AREA OF INTEREST

• Global Surgery
• Injury Epidemiology
• Surgical Oncology
• System Strengthening for Health Services

AREA OF SPECIALITY

• General Surgery

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Global Surgery
• Injury Epidemiology
• Surgical Oncology
• System Strengthening for Health Services

INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED

• Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, TURKEY
• Ankara University Medical Faculty, TURKEY
• Kwame Nkrumah Univ. of Science & Technology, GHANA

QUALIFICATIONS

• MD
• Cert. of General Surgery (Turkey)
• FGCS
• MPH

EMPLOYMENT & POSITION HELD/HOLD

• Lecturer, Department of Surgery, SMS/KNUST
• Hon Senior Specialist, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS

• Ghana Medical Association
• Ghana Hernia Society
• Ghana Surgical Research Society
• Turkish Society for Vascular Surgery
• International Surgical Society
• Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

HONOURS, AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

• 2011 Fogarty-Quartey Fellowship in injury research and control
• 2012 Soudavar Memorial Fellowship for cancer education and research
• 2013 International Society of Surgery Foundation Travel Award
• 2010 Started a laparoscopic surgery program at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to minimize the post-operative recovery period and complication rates for common operations, with support of local and international colleagues
• Led surgical outreach program at St Michael’s Hospital, Pramso, Ashanti Region as part of 54th West Africa College of Surgeons’ AGSM pre-conference activities in 2013

PROFESSIONAL / TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Been practicing medicine since 2002 and operating as a General Surgeon since qualifying in 2007
• Currently hold an Honorary Senior Specialist position at the Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, having joined the institution as a Specialist in 2008
• Has been a Lecturer at the School of Medical Sciences since 2010
• Have been periodically providing teaching services to students of the School of Medical & Health Sciences, University for Development Studies as a visiting Lecturer since 2009

PUBLICATIONS

• Gyedu A, Köksoy C. Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease in the Presence of a Horseshoe Kidney: A Case Report. Ann Vasc Surg. 2008 Mar;22(2):290-2. 
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• Gyedu A, Karakoyun R, Baltacı S, Yağcı C, Köksoy C. Surgical Repair of a Giant Renal Artery Aneurysm: A Case Report. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2008 Jul;36(1):31-3. 
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• Gyedu A, Kepenekci I, Alic B, Akyar S. Evaluation of muscle atrophy after axillary lymph node dissection. Acta Chir Belg. 2009 Mar-Apr;109(2):209-15. 
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• Cakmak A, Gyedu A, Cihangir A, Koksoy C. Occlusion of the celiac trunk, the inferior mesenteric artery and stenosis of the superior mesenteric artery in peripheral thrombangiitis obliterans. Vasa. 2009 Nov;38(4):394-6. 
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• Cakmak A, Gyedu A, Kepenekci I, Ozcan C, Unal A.E. Colon perforation caused by migration of a bone graft following a posterior lumbosacral interbody fusion operation: Report of a case. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Feb 1;35(3):E84-5 
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• Gyedu A, Damah M, Baidoo P.K, Yorke J. Congenital mesenteric defect causing small bowel strangulation in a 23 year old. Hernia. 2010 Dec;14(6):643-5. 
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• Gyedu A, Koksoy C, Hazinedaroglu S.M, Ulus A.T, Yerdel, M.A. Interim results of a new polycarbonate/urethane “vascular access” graft – a prospective trial. Chirurgia. 2010 December;23(6):231-4
• Koksoy C, Gyedu A, Alacayir I, Bengisun U, Uncu H, Anadol E. Surgical Treatment of Peripheral Aneurysms in Patients with Behcet's Disease. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2011 Oct;42(4):525-30. 
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• Gyedu A, Reich S.B, Hoyte-Williams P.E. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Presenting Acutely as Gastroduodenal Intussusception. Acta Chir Belg. 2011 Sep-Oct;111(5):327-8. 
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• Gyedu A, Arslan E, Koksoy C. Hand ischemia caused by solitary humeral exostosis irritating the brachial artery. Vasa. 2011 Jul;40(4):320-2. 
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• Gyedu A. Giant solitary neurofibroma in the gluteal area of a patient without neurofibromatosis. East Afr Med J. 2012;89(1):34-36
• Gyedu A, Nakua EK, Otupiri E, Mock C, Donkor P, Ebel B. Incidence, characteristics and risk factors for household and neighbourhood injury among young children in semiurban Ghana: a population-based household survey. Inj Prev. 2015 Apr;21(e1):e71-9. 
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• Gyedu A, Bingener J, Dally C, Oppong J, Price R, Reid-Lombardo K. Starting a laparoscopic surgery program in the second largest teaching hospital in Ghana. East Afr Med J. 2014; 91(4):133-137 
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• Gyedu A, Yorke J. Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy: A review of the patient population of Kumasi. Arch Int Surg. 2014;4:162-6. 
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• Gyedu A, Shrauner WR, Kingham TP. No Patients to Resect or Transplant: An Analysis of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Admitted to a Major African Referral Hospital. World J Surg (2015) 39:231–236 
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• Gyedu A, Yorke J. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in the patient population of Kumasi, Ghana: Indications and findings. Pan Afr Med J. 2014 Aug 25;18:327. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.18.327.4806. 
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• Gyedu A, Agbedinu K. Brachial artery pseudoaneurysm in a toddler due to penetrating abdominal trauma. PMJG. 2013;2(1):44-46