Professor Eghan is a mentor, teacher, researcher, and a Nephrologist. He graduated primarily from KNUST School of Medical Sciences. He did a Masters at Imperial College of Medicine (Rpyal postgraduate medical school, Hammersmith hospital, London) and a Dr Med at University of Ulm in Germany.

He joined the Medical school as a Research Fellow and rose through the ranks to Full Professor. In the Department of Medicine he has researched prolifically in Diabetology, Nephrology and Genomics. He has also collaborated with the Department of Molecular Medicine and Microbiology