural and semi-urban differences in salt intake, and its dietary sources, in Ashanti, West Africa. Ethn Dis. 2005 Winter;15(1):33-9.
• Cappuccio FP, Micah FB, Emmett L, Kerry SM, Antwi S, Martin-Peprah R, Phillips RO, Plange-Rhule J, Eastwood JB. Prevalence, detection, management, and control of hypertension in Ashanti, West Africa. Hypertension. 2004 May;43(5):1017-22. Epub 2004 Mar 22.
• Charles R.J. Clarissa Valim, Sanjeev Krishna, David Wypij, Christopher Olola, Tsiri Agbenyega, and Terrie E Taylor, for the Severe Malria in African Children Network (Ghana: Sampson Antwi et al). The prognostic value of Measures of Acid/Base Balance in Pediatric Falciparum Malaria Malaria, Compared with other Clinical and Laboratory parameters. Clinical Infectious Disease 2005; 41: 948-57.
• Olola CH, Missinou MA, Issifou S, Anane-Sarpong E, AbubakariI, Gandi JN, Chagomerana M, Pinder M, Agbenyega T, Kremsner PG, Newton CR, Wypij D, Taylor TE: SMAC Network (Ghana: Sampson Antwi et al). Medical informatics in medical research-the Severe Malaria in African Children (SMAC) Networks experience. 2006; 45(5)483-91
• Terrie Taylor, Christopher Olola, Clarissa Valim, Tsiri Agbenyega, Peter Kremsner, Sanjeev Krishna, Dominic Kwiatkowski, Charles Newton, Michael Missinou, Magaret Pinder, David Wypij, and on behalf of the SMAC network (Ghana: Sampson Antwi et al). Standardized data collection for multi-centre clinical studies of severe malaria in African children: establishing the SMAC network. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2006 July; 100(7):615-622.