RESEARCH INTEREST

• Head and neck tumours
• maxillofacial trauma
• craniofacial surgery including cleft palate surgery, facial reconstruction, keloid, salivary gland disease, and TMJ ankylosis.
• Medical education
• Injury and emergency medical care
• Open educational resources
• Research Administration
• Global health
• Cleft lip and palate
• Head and neck cancer

EMPLOYMENT POSITION HELD/HOLD

• Senior Lecturer- SMS
• Chairman of Personal Insurance Brokers Ltd
• He holds a number of honorary positions including Chairman of the KNUST Tier 2 Employer Sponsored Scheme
• He was President, Ghana Surgical Research Society (2005-2007); President, Ghana Cleft Foundation (2007 to date)
• President, Pan-African Association for Cleft Lip and Palate (2007-2011)
• He is the Principal Investigator of the NIH-funded MEPI project on Emergency Medicine at KNUST.
• He is the Principal Investigator of the NIH-funded MEPI project on Emergency Medicine at KNUST.

ASSOCIATIONS/AFFILIATIONS

• 2000-Associate, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• 2003-Foundation Fellowship, Ghana College of Surgeons (FGCS)

HONOURS, AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

• co-founder of the specialist Head & Neck Oncology and Cleft Palate Clinics at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana.
• Coordinating Director of the KNUST Office of Grants and Research (OGR)
• He has previously held the positions of Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University (2010-2012)
• Provost, College of Health Sciences (2007–2010)
• Head, Center for Disease Control, Institute for Science and Technology (2004 - 2007)
• Vice-Dean, School of Medical Sciences (2001–2004)
• Head, Department of Surgery (2000-2005)
• He has served on the Academic Board and Council of KNUST and Council of the West African College of Surgeons
• Other external committees he has served include the International Outreach Committee of the American Cleft Palate/Craniofacial Association, University of Michigan Center for Global Health
• Credentials and Accreditation Committee of the Medical and Dental Council of Ghana
• Faculty Board of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons
• Editorial Committees of the Ghana Medical Journal & Ghana Postgraduate Medical Journal.
• has won several external grants and has collaborated extensively with local and international partners in research