Professor Yaw Adu-Gyamfi

He graduated from the University of Ghana Medical School, now School of Medicine and Dentistry, in 1969, with Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degrees. He studied for his post graduate fellowship in Anaesthesia and Critical Care at Kings College Hospital and Medical School, Demark Hill, London, and obtained his postgraduate fellowship in Anaesthesiology (FFARCS/FRCA) in February, 1974. He holds a Fellowship of the West African College of Surgeons (FWACS) and is a foundation Fellow of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (FGCP&S).

He is former head of Department Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Ghana Medical School. He taught at the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. He is currently a Part-time Consultant and Professor in Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at his Alma Mater and the Chairman of the National Health Insurance Authority. Dr Adu-Gyamfi joined the Board in January 2018.