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Fred Stephen Sarfo

Fred Stephen Sarfo PhD

Neurology
Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana

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Dr. Fred Stephen Sarfo is a researcher, a clinician, and an educator. He practiced as a Neurologist from 2010 to date and holds 2 doctoral degrees in Epidemiology and Molecular Medicine from Durham University, UK, and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology respectively. In 2010, he started a Neurology clinic at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi where he lead in providing services for a population of 12 million Ghanaians in the middle and northern sectors of the country as the only practicing neurologist for this sector of Ghana. He is passionate about context-specific research as a way of fashioning out locally relevant solutions to the health challenges of my society. Findings from my research enterprise are used to inform the teaching of medical students and residents. To date, he has 193 peer-reviewed publications in medical journals.