Ellen Boakye is a

Ghanaian Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

cardiologist Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular hear ...

for children. She is known for winning 18 awards for distinguishing herself in her course of study.

Education

Boakye was born in

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in the

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Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. She had her primary and secondary level education at Petra International School in Breman Read and the Yaa Asantewaa Secondary School in Kumasi respectively. She then studied further at the University of Ghana Medical School. During her Bachelor of Science degree graduation, she won 8 out the 9 awards presented. In 2017, she won 10 awards at the Vice-Chancellor's Academic Award Ceremony held at the Great Hall of the University of Ghana. She is known to have won the highest number of awards that year, having swept 10 awards out of the 156 awards given out.

Career

She currently works as one of the few children's cardiologists in Ghana.

Awards

She has won several other awards which includes: * 2017 - The People's Choice Practitioners Awards * 2017 - HELEH Africa People's Choice Practitioners Honours

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boakye, Ellen Living people Year of birth missing (living people) University of Ghana alumni Ghanaian cardiologists Women cardiologists People from Ashanti Region Ghanaian pediatricians Yaa Asantewaa Girls' Senior High School alumni