Professor Nicholas Ossei-Gerning has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 King’s New Years Honours List, KAmo writes.
The OBE is for services to the field of interventional cardiology in Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales.
He works is a professor of cardiology St Joseph’s Hospital, Cardiff, and is also a course co-director of the Africa PCR Conference. His work includes working on the inhibitors angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE).
ACE plays an important role in the control of blood pressure. He also describes himself on X (Twitter) as having a special interest in erectile dysfunction and a mission to improve healthcare in Ghana.
Interested to learn about other Ghanaians who have been been named in the Honours list in previous years and who accepted and rejected the award? Visit the link below for more.
List of Ghanaian awardees in previous years
One of the leading Ghanaians that rejected the award in recent years was LGBTQI activist Lady Phyll Opoku-Gyimah.
We featured her in our second magazine issue in 2020. Click the image to read more.
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