Dr kofi boahene biography of barack obama

Ghanaian-born American plastic surgeon

Kofi Owusu Boahene is a Ghanaian-born American physician, writer, researcher, and academic.

He is a professor of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a facial plastic surgeon in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr kofi boahene biography of barack obama president

As a facial plastic surgeon, Boahene specializes solely in plastic surgery of the face, head and neck.

Early years

Boahene, who is the firstborn of eight children grew up on Binton Street, a less-affluent neighborhood in North Kaneshie, Accra.

His parents, Pastor and Mrs. James Owusu, operated a pharmacy store before becoming full-time missionaries in the early s. He attended primary school at Bubuashie, Datus Preparatory School and his secondary school education at Prempeh College in Kumasi.

Education

In , after his A-Level exams and National Service with the Ghana Meteorological Agency, he