{"id":5835,"date":"2017-04-12T08:28:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T08:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/?page_id=5835"},"modified":"2017-11-16T10:01:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T10:01:30","slug":"dr-frank-amankona-abebrese","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/dr-frank-amankona-abebrese\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Frank Amankona Abebrese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
MPhil, MBChB, FGCPS<\/td>\n\u00a0\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Position:<\/td>\nLecturer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faculty:<\/td>\nHealth and Medical Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Department:<\/td>\nPhysician Assitantship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Campus:<\/td>\nAsante Akyem, Agogo,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Email:<\/td>\nfrankabebrese1954@gmail.com<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Brief Profile:<\/p>\n
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  • Currently a Lecturer in Surgery and Pathology at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences – since February, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Have several years of experience as a Healthcare Provider and Manager of several Healthcare Facilities at different levels of the Ministry of Health, Ghana and the Ghana Health Service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Passion is to provide and also facilitate provision of clinical services in underserved areas and to persons situated in difficult environments in Ghana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Greatest and most cherished achievement, in my professional life, is how I was able to collaborate with a Team of other Medical and Non-Medical personnel to successfully convert the former Kumasi Urban Health Center, situated at Atonsu-Agogo, into a fully-fledged Regional Hospital for the Ashanti Region of Ghana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • Service to Ghana, as a Medical Practioner, spans a period of over thrty-seven (37) years, having entered Medical Service, in Ghana, as a House Officer in Year 1980, and exiting the Ghana Health Service and the Ministry of Health in Year 2016 as a Consultant General Surgeon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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Research Interests:<\/p>\n
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  • Improving surgical outcomes in typhoid enteric perforations<\/li>\n
  • Use of Tamponade in the management of severe post-operative bleeding in thyroid surgery<\/li>\n
  • Emergency preparedness to improve outcomes in medical and surgical care<\/li>\n
  • Hernia mesh repair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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Publications and Conferences:<\/p>\n
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  1. Abebrese, F. A., Arquaye, G., Egote, A., Tetteh, J. O. T., Kyei-Farried, S., Amoah, J. (2004). Improving post-operative outcomes in the management of typhoid enteric perforation with Clindamycin: report of twenty-three (23) cases. Kumasi South Hospital Publication.<\/li>\n
  2. Abebrese, F. (2003) Emergency preparedness: the case of management of road traffic accident in three district hospitals in the Ashanti Region. Presentation to the Surgical Society of Ghana.<\/li>\n
  3. Abebrese, F. A., Kyei-Farried, F. (2000). Programmed relaparotomy in the management of terminal case of typhoid enteric perforation. Ashanti Health Journal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Participated in the preparation of the following documents, of the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service which are available on the internet.<\/p>\n