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Curriculum Vitae
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| 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). |
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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: | |||
| (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. |
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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: | |||
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(i) 1950 (a) |
"AUREOMYCIN in the treatment of Yaws and Tropical Ulcer in Africa" published in NATURE 165, pp. 398, etc. | |||
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(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. | |||
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(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. | |||
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(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. | |||
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(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. | |||
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(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. | |||
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1960-1972: |
Senior Medical Officer, Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital. | |||
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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. | |||
