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PAA KWESI BAIDOO, MD

Directorate of Trauma and Orthopaedics

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Post Office Box 1934

Kumasi, Ghana

Email: pakvandal@gmail.com

Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo

CURRENT POSITIONS

Head of Directorate Feb 2023 – present

Directorate of Trauma and Orthopedics

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

Ashanti Divisional Chairman. Feb 2020 – present

Ghana Medical Association

EDUCATION/ TRAINING

Buckle Fellowship 2024

Anterior Hip Foundation training in Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS) 2023

Institutions

Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute

St. Mary’s Medical Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Mentor: Dror Paley, MD

Nemours Children hospital, Delaware

Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Mentor: Reid Nichols, MD

Children Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Civic center Blvd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Mentor: Christine Goodbody, MD

Shriners Children’s Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Mentor: Sarah B. Nossov, MD

The Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Mentor: John Herzenberg, MD and Shawn C. Standard, MD

Scottish Rite Children Hospital

Dallas, Texas, USA

Mentor: Elizabeth W. Hubbard, MD and John G. Birch, MD

Institute of Global Orthopedics and Traumatology (IGOT) Oct 2022

Surgical Management and Reconstruction Training (SMART) Course.

Providing specialized training in soft tissue techniques for Orthopedic surgeons.

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center

San Francisco, California, United States of America

2022 SIGN fracture international conference and bioskills training Oct 2022

SIGN fracture and bioskills HQ, Washington, United State of America

Postgraduate Fellowship in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Jan 2019- Apr 2019

University of Thessaly Medical School, Larissa, Greece

An European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)

Health Administration and Management Program Jul 2018 -Aug 2018

Ghana Institute Of Management And Public Administration (GIMPA)

Faculty Education Program, Kigali, Rwanda. Aug 2017- Oct 2017

British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS) Apr 2018

The School of Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

21st principles of foot and ankle surgery course for higher surgical

trainees and consultants (overseas)

Senior Resident, Orthopedics Jan 2013 – Oct 2016

West African College of Surgeons

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

Senior Resident, Orthopedics

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons Jan 2013- Mar 2016

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

Dissertation: Outcome of management of pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures in Korle Bu

Teaching Hospital.

Senior Resident on Rotation Apr 2015- Jun 2015

FOCOS Orthopedics and Spine Hospital, Pantang Accra

International Fellow in Orthopedics Jun 2012- Dec 2012

Department of Orthopedics

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, United States of America

General Surgery Residency 2007- 2010

West African College of Surgeons

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi

General Surgery Residency 2007- 2010

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi

MBChB 2002-2005

Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science and Technology

School of Medical Sciences

Bachelor of Science in Human Biology 1999-2002

Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science and Technology

School of Medical Sciences

WORK HISTORY

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana 2005-2007, 2007-2011, 2017-Current

Housemanship, Residency, Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon

Adjunct Senior Lecturer

School of Medicine and Dentistry 2020 – date

Department of Surgery

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)

University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece Jan 2019 – Apr 2019

Department of Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Trauma

Arthroscopy Fellowship

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana Jan 2013 – Jan 2017

Senior Residency Orthopaedic and Trauma

FOCOS Orthopaedic Center Mar 2015 -July 2015

Orthopaedic and Spine Rotation

University of Utah Orthopedic Center, USA Mar 2012-Dec 2012

Orthopaedic Residency Rotation

Sunyani Regional Hospital, Ghana Mar 2010-May 2010

General Surgery Residency Rotation

Yendi District Hospital Feb 2006, Oct 2010, Dec 2010

Northern Region, Ghana

Nandom District Hospital Aug 2008

Upper West, Ghana

St. Francis Xavier Hospital, Assin Fosu Oct 2007

Central Region, Ghana

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Pediatric travel fellowship (One of three global recipient of the award; trained in a

number of prestigious medical institutions in the United States of America). Limb

Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS) , 2023.

• The Best Paper, 2019 International Trauma Care Forum Orthopaedic Trauma Association

Annual Conference Denver, Colorado, USA

• Best International Paper, 2012 Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting.

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

• Bronze medalist, Handball, West African Universities Games, 2003
• Silver medalist, Handball, Ghana Universities Sports Association Games, 2002
• Gold medalist, Rugby 2000

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Reviewer African Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2021 – 2022
• Adhoc Reviewer BMC Pediatrics 2021
• Reviewer Postgraduate Medical Journal, Ghana 2020
• Editor, The Mediscope Journal (School of Medical Sciences, KNUST) 2000-2002

SERVICE

• Electoral Commissioner (AIESEC-KNUST) 2001-2002
• Internal Examiner

Emergency medicine fellowship examination (OSCE) 2017

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Accra

FACULTY MEMBER

• Regional faculty: Muhimbili Trauma Institute (MOI) Jun 2023

Dar es Salaam, Trauma Course in partnership with Institute of Global

Orthopedics (IGOT) and SIGN

• Regional faculty: AOA Courses Apr 2023

Basic Principles of Fracture Management

• Rwamagana, Rwanda Faculty Jul 2022

SIGN/IGOT tibia plafond fracture webinar

• Faculty, SIGN/IGOT tibia plafond fracture webinar. Jul 2022

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/ LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Member of Council Feb 2020 – present

Ghana Medical Association

Member of the Negotiations Committee. Mar 2022 – present

Ghana Medical Association

National Executive Council member Ghana Medical Association Feb 2020 – present

Ashanti Divisional Chairman, Ghana Medical Association Feb 2020 – present

Faculty member, AO Foundation/AO Alliance Foundation 2017- present

Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) USA 2018- present

Ghana Medical Association 2005- Current

Ghana Medical and Dental Council 2005- Current

AO Trauma 2011- Current

Chief Resident, Orthopedic Unit, KBTH, 2015

Vice President, Junior Doctors Association, KATH 2008 – 2009

Vice-President, Medical Students’ Association 2002 – 2003

PEER- REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

1. Hammond B, Abu KA, Anyittey-Kokor D, Baidoo PK, Leat M, Awoonor-Wiliams R,

Konadu-Yeboah D, Wilson AA, Vormawor KK, Bukari MIS, Twumasi-Baah Jnr K,

Amamoo J, Opuni GYF, Shiako JT, Akomea G, Determinants of Utilization of Prostheses

and orthoses following lower limb amputation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review,

Journal of Orthopaedic Reports, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorep.2024.100528.

2. Ativor V, Konadu-Yeboah D, O’Marr J, Brown K, Rodarte P, Kumah R, Quartey R,

Awariyah D, Konadu P, Baidoo PK, Okike K, Morshed S, Shearer D, Roberts H.

Predictors of quality of life, economic impact, and loss to follow-up after open tibial shaft

fractures in Ghana. OTA Int. 2024 Jul 12;7(3):e340. doi: 10.1097/OI9.0000000000000340.

PMID: 39006124; PMCID: PMC11239167.

3. Abu, K.A., Hammond, B., Bukari, M.I.S., Vormawor, K.K. ,Awoonor-Williams, R.,

Anyitey-Kokor, D., Baidoo, P.K. and Konadu-Yeboah, D. Functional Outcomes of Adult

Tibia Shaft Fractures Treated with Solid Intramedullary Nails versus Hollow Nails: A

Systematic Review. Open Journal of Orthopedics, 14,149-172. 2024.

https://doi.org/10.4236/ojo.2024.143016

4. Kang MJ, Kwesi Sakyi Ngissah R, Bo-Ib Buunaaim AD, Baidoo R, Odei-Ansong F, Wordui

T, Adjepong-Tandoh EK, Baidoo PK, Aggrey-Orleans JEK. The need for hands-on training

and supervision for entry-level physicians in a country with low surgical staffing density: a

nationwide survey in Ghana. BMC Med Educ. 2023 Nov 29;23(1):904. doi: 10.1186/s12909-

023-04880-3. PMID: 38031085; PMCID: PMC10687912.

5. Boakye FN, Vowotor RK, Awoonor-Williams R, Baidoo PK, Bandoh D, Abdullah HD.

Spinal arteriovenous malformation: A case report and review of literature. J West Afr. Coll

Surg 2022;12:88-90

6. Baidoo, P.K., Twumasi-Baah Jnr, K., Anning A., Assim, A. O., Ayodeji. E. K., Gudugbe, S.

Treatment of Pipkin type I fracture using safe surgical hip dislocation: A case report. Clinical

Case Reports. 2021;e04147.

7. Baidoo, P. K., Odei, J. B,. Ansu, V,. Segbefia, M., Holdbrook-Smith, H., (2021). Predictors

of hip fracture mortality in Ghana: a single-center prospective study. Achives of

Osteoporosis 16, 35 (2021).

8. Baidoo, P. K., Kumah-Ametepey, R., Segbefia, M., Buunaaim, A. D. B. (2021). Treatment

and outcomes of pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures in Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

OTA International: June 202, Volume 4 – Issue 2 – p e124.

9. Delays in hospital admissions in patients with fractures across 18 low-income and middleincome

countries (INORMUS): a prospective observational study

Panthea Pouramin , Chuan Silvia Li , Jason W Busse , Sheila Sprague , P J

Devereaux , Jagnoor Jagnoor , Rebecca Ivers , Mohit Bhandari , INORMUS investigators

(Paa Kwesi Baidoo, investigator)

Lancet Glob Health. 2020 May;8(5):e711-e720.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30067-X.

10. International Orthopaedic Multicenter Study in Fracture Care: Coordinating a Large-Scale

Multicenter Global Prospective Cohort Study Sprague, Sheila PhD*,†; McKay, Paula BSc‡;

Li, Chuan Silvia BSc‡; Ivers, Rebecca PhD§; Moroz, Paul J. MDǁ,¶; Jagnoor, Jagnoor PhD**;

Bhandari, Mohit MD, PhD*,†; Miclau, Theodore MD††, on behalf of the INORMUS

Investigators (Paa Kwesi Baidoo, investigator) Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma: October

2018 – Volume 32 – Issue – p S58-S63

doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001287

11. Baidoo, P.K., Ocloo, A., Ansu, V., & Baidoo, J.N. (2018). Impact of battery-powered

orthopedic drills on the practice of orthopedic surgery in a resource limited country.

International Surgery Journal, 5(3), 954-958.

12. Baidoo, P. K., Baddoo, D., Ocloo, A., Agbley, D., Lartey, S., & Baddoo, N. A. (2018).

Tuberculous tenosynovitis of the flexor tendons of the wrist: a case report. BMC research

notes, 11(1), 1-5.

13. Baidoo, P. K., Ocloo, A., & Ansu, V. (2018) The pattern of hip fractures over a ten-year

period in a major referral center in Ghana. Post Graduate Medical Journal of Ghana, volume

7. No. 2, pages 98-104
8. Baidoo, P.K., Adegah, B. (2017) Delayed diagnosis of traumatic posterior hip dislocation in

a 6-year-old girl with 6 years follow up: a case report. International Surgery Journal. 4(10),

3511-3514.

15. International Orthopaedic Multicentre Study (INORMUS) in Fracture Care

Protocol for a Large Prospective Observational Study

INORMUS Investigators (Paa Kwesi Baidoo, investigator)

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma: October 2015 – Volume 29 – Issue – p S2-S6

doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000404

16. Kaiser, S. P., Holland, T., Baidoo, P. K., Coughlin, R. C., Konadu, P., Awariyah, D., &

Kumah-Ametepey, R. A. (2014). An observational cohort study of the adoption of elastic

stable intramedullary nailing for the treatment of pediatric femur fractures in Kumasi, Ghana.

World Journal of Surgery, 38(11), 2818-2824.

17. Gyedu, A., Damah, M., Baidoo, P.K., & Yorke, J. (2010) Congenital transmesenteric defect

causing bowel strangulation in an adult. Hernia, 14(6), 643-645.

PODIUM PRESENTATIONS

1. Predictors of hip fracture mortality in Ghana: A single center prospective study.2019.

International Trauma Care Forum. Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual meeting

Denver, Colorado, USA. September 2019.

2. The pattern of hip fractures over a ten-year period in a major referral center in Ghana.

Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida. October, 2019.

3. Pattern of hip fractures over a ten-year period in a major referral center in Ghana.

West African College of Surgeons 58th Annual Conference and Scientific Meeting.

Banjul, The Gambia. February 2018.

4. Impact of battery-powered orthopedic drills on the practice of orthopedic surgery in a

resource limited country. West African College of Surgeons 58th Annual Conference and

Scientific Meeting. Banjul, The Gambia. February 2018.

5. Treatment and outcomes of pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures in Korle Bu Teaching

hospital. West African College of Surgeons 58th Annual Conference and Scientific Meeting.

Banjul, The Gambia. February 2018.

6. Treatment and outcomes of pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures in Korle Bu Teaching

Hospital. AO Alliance pediatric fracture solutions sponsored session. Medical knowledge

fiesta. Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Accra-Ghana. 2017.

7. An Observational Cohort Study of the Adoption of Elastic Stable Intramedullary Nailing for

the Treatment of Pediatric Femur Fractures in Kumasi, Ghana .West African college of

Surgeons Annual Meeting, Kumasi-Ghana. February 2014.

8. An Observational Cohort Study of the Adoption of Elastic Stable Intramedullary Nailing for

the Treatment of Pediatric Femur Fractures in Kumasi, Ghana. Orthopedic Trauma

Association Annual Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. October 2012.

9. International Collaborations, Experience from Ghana. Orthopedic Trauma Association

Annual Meeting. Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. October 2012.

10. Collaboration between University of Utah and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital,

A Resident’s perspective. Final year Class, University of Utah Medical School. 2012.

RESEARCH IN-PREPARATION

1. Effect of time to surgery on outcome of geriatric hip fractures in Korle Bu Teaching

Hospital.

2. Outcome of slipped capital femoral epiphysis management in Korle Bu Teaching

Hospital.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ATTENDED

Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting Sep 2019

Denver, Colorado, USA

Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting Oct 2018

Orlando, Florida, USA

The British Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS) Apr 2018

Principles of foot and ankle surgery course

The Medical School, University of Zambia, Lusaka

West African College of Surgeons 58th Annual Conference Feb 2018-Mar 2018

and Scientific Meeting

Banjul, The Gambia.

Faculty Education Program (FEP) Oct 2017

AO Foundation/AO Alliance Foundation program

Kigali, Rwanda

The 57th Annual Scientific Conference of the West African Feb 2017- Mar 2017

College of Surgeons

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting Oct 2014

Tampa, Florida, USA

Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting Oct 2013

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Orthopedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting Oct 2012

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

The Flap Course Sep 2012

University of California, San Francisco General Hospital, USA

The SIGN NAIL Course Dec 2012

Richland, Washington State, U.S.A

AO TRAUMA Dec 2011

Principles Of Operative Fracture Management

Davos, Switzerland

The Surgeon as a Leader Oct 2011

American College of Surgeons 97th Annual Conference

San Francisco, U.S.A

REFERENCES

Mr. Henry Holdbrook-Smith, FRCS, FWACS

Former Chief Executive Officer, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

Email : hahsmith1@gmail.com

Tel: +233 24 250 1371

Dr. Michael Segbefia, FWACS

Paediatric Orthopedic Surgeon

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

Email; msegbefia@yahoo.com

Tel: +233 27 742 8092