Joseph Bonney

Joseph is an energetic Emergency Medicine Specialist from Ghana. He trained in the local Emergency Medicine training program with the Ghana College of Physician and Surgeons, currently pursuing his fellowship program in Adult Emergency Medicine with the same program and a fellowship in Disaster and Emergency Preparedness from SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York, USA.

He holds a Master’s in Public Health, specialized in Health Service Planning and Management from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Masters in Disaster Medicine MSc DM from the CRIMEDIM – Center for Research and Training in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid, and Global Health, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy where he is pursuing his PhD in Disaster Medicine, Humanitarian Aid, and Global Health. Currently, he works as an Emergency Medicine Specialist/Attending at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital’s Emergency Medicine Directorate and heads The Research and Innovations’ Office in the same Directorate.

Joe is a founding member of the Emergency Medicine Society of Ghana (EMSOG), current President of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine, Executive Director of the Young Researchers’ Forum, Member of the IFEM WHO Task Force and Board Member of the World Association of Emergency and Disaster Medicine (WADEM). He is a member of the African coaLition for Epidemic Research, Response and Training (ALERRT) and the 2020 fellow for the ISARIC Career Development Fellowship Scheme. He serves an editor for the Ghana Medical Journal, African Journal for Emergency Medicine and the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review.

Dr Bonney is a research fellow with the Global Health and Infectious Diseases Research Group at the Kumasi Collaborative Centre for Research in Tropical Medicine. His keen interest in Research, Emergency and Disaster Medicine has propelled him to work with major players in the health industry and he is always ready to engage for more collaborations to improve healthcare and research in the sub-region. Joe is a fun and focus leader, team player and wonderful photographer.