DR. KOW ENTSUA-MENSAH
Consultant Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon & Director , National Cardiothoracic Centre, Accra, Ghana
Biography:
Dr. Kow Entsua-Mensah obtained a BSc in Medical Sciences and an MBChB degree in 1996
and 1999 respectively from the University of Ghana Medical School.
• He entered the West African College of Surgeons in 2002 and passed out in October 2007
with a Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery, FWACS (Cth).
• He also trained at the Walter Sisulu Paediatric Cardiac Centre for Africa at the Sunninghill
Hospital in South Africa from August 2011 to July 2012.
• In December 2014, he was awarded a fellowship by election by the Ghana College of
Physicians and Surgeons, FGCS (Cth).
He is a member of the following professional bodies:
• Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons
• West African College of Surgeons
• African Society for Paediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
• World Society for Paediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
He is a Consultant Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon with the National Cardiothoracic Centre
in Accra, Ghana, a part-time lecturer in Cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Ghana ,
Family Health Medical Schools, Accra,
He is currently the Director of the National Cardiothoracic Centre.
Research Interests:
Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, and Surgical Management of Congenital Heart Disease.