Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare

Director General, Ghana Health Service

Country: Ghana

 

Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare is a Ghanaian medical officer, academic and health management expert. He has worked in the Ghanaian health sector for close to forty years serving at various management levels. He is the Director General of the Ghana Health Service.

Dr. Nsiah-Asare prior to his current appointment has worked in the health sector spanning over 36 years in senior management position.

He has also worked as a Surgical Specialist at the St Patrick Hospital in Offinso-Ashanti and Tamale Teaching Hospital.

He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) also worked as a Consultant General Surgeon for the same hospital. Between 1997 and 2001, Dr Nsiah-Asare served as a part-time lecturer in Clinical Anatomy at the University of Development Studies (UDS), School of Medical Sciences, Tamale