Daniel Osei-Kwame, MBChB

Class of 2012

Biography

Hometown: Kwaso

Region: Ashanti

Medical School: School of Medical Sciences, KNUST

What made you choose EM as your specialty?  The opportunity to impact positively in the lives of the acutely sick of injured with its associated satisfaction informed my choice of EM as a specialty

How can EM help Ghana?  Ghana is a low middle income country with a low doctor -patient ratio and it is not uncommon for attendant care to the acutely ill to be given by 'untrained' physicians who often are housemen. The development of EM therefore offers the country the opportunity to provide quality care by trained physician to improve the general health care in the country

What are your research areas of interest?  Traumatic brain injury, Injury distributive pattern, and Hypertensive emergencies