Adukwei Hesse

Ian Frederick Adukwei Hesse, is a Ghanaian academic, physician and a Presbyterian minister. He was on the faculty at the Department of Physiology at the University of Ghana Medical School, a consultant physician as well as a co-founder and the Vice President of Accra College of Medicine. He was formerly assistant secretary and later vice-president of the Ghana Medical Association. He is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. He is involved in prison reform and ministry in Ghana.

Early life and education

A member of the notable Hesse family, Hesse had his secondary education at Achimota School from 1965 to 1971, where he obtained his GCE Ordinary and Advanced Level certificates. He entered the University of Ghana Medical School directly without a pre-medical course due to his superior performance in the final examinations. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in physiology in 1975, and his bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBChB) certificate in 1978. While at the University of Ghana Medical School, he served as secretary of the Ghana Medical School Students Association and actively participated in demonstrations organised by student bodies opposing the "unigov" concept of governance during the Acheampong regime. He enrolled at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom in 1980 and was awarded his doctorate degree (PhD) in 1983.

Career Academic He returned to Ghana after his stint in the United Kingdom and joined the staff of the University of Ghana Medical School as a lecturer in the Physiology department and the department of Medicine and Therapeutics. In 1995 he was promoted to senior lecturer status at the departments of Physiology, and Medicine and Therapeutics. A year later he was made head of the Physiology department of the University of Ghana Medical School. He served in that capacity for two years. He became an associate professor of physiology, and Medicine and Therapeutics from 2002 until 2005 when he became a chief executive of the Executive Healthcare and Consult. He subsequently became a part-time lecturer (associate professor) at the Physiology, and Medicine and Therapeutics department of the University of Ghana Medical School. He also pastors a Presbyterian church in Accra. He was a member of the Accra Ridge Church. (contrib.) Blood pressure response to out-patient drug treatment of hypertension in 1973 - 1993 at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, (2003) (contrib.) The characteristics, knowledge, beliefs and practices of parent/guardians of children with asthma in Accra, Ghana, 2004; (contrib.) A tuberculin skin test survey among Ghanaian school children., 2010 (contrib.) First Nationwide Survey of the Prevalence of TB/HIV Co-Infection in Ghana, 2018

Honours For his services to the Ghana Medical Association, the medical profession and the Ghana at large; he was made a Fellow of the Ghana Medical Association, the highest award of the association. Some of Adukwei's interests include music. He played viola for the Achimota School Orchestra. He was also a member of the Aggrey Memorial Chapel Choir at Achimota School, and the Accra Ridge Church Choir.