{"id":13299,"date":"2026-09-01T10:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/?p=13299"},"modified":"2026-09-01T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:10:00","slug":"kccr-congratulates-prof-yaw-ampem-amoako-on-appointment-as-medical-director-of-kath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/kccr-congratulates-prof-yaw-ampem-amoako-on-appointment-as-medical-director-of-kath\/","title":{"rendered":"KCCR CONGRATULATES PROF. YAW AMPEM AMOAKO ON APPOINTMENT AS MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF KATH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR)<\/strong> warmly congratulates <strong>Prof. Yaw Ampem Amoako<\/strong>, Principal Investigator of the <strong>Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases Research Group at KCCR<\/strong>, on his appointment as the new <strong>Medical Director of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH)<\/strong>, effective <strong>1 September 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amoako-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amoako-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amoako-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amoako-767x512.jpg 767w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Amoako.jpg 1382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Amoako is a distinguished clinician, researcher, and academic whose work has contributed to advancing research and understanding of <strong>skin neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)<\/strong>, including Buruli ulcer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-3-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-3-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-3-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-3-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-3-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG-3-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His appointment to lead one of Ghana\u2019s foremost teaching hospitals is a significant recognition of his experience, leadership, and commitment to healthcare, research, and medical education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At KCCR, we are particularly proud to see one of our Principal Investigators take on this important leadership responsibility. We are confident that Prof. Amoako\u2019s expertise and dedication will contribute to strengthening clinical services, research, training, and innovation at KATH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he begins this new chapter, KCCR wishes <strong>Prof. Yaw Ampem Amoako<\/strong> every success in his new role and looks forward to his continued contribution to advancing health research and improving healthcare in Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Congratulations, Prof. Amoako!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) warmly congratulates Prof. Yaw Ampem Amoako, Principal Investigator of the Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases Research Group at KCCR, on his appointment as the new Medical Director of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), effective 1 September 2026. Prof. Amoako is a distinguished clinician, researcher, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":13300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13299"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13304,"href":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13299\/revisions\/13304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/kccr-ghana.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/blue-sea-697d.quartiers047.workers.dev:443\/https\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}