Dr. Collins Kokuro

Dr. Collins Kokuro

Position: President
Categories: Executives

Dr Collins Kokuro is the President of the Ghanaian Society of Cardiology GSC) and also a former Vice President of GSC.

Dr Kokuro is a Consultant Physician and Cardiologist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine and the immediate past Head of Cardiology. He is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Medical Sciences of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (SMS-KNUST). He is the National Secretary of the  West African College of Physician (WACP) – Ghana Chapter. He is a former Deputy Training Coordinator in Internal Medicine for the Ghana Chapter of the WACP. Dr Kokuro is involved in the teaching of cardiology fellows, resident medical officers, medical students and other health workers.

Dr Kokuro provides services in General Internal Medicine and Cardiology. He is an expert in both routine and ambulatory Electrocardiograhy and Echocardiography and has advance training in abdominal ultrasonography.

Dr Kokuro earned his BSc Human Biology and MB.ChB in Medicine from the School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana in the year 2000 AND 2004 respectively. He became a member of the West African College of Physicians in 2009 and completed the fellowship program of the college in Internal Medicine in 2013. He then did a fellowship observation in Cardiology at the University of Utah, School of Medicine, Division of cardiology. He holds a postgraduate diploma in Project Design and Management (DPDM) from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He is a fellow of the Ghana College of Physicians where he serves  at the Faculty Board of the Internal Medicine Faculty.

Dr Kokuro has authored and co-authored many research publications in international and listed journals. He is a reviewer for local and  internation journals in internal medicine and cardiology. His research area of interest is in cardiovascular disease, cardiac arrhythmias, hypertension, community medicine and hypertensive disoreders of pregnancy (HDP). He is a member of the Essential Vascular Care Guidelines Study Group.

Dr Kokuro has been a facilitator in many local and international conferences/meetings with exciting presentations in the area of cardiovascular diseases and hypertension. He is affiliated to the European Society of Cardiology, World Heart Federation, West African College of Physicians, International Federation of Health Promotion and Education, Ghana Medical Association and the Methodist Medical Association of Ghana. Dr Kokuro has provided a number of consultancy services, as an expert in hypertension and cardiometabolic diseases, to a number of pharmaceutical giants in Ghana, West Africa and the world. He also served on a number of Advisory Boards.

Dr Kokuro is involved in community and volunteering work with special interest in community education of hypertension, obesity and cardiovascular diseases in general.

Dr Kokuro is married with three children.