Dr. Solomom E. Quayson

54 Independence Avenue Ridge, Ghana

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Trainer

BSc., MB., ChB.,(KNUST) MSc (Lond)., DIC., FWACP., FGCP

Profile

Chairman of the Faculty of Laboratory Medicine of the West African College of Physicians (January 2017 to December 2020).
Chairman of the Faculty of Laboratory Medicine, Ghana Chapter of the West African College of Physicians (January 2017 to December 2020).
Member of Council, West African College of Physicians (January 2013 to December 2020).
Member, Education and Research Committee of the West African College of Physicians (January 2017 to date). The committee has the following functions:
Member of the Board of the Faculty of Laboratory Medicine, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (January 2016 – December 2019).
National Secretary, Ghana Chapter of the West African College of Physicians (January 2013 – December 2016).
National Secretary, Ghana Chapter, Faculty of Laboratory Medicine of the West African College of Physicians, (2008 – 2012).
Examiner, Primary, Membership and Fellowship Examinations in Anatomic Pathology of the West African College of Physicians. 2012 to date.
Examiner, Primary and Membership Examinations in Anatomic Pathology, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (2016 to date).
External Examiner to the University for Development Studies in General and Systemic Pathology (2010 to 2014).
External Examiner to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in General and Systemic Pathology (2008 to 2010).
Examination Officer, Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana (1999 to 2004).
Clinical Head, Department of Pathology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana (August 2010- March, 2012.)

Publications

Cytological and Wet Mount Microscopic Observations Made in Urine of Schistosoma haematobium-Infected Children: Hint of the Implication in Bladder Cancer.
Benign breast conditions: An eight-year single-centre histopathological review of women presenting with mass lesions at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana.
Expression of immunohistochemical markers in nonoropharyngeal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in Ghana.
A 20-year trend in renal disease mortality in Ghana: A review of autopsies.
Kwabena Owusu Danquah, Ernest Adjei, Solomon Quayson, Ernest Adankwah, Daniel Gyamfi, Paul Poku Sampene Ossei, Gideon Dzikunu, Portia Mensah, Cecilia Lepkor. Mucin expression patterns in histological grades of colonic cancers in Ghanaian population. PAMJ 27, 267, 10/08/2017
E. M. Der, S. E. Quayson and Y. Tettey. The Pathological Stage at Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Ghanaian Women: A Retrospective Study at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Accra (2001 to 2014). Journal of Cancer and Tumor International 5(2): 1-9, 2017; Article no.JCTI.33006
Patrick Kafui Akakpo, Leonard Derkyi-Kwarteng, Richard Kwasi Gyasi, Solomon Edward Quayson, Simon Naporo and Jehoram Tei Anim. A pathological and clinical study of 706 primary tumours of the ovary in the largest tertiary hospital in Ghana. BMC Women's Health (2017) 17:34 DOI 10.1186/s12905-017-0389-8
Leonard Derkyi-Kwarteng, Ato Ampomah Brown, Kafui P. Akakpo, Ernest Addae, Solomon E. Quayson. Gallbladder Carcinoma in Ghana: Histopathological Examination of Cholecystectomy Specimen. Journal of Cancer and Tumor International.3(4): 1-4, 2016, Article no.JCTI.24468
Patrick Kafui Akakpo, Leonard Derkyi-Kwarteng, Richard K Gyasi, Solomon E Quayson and Jehoram T Anim. Ovarian Cancer in Ghana, a 10-year Histopathological Review of Cases at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. African Journal of Reproductive Health. Dec 2015 19 (4)103 – 107
Akakpo PK, Derkyi-Kwarteng L, Quayson SE, Gyasi RK, Anim JT. Ovarian Tumors in Children and Adolescents: A 10-Yr Histopathologic Review in Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Int J Gynecol Pathol [2015] (PMID:26630227)
Edmund M Der, Solomon E. Quayson, Alfred Tetteh and Simon B. Naaeder. Endometriosis of the Sigmoid Colon Presenting as Acute Intestinal Obstruction: A Case Report from Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana. World Journal of Medical and Surgical Case Reports 2015, 4:11
KP Akakpo, SE Quayson and M Lartey. Disseminated cryptococcosis in a patient with HIV/AIDS at a teaching hospital in Ghana. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports January-December 2015 vol. 3 2050313X14565421
Edmund Muonir Der, Solomon E. Quayson, James E. Mensah and Yao Tettey. Tissue schistosomiasis in Accra Ghana: a retrospective histopathologic review at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (2004-2011). Pathology Discovery ISSN 2052-7896 | Volume 3 | Article 1
Breast cancer in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences.
E. M. Der, S. B. Naaeder, J. N. A. Clegg-Lamptey, S. E. Quayson, E. K. Wiredu, and R. K. Gyasi. Positive Tumor Margins in Wide Local Excision of Breast Cancer: A 10-Year Retrospective Study, African Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 3 (2014), Article ID 235871. doi:10.4303/ajpm/235871
Handlogten KS, Molitor RJ, Roeker LE, Narla NP, Bachman MJ, Quayson S, Owusu-Afriyie O, Adjei E, Ankobea F, Clayton A, Roberts L, Maclaughlin K, Ansong D. Cervical Cancer Screening in Ghana, West Africa: Prevalence of Abnormal Cytology and Challenges for Expanding Screening. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2014 Mar; 33 (2): 197-202.
O'Brien KS, Soliman AS, Awuah B, Jiggae E, Osei-Bonsu E, Quayson S, Adjei E, Thaivalappil SS, Abantanga F, Merajver SD. Establishing effective registration systems in resource-limited settings: cancer registration in Kumasi, Ghana. J Registry Manag. 2013: Summer; 40 (2):70-77.
E. M. Der, S. E. Quayson, J. N. Clegg-Lamptey, E. K. Wiredu, R. K. D. Ephraim and R. K. Gyasi. Thyroid Disorders in Accra, Ghana: A Retrospective Histopathological Study at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences. 2013 2(1): 1-7.
Schwartz T, Stark A, Pang J, Awuah B, Kleer CG, Quayson S, Kingman S, Aitpillah F, Abantanga F, Jiagge E, Oppong JK, Osei-Bonsu E, Martin I, Yan X, Toy K, Adjei E, Wicha M, Newman LA. Expression of aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 as a marker of mammary stem cells in benign and malignant breast lesions of Ghanaian women. Cancer. 2013, Feb 1; 119 (3):488-494.
Pang J, Toy KA, Griffith KA, Awuah B, Quayson S, Newman LA, Kleer CG. Invasive breast carcinomas in Ghana: high frequency of high grade, basal-like histology and high EZH2 expression. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Aug; 135 (1):59-66.
Odoi AT, Owusu-Bempah A, Dassah ET, Darkey DE, Quayson SE. Vulvar lipoma: is it so rare? Ghana Med J. 2011 Sept; 45(3):125-127.
Stark A, Kleer CG, Martin I, Awuah B, Nsiah-Asare A, Takyi V, Braman M, Quayson SE, Zarbo R, Wicha M, Newman L. African ancestry and higher prevalence of triple-negative breast cancer: findings from an international study. Cancer. 2010 Nov 1; 116 (21):4926-4932.
Quayson S E and Boateng K A. Review of Cervical Cancer at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi. Indian J Clinical Pract. 2003 4 (3) 19-21.
K A Boateng and S E Quayson. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Small Bowel. Indian J Clinical Pract. 2002; 4: (3) 23-24.

Faculty Trainee Supervision

No. trained/supervised: Two (2)

Names:

Dr. Ousman Leigh
Dr Isac J. Erskine

Fellowship/Dissertation:

Dr. Isaac Joe Erskine: Histomorphological Spectrum of Endometrial biopsies at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital-A 10 year review. Diploma in Project Design and Management Course of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Isaac Joe Erskine: Endometrial Carcinoma in Ghana and Microsatellite instability; An Immunohistological study at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Fellowship thesis of the West African College of Physicians.
Dr. Ousman Leigh. Spectrum of Malignant Tumors of Breast Tissue Biopsies. Diploma in Project design and management Course of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Ousman Leigh Spectrum of Malignant tumours of the Urinary bladder at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana: a Ten-year retrospective review. Fellowship thesis of the West African College of Physicians.