Prof. Isaac Kofi Owusu

Associate Professor


Dept: Medicine
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY, KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KUMASI, GHANA

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Research Areas/Interests

Heart Failure, Hypertension and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiac Haemodynamics, Echocardiography, Cardiac Arrhythmias, Venous Thromboembolis...~more


Research Projects (Current and Past)

Principal Investigator for the following projects:

  1. National Deep Vein Thrombosis Management Network. A collaborative study with the University of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, Bayer and GIZ, 2020-2021.
  2. Epidemiology of Deep vein Thrombosis in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Ghana – Association of asymptomatic parasitaemia and deep vein thrombosis. A collaborative study with the University of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany and Bayer, 2018-2019.
  3. Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Target Organ Damage among Ghanaians. A Collaborative Study with Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute. Guangzhou. China, 2016-2017.
  4. Akoma-Pa Global Health Initiative: A New Model of Care for Hypertension Management in Ghana- A Collaborative Study with Medtronic, USA. 2016-2017.
  5. Cardiovascular risk profile in patients seen at the cardiac clinic of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi. 2013
  6. Prevalence of cardiovascular dysfunction in HIV patients and impact of HAART in Ghana. 2010-2011.
  7. Causes of heart failure in patients seen at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. 2005.
  8. Treatment of heart failure at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. 2004.

 Supervision of Student Projects

  1. The impact of the inclusions of Beta-Blocker, Carvedilol in the treatment Guidelines for Heart Failure patients in a Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. (Supervisor for MPhil- Clinical Pharmacology), 2011.
  2. Prevalence of erectile dysfunction among men attending cardiac out-patient clinics in the Kumasi metropolis. (Supervisor for BSc Degree), 2012.
  3. Pattern of heart failure in adults presenting at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi. Ghana. (Supervisor for the Fellowship of West African College of Physicians), 2014.
  4. Evaluating the cardiovascular risk profile of HIV Patients attending clinic at the medical unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. (Supervisor for the Fellowship of West African College of Physicians), 2014.
  5. Prevalence and correlates of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy among hypertensive at a specialist hospital in Techiman, Ghana. (Supervisor for the Fellowship of West African College of Physicians), 2015.
  6. Management of advanced heart failure patients using beta-blockers as adjunct in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana. (Supervisor for PhD- Clinical Pharmacology), 2012-2014
  7. Role of Statins in the Management and Treatment Outcomes of Heart failure in Kumasi, Ghana. (Supervisor for PhD - Clinical Pharmacology), 2014-2016.
  8. The Role of Specific Adipokines: Resisten, Leptin and Adiponenctin as Predictive factors in Aetiology and Management of Hypertension in Kumasi. (Supervisor for PhD- Molecular Biology), 2013-2015.
  9. Inflammatory Markers of Cardiovascular Disease in Hypertension. (Supervisor for MPhil- Molecular Biology), 2014.
  10. Pharmacological management of cardiovascular disease at the cardiac clinic in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi. (Supervisor for MPhil- Clinical Pharmacology), 2015.
  11. Cardiovascular diseases risk assessment among hypertensives attending the cardiac clinic at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi. (Supervisor for MPH), 2014.
  12. Clinical and demographic characteristics of patients presenting with rheumatic heart disease at the cardiac clinic of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi. (Supervisor for MPH), 2015
  13. Prevalence of Extra-pyramidal Signs in Patients presenting to the Outpatient clinic at the Department of Psychiatry at KATH, (Supervisor for DPDM programme), 2016
  14. Pattern and correlates of QTc dispersion among adult hypertensives attending the cardiology clinic of the department of medicine, KATH, Kumasi. (Supervisor for the Fellowship of West African College of Physicians), 2019.
  15. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and management of hypertension at a specialist cardiac clinic in Kumasi. (Supervisor for MPhil- Clinical Pharmacology), 2019.
  16. Patterns and predictors of electrocardiographic abnormalities among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Kumasi, Ghana. (Supervisor for the Fellowship of West African College of Physicians), 2020

 

iii. Co-Investigator

  1. Age-Gender Distribution of Coronary Artery Calcium Score in a Black African Population in Ghana, 2017.
  1. Global Health Initiative: Needs Finding in the Care of Patients with

      Hypertension and Heart Failure in Ghana. A Collaborative Study with

      Medtronic, USA, 2015.

  1. Cohort of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus Patients for Clinical Outcome and Correlates at the Suntresu Government Hospital. 2015


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