(MBChB, PGDip, MPhil, MA, MSc, MGCS, DA, FWACS, PhD)
Professor Charles Hayfron-Benjamin is a physiologist, critical care physician, and anesthesiologist, with expertise in respiratory medicine. He has extensive expertise in pulmonary and vascular function evaluation. He is also skilled in cardiac function testing and evaluation of exercise capacity. His research is centered on pulmonary and vascular dysfunction in selected patient populations including diabetes and sickle cell disease.
Charles earned his medical degree from the University of Ghana Medical School. He completed his dual residency in anesthesiology and critical care from the West African College of Surgeons and Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and a fellowship in anesthesiology from the West African College of Surgeons. He completed his Ph.D. in pulmonary and vascular medicine from the Amsterdam University Medical Centre (University of Amsterdam) and post-doctoral fellowship training at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis. He holds several other academic qualifications, including master’s degrees in physiology, respiratory medicine, and bioethics from the University of Ghana Medical School, the University of South Wales, and the New York University.
At the University of Ghana Medical School, Charles teaches and mentors medical students, graduate students, and residents, and serves as the consultant for the pulmonary function program. Work from his pulmonary and vascular function laboratory at the University of Ghana Medical School has filled important gaps in the underlying mechanisms for pulmonary and vascular dysfunction in diabetes and the general population. His active research efforts include determining normative physiological measures in Ghanaians, identifying novel risk factors for pulmonary and vascular dysfunction in diabetes, and determining the clinical consequences of pulmonary dysfunction in pregnant women with sickle cell disease. His long-term goal is to provide treatments that can reverse established pulmonary and vascular dysfunction in diabetes and sickle cell disease. Charles is also an adjunct faculty at the Amsterdam University Medical Centre where he mentors and supervises PhD students.
Professor Hayfron-Benjamin is a senior specialist in anesthesiology and intensive care at the University of Ghana Medical Centre and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. He is also a bioethicist with a keen interest in clinical research ethics and is passionate about training the next generation of ethical biomedical scientists in Africa. He is an ardent believer in the African dream and spends a large chunk of his non-professional hours equipping the next generation of African leaders to embrace the transformational leadership challenge and change their communities for good.
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