JESSICA DEI ASAMOA

Trainee Paediatric Surgeon in her final year of training with a passion for surgical skill acquisition, research, teaching and development of software to bridge the gaps in the delivery of paediatric surgical services in Ghana.

Award for Best Dissertation in Community Health at the Final MBChB Examination, 2014

• Dr. Hope Glover-Addy, Head of Unit, Paediatric Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, +233244516647
• Dr James Edward Mensah, Head of Department, Department Of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, +233208179911

• Mentorship in surgery; Mentees’ perspectives, 2024 West African College of Surgeons (WACS) Conference, Sierra Leone
• Enemata: The enigma of rent rectums in children presenting to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, 2024 West African College of Surgeons (WACS) conference, Sierra Leone
• Mucinous cystadenoma of the caecum: A rare cause of recurrent intussusception in a 3 year old boy, 2024 West African College of Surgeons (WACS) conference, Sierra Leone
• HYDROSTATIC REDUCTION FOR INTUSSUSCEPTION: A REVIEW OF OUTCOMES OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS IN THE KORLE-BU TEACHING HOSPITAL, November 2023 Research Jamboree of the University of Ghana Medical School
• Evaluating the concordance between clinical diagnosis and imaging in acute abdomen: a study in the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, April 2023 Research Jamboree of the University of Ghana Medical School

Mucinous cystadenoma of the caecum: a rare cause of recurrent intussusception in a 3-year-old boy (case report), Pan Afr Med J, 07/01/24, Evaluating the concordance between clinical diagnosis and imaging in acute abdomen: a study in the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana, PAMJ-CM, 04/22/24, Complicated left isolated internal iliac artery aneurysm (IIIAA) in a young man - An unusual presentation in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana: Case report, Heliyon, 01/03/24, Quality of Life after Mastectomy with or without Breast Reconstruction and Breast-Conserving Surgery in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana, Current Oncology, 05/24/24, NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. Access to and quality of elective care: a prospective cohort study using hernia surgery as a tracer condition in 83 countries, Lancet Glob Health, 07/01/24, Enemata: the enigma of rent rectums in children presenting to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana: a case series, CONCURRENT UTEROVAGINAL AND RECTAL PROLAPSE IN A NEONATE: CHALLENGES AND SEMICONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT SUCCESS. A CASE REPORT, Locoregional Recurrence of Rhabdomyosarcoma in Children: Prognosis and Advances in a Resource-Limited Country?, Can health promotion messages on social media platforms reduce crises in sickle cell disease patients? An interventional study, Mentorship in Surgery; Mentees’ perspectives, A review of paediatric hepatectomies in the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital; Surgical Approaches and Outcomes., Electrosurgical hooks as an alternative to endoscopic graspers for removing double J stents in infants., Effect of non-nutritive sucking of pacifiers on intestinal motility in neonates following surgery for intestinal atresia: A randomized interventional study., PHONE CALL REVIEWS VERSUS TRADITIONAL CLINIC REVIEWS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF POST OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING PAEDIATRIC DAY SURGERY AT THE KORLE-BU TEACHING HOSPITAL, HYDROSTATIC REDUCTION FOR INTUSSUSCEPTION: A REVIEW OF OUTCOMES OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS IN THE KORLE-BU TEACHING HOSPITAL, THE ROLE OF ROUTINE PREOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIONS IN MINOR AND INTERMEDIATE ELECTIVE SURGERIES AT THE KORLE-BU TEACHING HOSPITAL

• Award for Best Dissertation in Community Health at the Final MBChB Examination, 2014