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Dr Kofi Boahene Facial Reconstructive surgeon Ghana, Russia, United States and Department of otolaryngology head and Australia are only a few of countries where neck surgery in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ghana Dr. Derek Kofi O. Boahene has lived and Johns Hopkins Hospital is the "Best of the studied, and his current approach to Facial Best" in U.S. Plastic Surgery is a true reflection of his international education. [1] Dr Boahene has been an invited speaker “Petrified at the sight of at both national and international blood, Kofi stayed as far From humble beginnings in Ghana, Derek conferences in Panama, Peru, Germany, away from the abattoir as Kofi Owusu Boahene was the unlikeliest Ghana, United States, Canada and the possible. It is this person to pursue a career in medicine, let Carribean Islands. He has authored in aversion to blood, alone one that would eventually earn him several peer reviewed journals, major text coupled with his modest the title of one of the world’s leading head books in facial plastic surgery and is a background that makes and neck surgeons. The eldest of eight regular reviewer for the archives of facial his story of becoming a children, Dr. Boahene’s parents, Pastor plastic surgery journal.[3] surgeon even more remarkable.“ and Mrs. James Owusu, operated a pharmacy store before becoming full-time missionaries in the early 1980s. To support the family, they also run a small poultry farming business. After school, all the kids pitched in to help with the chores. Petrified at the sight of blood, Kofi stayed as far away from the abattoir as possible. It is this aversion to blood, coupled with his Play Video modest background that makes his story of becoming a surgeon even more @ remarkable. [2] Dr. Boahene is currently an assistant emag.uduonline.com professor of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 7