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
Third PlaceResearch Award
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
First PlaceAward- Russian Quiz Bowl for Exchange Student, Moscow, Russia, 1991
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