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Prof Donkor

Prof Peter Donkor

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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