Background
Quartey, John Kwateboi was born on October 8, 1922 in Accra, Ghana. Son of Peter David and Elizabet Abigail (Marmon) Quartey.
Quartey, John Kwateboi was born on October 8, 1922 in Accra, Ghana. Son of Peter David and Elizabet Abigail (Marmon) Quartey.
Bachelor of Medicine, BChir, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1948. Master of Surgery, University Edinburgh, 1993.
House surgeon, Beckett Hospital, Barnsey, England, 1948-1949; casualty officer, Royal Infirmary, Sunderland, England, 1949; orthopedic house surgeon, Royal Infirmary, Sunderland, 1949-1950; general house surgeon, Royal Infirmary, Sunderland, 1950; senior surgical house officer, Withington Hospital, Manchester, England, 1951-1952; special grade medical officer, surgical specialist, Ministry of Health, Kumasi, Tamale, Accra, Ghana, 1953-1957, 58-64; acting head department anatomy, Ghana Medical School, Accra, 1964-1965; senior lecturer department surgery, Ghana Medical School, Accra, 1965-1972; associate professor department surgery, U. Ghana Medical School, Accra, 1972-1992; professor department surgery, U. Ghana Medical School, Accra, since 1992.
Chairman national executive committee Operation Ghana Medical Mission, Accra, 1989. Fellow Royal College Surgeons (Edinburgh), Royal College Surgeons (London), Ghana Academy Arts and Sciences. Member West African College Surgeons (president 1977-1979), Pan African Urological Surgeons Association, British Association Urological Surgeons, American Urological Association Inc.
(correspondent), New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Edith Sangmorkie Saki, September 24, 1955 (divorced May 1979). 2 children.