Kwesi Nyan Amissah-Arthur

Kwesi is a senior clinical lecturer and consultant vitreoretinal surgeon at the University of Ghana Medical School. He trained in the United Kingdom with undergraduate education at the University of Birmingham Medical School (2004). Kwesi had his Ophthalmology training in the West Midlands Deanery and did his retinal fellowship at the Birmingham and Midlands Eye Hospital followed by a second vitreo-retina fellowship at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.

Whilst in Birmingham Kwesi co-authored the retina chapter of the Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology and has authored 30 scientific peer reviewed papers. Kwesi won the Alcon UK Glaucoma prize in 2010 and the Roper Hall medal in 2008.

Together with his colleague Imoro Braimah they expanded the surgical retina service of the Korle Bu teaching hospital in Accra, they setup the first public hospital vitrectomy service in West Africa.

His research grants total $675,000. This includes an H3 Africa NIH grant and a Google Deepmind grant for artificial intelligence in retinal imaging. He serves on several National Ophthalmological and academic committees. Kwesi is a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (UK) and of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is a member of the American Society of Retina Specialists, the European Society of Retina Specialists and is the secretary of the African Retinal Society.