Joseph Yorke is an Associate Professor at the Department of Surgery, KNUST School of Medicine and Dentistry, and a Consultant General Surgeon at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).

He is a fellow at the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and the West African College of Surgeons, as well as a member of the Ghana Surgical Research Association, the Ghana Hernia Association and Ghana Association For The Study Of Liver And Digestive Diseases.