Full Name: Dr John Benjamin Annan

Current Position :

Medical Superintendent, Municipal Hospital, Ghana Health Service, Dunkwa.

Clinical investigator, Population and Health Research Centre, Dunkwa

Contact Details:

E m a il : benjaminannan2012@gmail.com

M ob il e : +23 3 ( 0 ) 24 397 8903

Relevant Positions Held:

 

 

N a m e o f o r gan i za ti o n an d pos iti o n he l d

 

Specialist (Public Health) Ghana Health Service.

 

Medical Superintendent, Twifo Praso District Hospital, Central Region

 

Medical Officer, St, Francis Xavier Hospital, Assin Fosu, Central Region

 

Medical Officer, 37 Medical Hospital, Accra

 

House Officer, Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, Takoradi

 

Educa ti ona l / Professional Qualifications:

 

U n i ve r s iti es / co ll ege s a tt ende d

F i e l d o f S t udy

D eg r ee s

 

University of Nottingham,

United Kingdom

Public Health

MPH

 

University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana

Medicine and Surgery

MBChB

 

University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana

Human Biology

BSc

 

St. Augustine College, Cape Coast

General Certificate of education

A ‘Level

 

 

 

 

Recent Short Training :

  • Attended a two-week workshop on mInilaparotomy and Jardell insertion

  • Attended the six-month leadership development program

  • Participated in national aids control programme training

  • Participated in 51st general and scientific meeting on strategies to improve access to surgical services.

  • Participated in the peritoneal dialysis workshop organized by the paediatric nephrology unit of Komfo Anokye teaching hospital

  • Participated in a virtual workshop on diabetic foot infection

  • Participated in a workshop on “non-communicable disease burden in ghana: the role of the family physician

Research Interest:

Clinical Research, Clinical Trials, Surgery, Maternal and Child Health, Hospital Administration.

Selected Ongoing duties

  • Responsible for general administrative matters

  • Appraising staff for promotions

  • Organising regular monthly management meeting Organising quarterly staff durbars

  • Analysing data for annual report writing

  • Monthly data validation meeting

  • Daily ward rounds

  • Organising weekly diabetic/hypertensive clinic

  • Consultation at out-patient department with average monthly attendance > 7000

  • Providing antenatal, postnatal and child welfare clinic services

  • Providing major and minor surgical service

Synergistic Activities

Teaching

Mentoring

Professional Membership & Affiliations:

• Member, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

• Member, Ghana Medical Association

• Member, Ghana Public Health Association

• Registered with Medical and Dental Council, Ghana.