Prof Enyonam Yao Kwawukume
Prof Enyonam Yao Kwawukume, president of the Family Health Medical School (FHMS), a premier private medical school in Ghana, has been awarded by Impact Africa Summit, Ghana Health Laureate, for his enormous contribution to Ghana’s health sector.
Prof Kwawukume’s vision was recognised for adding up to government efforts at producing more medical doctors for Ghana.
A former head, Department of Obstetrics and Gyaenacology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Korle-Bu, as well as the past chair, West African College of Surgeons, WACS (Obst & Gynae), he is the immediate past president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Ghana (SOGOG).
He was the first in the world to successfully perform bloodless myomectomy at caesarean section with a tourniquet and he continues to teach all doctors in Ghana, West Africa and the United States of America.
He is also the co-inventor of the medical eligibility criteria, ‘Wheel’, which was adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO). He is the author of various standard textbooks in obstetrics and gynaecological, reproductive health and family planning which is used in the sub-region.
Prof Kwawukume describes himself as a writer, and has contributed weekly in The Mirror for over four years. Apart from the many research works done and published, he’s now developing a media to increase the growth of embryos (egg and sperms) for in vitro fertilization (IVF), popularly known as test tube babies, and this will help infertile men and women achieve pregnancy. He is accredited for successful IVF or test tube babies, resulting in singletons, twins and triplets.
He is also inaugural professor and chair, KK Bensti-Enchil, Chair, College of Health Sciences, UG, Legon.
In 2014, Prof Kwawukume received an honorary Fellowship Award from American College of Obstetricians and Gyaenacologists in recognition of his significant contribution to teaching and research in the area of obstetrics and gynaecology.