Dr Ampofo

Curriculum Vitae
	Date of Birth:	Nov. 4, 1908
	Education:	Mfantsipim Secondary School - 1926-1929 Achimota University College - 1930-1932 Edinburgh University and Royal College of Edinburgh and Glasgow - 1933-1939. Qualified as doctor in 1939 with the diplomas, L.R.C.P. (EDIN), L.R.C.S. (EDIN), L.R.F.P. & S. (GLAS).
	Post-Graduate Activities:
	1940:	(March to July) - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (Short Course).
	1940-1946:	General practice in Akuapem District.
	1946-1948:	Senior Medical Officer, Achimota School.
	1948-1949:	Post Graduate Course in London:
	1948-1949:		(a) Venereal Diseases, St. Peters Hospital and St. Mary's Hospital (b) Dermatology, St. John's Hospital for Skin Diseases. (c) Children's Diseases, Children's Hospital, Great Almond Street.
	1950-1952:	On returning to Ghana in 1949, while carrying on with my general practice, I was actively engaged in many research activities under a grant of drugs from United Nations and published the following works:
	Publications:	by Ampofo and Dr G.M. Findlay, Tropical Medicine Consultant, London:
	(i) 1950 (a)	"AUREOMYCIN in the treatment of Yaws and Tropical Ulcer in Africa" published in NATURE 165, pp. 398, etc.
	(ii) 1950 (b):	"TROPICAL (PHAGAEDENIA) Ulcer treated by AUREOMYCIN (Plus Laboratory Demonstration)" - Published in the TRANSACTIONS of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 44, pp. 7, etc.
	(iii) 1950 (c):	"ORAL AUREOMYCIN in the treatment of Tropical Ulcers and CANCRUM ORIS" - published in TRANSACTIONS of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 44, pp. 307, etc.
	(iv) 1950 (d):	"The treatment of Yaws by AUREOMYCIN" published in TRANSACTIONS of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 44, pp. 311, etc.
	(v) 1950 (e):	"Choroamphenicol in the treatment of Yaws and Tropical Ulcer" - published in TRANSACTIONS of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 44, pp. 315, etc.
	(vi) 1952:	"Treatment of Tropical Ulcer with Terramycin Ointment" published in TRANSACTIONS of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 46, pp. 650, etc.
	1960-1972:	Senior Medical Officer, Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital.
	1962:	Appointed part-time research worker in Plant Medicine at University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.
		Awarded Grand Medal (G.M.) by Ghana Government.
	1969-1972:	Chairman, Arts Council of Ghana.
	1965-1974:	Part-time research worker in Plant Medicine with Dr Hartwell, Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD. USA
	1973:	Appointed Director of Centre for Scientific Research Into Plant Medicine, Mampong, by Ghana Government; Advisor to Ghana Traditional and Psychic Healers Association.
	1973-1977:	Chairman, Ghana Museums and Monuments Board
	1976:	Degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) Conferred by University of Ghana, Legion.
	1976:	Appointed consultant in African Traditional Medicine by the World Health Organization.
	1987-?	Consultant, Centre for Scientific Research Into Plant Medicine, Mampong, Akwapim.
	1990:	March; Special ECRAG Laureate AWARD for Excellence in Sculpture.