CURRICULUM VITAE

Kofi Derek O. Boahene, MD, FACS 

EDUCATION

Fellowship training    

Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

June 2004 to June 2005

Residency training   

Otorhinolaryngology /Head and Neck Surgery

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, June 1999 to June 2004

Doctor of Medicine, summa cum laude

Meharry Medical College,

Nashville, Tennessee, June 1995 to May 1999

Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude

Chemistry and Biology,  

University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas

January 1993 to December 1994

Master of Science Program in Electrophysiology

Department of Biology, University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas, January 1995 to August 1995

Veterinary Medicine

Moscow’s Skrabin Academy of Veterinary Medicine

Moscow, Russia, June 1990 to September 1992

Certificate of German Language,

Goethe Institute

Accra, Ghana, September 1987 to September 1989

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

Visiting Scholar, Craniofacial Surgery

Australian Craniofacial Unit, Women and Children’s Hospital

Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, April 2004

General Surgery, Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, June 1999 to June 2000

Microvascular Surgical Training,

Microsurgery Training Center

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, completed April 2002

Contemporary Management of Head and Neck Cancer

Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, completed December 2002

Advanced Training in Maxillofacial Trauma Surgery

AO-North America, Chicago, 2002

Advanced Training in Maxillofacial Trauma Surgery

AO-North America, Minneapolis, 2004

Comprehensive Course in Rhinology

Mayo Clinic, Rochester/Graz University, Austria

Rochester, Minnesota, October 2001 and October 2003

LICENSURE AND BOARD CERTIFICATION

• Board Certified, American Board of Otolaryngology, 2005
• Board Certified, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstrutive Surgery, 2006
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, 2008
• Medicine and Surgery License, Minnesota Board of Medical Practice, 1999 to present

• Maryland Medical Board, 2005 to present

• Federation of State Medical Boards /United States Medical Licensure Examination Part 1, 2 and 3, 1997, 1998 and 2000 respectively

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery,

Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland, 2005

Attending Surgeon, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Regions Hospital, St Paul, Minnesota, 2004

Clinical and Surgical Instructor, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2004- 2005

Clinical and Surgical Instructor, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, 2003-2004

Chief Resident Associate, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 2003-2004

Faculty, Chronic Sinusitis Academy, June 2004-Present

Teaching Assistant, Physical Chemistry and Animal Physiology

Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, 1995

Research Assistant, Electrophysiology

Department of Biology, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, 1994-1995

Teaching Assistant, Russian Language

Department of Languages, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, 1993

Honors

Honorary recognition for services in pediatric plastic and head and neck surgery. Awarded by the Ministry of Health and the Children’s Hospital, Lima, Peru, 2006

The Jack R. Anderson Prize for Scholastic Excellence in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Awarded by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2005

Mayo Brother’s Distinguished Fellowship Award. Awarded by the Mayo clinic Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, 2003

Mayo International Health Program Travel Grant Award, Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN, 2002 and 2003

Excellence in Teaching Recognition Award, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota, 1999 and 2000

Graduated top of medical school class, School of Medicine, Class of 1999, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, 1999

Graduated Summa cum laude, Medical Doctorate, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, 1999

Clinical honors earned in Internal Medicine; Pediatrics; Surgery; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Psychiatry and Family Medicine clerkships, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, 1998

Guerney Holloway Award for Excellence in Clinical Pathology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, 1997

M.S. Quinland Prize in General Pathology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, 1996

McCraw - Hills Book Publishers Award for Academic Excellence, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, 1996

HONORS AND AWARDS IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Joseph F. Dyer Award for Excellence in Otolaryngology Research

Annual Scientific Assembly of the National Medical Association

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003

Finalist for Best Clinical Research Award

Combined Otolaryngologic Spring Meeting

Nashville, Tennessee, May 2003

Research: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland: Mayo clinic experience

Advances in Biomedical and Healthcare Research Award

Merck Co. Foundation and Meharry Medical College

Nashville, Tennessee, 1996

Research: Erythropoietin rapidly induces activation of serine and threonine kinases in human K562 erythroleukemia cells

Cancer Research Award

American Association for Cancer Researchers / National Cancer Institute

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1999

Research: Erythropoietin rapidly induces activation of serine and threonine kinases in human K562 erythroleukemia cells

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

Nashville, Tennessee, 1999

Selected to this prestigious National Medical Honor Society as a junior medical student

Cancer Research Award

American Association for Cancer Researchers / National Cancer Institute

New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998

The Horace Frazier Award

Awarded for leadership and creative thinking

Meharry Medical College

Nashville, Tennessee, 1997

ADDITIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

McGraw-Hills Book Publishers Award for Academic Excellence, Nashville, Tennessee, 1996

Alpha Chi National Honorary Society, Conway, Arkansas, 1992

Selected to this prestigious national honors society as a second year university student

Goethe Institute and German Cultural Center Award

Goethe Institute, Accra, Ghana, 1988

Awarded for promoting world peace through languages and cultural exchange

INVITED SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS

Percutaneous implants in craniofacial reconstruction, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore 2006

Management of the soft tissue surrounding percutaneous implants, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore 2006

New approaches to tip rhinoplasty, International congress of plastic and reconstructive surgery, Lima, Peru October 2006

Microtia repair, New York, 2006

Alar Rim Grafting in Septorhinoplasty: Indications, Technique, and Outcome. Los Angeles, 2005, Jamaica, 2006

Medical Missions

Presented at the Annual Joint Scientific Meeting of Minnesota Otolaryngology – Karolinska Institute, Sweden, May 2005

Mucosal Flap Approximation in Microlaryngeal Surgery: Fibrin Glue as a Viable Alternative to Standard Suturing Technique. Shepherd Pryor, MD, Eric Moore, MD and Nicholas Maragos, MD and Kofi Boahene, MD. Presented at the Annual Scientific meeting of the Minnesota Society of Otolaryngology

Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 2005

Mucosal Flap Approximation in Microlaryngeal Surgery: Fibrin Glue as a Viable Alternative to Standard Suturing Technique. Shepherd Pryor, MD, Eric Moore, MD. and Nicholas Maragos, MD and Kofi Boahene, MD. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. New York, New York, September 2004

Heminasal Proboscis with Associated Microphthalmia and Encephalocele

Kofi Boahene MD, Ricky Clay MD, and Dana Thompson MD.Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Orlando, Florida, September 2003

Fungal Induced Eosinophilic Inflammation in Chronic Rhinosinusitis. Kofi Boahene MD, David Sherris MD, Hirohita Kita MD, and Jens Ponikau MD. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the National Medical Association Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 2003

Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Salivary Gland: Mayo Clinic Experience. Kofi Boahene MD, Daniel Pinheiro, MD, Jean Lewis MD and Kerry Olsen MD. Presented at American Head and Neck Society Meeting. Nashville, Tennesee, May 2003

Endoscopic Repair of CSF Rhinorrhea and Encephalocele: A Case for Intrathecal Fluorescein Localization. Kofi Boahene MD, David Sherris MD. Presented at American Rhinologic Society Meeting. Nashville, Tennessee, May 2003

Facial Nerve Paralysis from Occult Malignancies. Kofi Boahene, MD, Kerry Olsen MD, Collin Driscoll, MD, Jean Lewis, MD and Thomas McDonald, MD. Presented at Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. San Diego, California, September 2002

Penetrating Craniofacial Injuries: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Anthony E. Brissett MD, Kofi O. Boahene MD and Dana T.Link MD. Presented at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology Mid-Winter meeting. St. Petersburg, Florida, 2002

Acute Airway Compromise and Hearing Loss from Eustachian Tube Teratoma

Kofi Boahene MD and Dana Thompson MD. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children. San Diego, California, November 2001

Craniofacial Metal Bolt Injury: An Unusual Mechanism. Kofi Boahene MD, Dana T. Link MD, Douglas L. Schulte, MD, Anthony E. Brissett, MD. Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the National Medical Association Washington DC, August 2000

"Erythropoietin Rapidly Induces Activation of Serine and Threonine Kinases in Human K562 Erythroleukemia Cells" Derek Kofi Boahene BS and Samuel Adunyah PhD. Presented at the annual scientific meeting of the American Association of Cancer Researchers, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1999

mEDICAL GraND ROUNDS PRESENTATIONS

Subcranial Approach to anterior skull base lesions

February 2006, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Advances in Osseous Reconstruction

Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University

Springfield, Illinois, February, 2004

Functional Nasal Reconstruction: Enhancing your outcomes

Citywide Otolaryngology Conference

Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 2004

Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma in Tissue Regeneration

Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Kumasi, Ghana, November 2004

Advances in Osseous Reconstruction

Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, October 2004

Injuries to major glands and ducts

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, May 2004

Distraction Osteogenesis: Application in Head and Neck Surgery

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, November 2003

Dysphagia and Aspiration: Evaluation and Management

Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, July 2003

Head and Neck Manifestations of Tuberculosis

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 2002

Benign and Malignant Nasopharyngeal Lesions

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 2001

SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Temporalis tendon transfer as part of a comprehensive approach to facial reanimation

Patrick Bryne, Micheal Kim, Kofi Boahene, Jeniffer Millar, Chris Moe

Archives of facial plastic surgery, July 2007

Heminasal Proboscis with Associated Microphthalmia and Encephalocele

Kofi Boahene MD, Ricky Clay MD, and Dana Thompson MD

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, March 2005, Volume 16, Issue 2

Facial Nerve Paralysis from Occult Malignancies

Kofi Boahene MD, Kerry Olsen MD, Collin Driscoll MD, Jean Lewis MD and Thomas McDonald MD

Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, April 2004

Popular Press : Enet News@entnet.com April 2004

Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Salivary Gland: Mayo Clinic Experience

Kofi Boahene MD, Daniel Pinheiro MD, Jean Lewis MD and Kerry Olsen MD

Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, July 2004

Requested as an Editor’s Choice for inclusion in Audio-digest presentation, February 2003

Craniofacial Metal Bolt Injury: An Unusual Mechanism.

Boahene, Kofi O. MD; Thompson, Dana M. MD; Schulte, Douglas L. MD; Brissett, Anthony E. MD

Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. 56(3):716-719, March 2004

Fungal Induced Eosinophilic Inflammation in Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Kofi Boahene MD, David Sherris MD, Hirohita Kita MD, and Jens Ponikau MD

Abstract: Annual Scientific Meeting of the National Medical Association

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 2003

Endoscopic Repair of CSF Rhinorrhea and Encephalocele: A Case for Intrathecal Fluorescein Localization. Kofi Boahene MD, David Sherris, MD

Submitted for publication in the American Journal of Rhinology, May 2003

Acute Airway Compromise and Hearing Loss from Eustachian Tube Teratoma

Kofi Boahene, MD and Dana Thompson, MD.

Presented at the Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children Meeting,

Published in Proceedings of Meeting, November 2001

"Erythropoietin Rapidly Induces Activation of Serine/Threonine Kinases in Human K562 Erythroleukernia Cells" Derek Kofi Boahene BS and Samuel Adunyah PhD.

Published abstract in the Proceedings of the American Association of Cancer Researchers, 1999

“Luminal L-Alanine Stimulates Exocytosis at the K Conductive Apical Membrane of Aplysia californica enterocyte" Jerald Denton. Derek Kofi Boahene and William Moran, PhD.

Published in the American Journal of Physiology, Vol. 5, 1998

BOOK CHAPTERS

Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery

Chapter 50 “Otosclerosis” Lange Publication Current Series, First Edition 2004

Derek Kofi Boahene, MD and Collin Driscoll, MD

Essential Tissue Healing in the Head and Face

Chapter: Nerve Synkinesis and Nerve Reanimation, BC Decker Publishers, First Edition 2005

Derek Kofi Boahene, MD and Mark May, MD

Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Chapter: Facial Analysis in Rhinoplasty, Thieme Publishers, Third Edition 2005

Derek kofi Boahene, MD and Peter A. Hilger, MD

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Tissue engineering of cartilage and bone for head and neck reconstruction

Keloids and wound healing

Outcomes in facial paralysis treatment

Modified Implantable Natural Protein Biomatrix

Alar rim contouring in rhinoplasty

Electromyographic studies of perinasal muscles in the post-rhinoplasty patient

In Vitro Model for Eosinophilic Inflammation in Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Chronic Rhinosinusitis: Do eosinophils respond to bacterial antigens?

Heminasal Proboscis with Associated Microphthalmia and Meningoencephalocele

Extraskeletal Ewing’s sarcoma of The Head and Neck

Endoscopic Repair of CSF Rhinorrhea and Encephalocele: A case for Intrathecal Fluorescein Localization

Cochleovestibular Manifestations and Findings in Susac’s Syndrome

Teratomas of the Head and Neck

Erythropoietin Rapidly Induces Activation of Serine and Threonine Kinases in Human K562 Erythroleukemia Cells

Expediting the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in a Metropolitan Hospital - A Retrospective Study of 100 Patients.

Luminal L-alanine stimulates exocytosis at the potassium conductive apical membrane of Aplysia californica enterocyte.

Effect of atrial natriuretic factor on apical membrane capacitance in cultured shark rectal gland cells.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Academy for Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

Mayo Clinic Alumni Society

Mayo clinic surgical society

American Association for Cancer Researchers

American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive surgery

American Medical Association

Minnesota Medical Association

National Medical Association

HONOR SOCIETIES

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society

Alpha Chi National Honor Society

COMMITTEES

Face to face committee, American Association of facial plastic and reconstructive Surgeons

President, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Nashville Chapter, 1998-1999

Member, Institutional Committee for Accreditation, Liaison Committee on Medical Education, Meharry Medical College, 1997

President, Class of 1999, Meharry Medical College, 1997-1998

Medical Missions

Children Surgery International, Kumasi, Ghana, 2007

Grace church medical missions, Peru 2006

Children Surgery International, Kumasi, Ghana, November, 2004

Children Surgery International, Kumasi, Ghana, January, 2004

Lions Club International, Oaxaca, Mexico, February, 2003

Languages

Akan, English, Russian