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Nationality
  
Ghanaian

Occupation
  
Orthopedic surgeon


Name
  
Oheneba Boachie-Adjei

Books
  
Atlas of Spinal Diseases

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Born
  
16 December 1950
Kumasi, Ghana

Institutions
  
Weill Cornell Medical CollegeHospital for Special SurgeryNew York-Presbyterian HospitalMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Specialism
  
spinal surgery, kyphosis, scoliosis

Notable prizes
  
AAOS Humanitarian Award, 2004Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize, 2012

Institution
  
Weill Cornell Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery

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Oheneba Boachie-Adjei (born 16 December 1950) is a Ghanaian orthopaedic surgeon. He specializes in spinal reconstruction and the treatment of kyphosis and scoliosis. He is professor of orthopaedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, in the United States, and is an attending orthopaedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery, at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, all in New York City.From 1972 to 1976 he studied at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, in the United States, where he completed a BS degree summa cum laude. He then studied medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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Oheneba Boachie-Adjei PampS Alum an Acclaimed Orthopedic Surgeon Returns to His

Amazing Grace An Interview with Dr Oheneba Boachie Adjei


Early Life

Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Amazing Grace An Interview with Dr Oheneba Boachie Adjei

Boachie-Adjei was born on 16 December 1950 in Kumasi to Mary Akosua Dwomoh and Mr Boakye Dankwa in Ghana West Africa. When Oheneba was only six years, he fell gravely ill and almost died. He was cured by a locally-born, Western-trained physician and vowed that he too would dedicate his life to saving others. He emigrated from Ghana to the USA in the early 1970s as a 21-year old with only $12 in his pocket. In 1976, Mr. Boachie-Adjei graduated with Honors (summa cum laude) from Brooklyn College in New York. In 1980, Dr. Boachie-Adjei graduated from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons with his MD.

Career

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Boachie-Adjei has invented and patented several devices used in spinal surgery, has lectured and published on the subject.

Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Leading spine surgeon returns home CNN Video

Boachie-Adjei established the Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine in Accra, Ghana, of which he is the president; it helps to provide better orthopaedic medical services to West Africa and other parts of the Third World.

Awards and recognition

Boachie-Adjei received the Humanitarian Award of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons in 2004. In 2006, he was named to the David B. Levine Endowed Clinical Research Chair at Hospital for Special Surgery. In 2008–2009 he was president of the Scoliosis Research Society. He appeared in “Surgery Saved My Life”, a documentary on the Discovery Channel. Boachie-Adjei was also the recipient of the 2012 Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize.

References

Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Wikipedia


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