About

Professor Charles Hayfron-Benjamin is a physiologist, anesthesiologist, and critical care physician, with extensive expertise in pulmonary and vascular function evaluation. He is also skilled in cardiac function testing and evaluation of exercise capacity. His research is centered on pulmonary and vascular dysfunction, and runs pulmonary and vascular function laboratories at the University of Ghana Medical School

At the University of Ghana Medical School, Charles teaches and mentors medical students, graduate students, and residents. He also serves as the consultant in charge of the pulmonary function program, and runs specialized pulmonary and vascular function laboratories. Charles is a practicing physician and works as an anesthesiologist and critical care physician at the University of Ghana Medical Centre and Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. He is also a bioethicist with a keen interest in clinical research ethics.

Charles is an ardent believer in the African dream and spends a large chunk of his non-professional hours equipping the next generation of African leaders and professionals to embrace the transformational leadership challenge and change their communities for good

Education and Qualification

(MBChB, Ph.D., DA, MGCS, MPhil, MA, MSc, PGDip)

Education

• Ph.D., Medicine: Amsterdam University Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Medical Degree (MBChB): University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana
• MPhil, Physiology: University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana
• MSc, Respiratory Medicine: University of South Wales, UK
• MA, Bioethics: New York University, United States
• Clinical Research Fellowship Program: New York University/University of Ghana

Residency /Medical Professional Training

• Residency, Anesthesiology: Ghana College of Surgeons /West African College of Surgeons
• DA, Anesthesiology: West African College of Surgeons

Publications

1. Hayfron-Benjamin, C. F., Agyemang, C., Born, B.-J. H. van den, Amoah, A. G. B., Amissah-Arthur, K. N., Musah, L., Abaidoo, B., Awula, P., Awuviri, H. W., Abbey, J. A., Fummey, D. A., Ackam, J. N., Asante, G. O., Hashimoto, S., & Zee, A. H. M. der. (2023). Associations between spirometric impairments and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 13(10), e075209. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075209
    
2. Hayfron-Benjamin, C. F., Tei, R. K., Osei-Tutu, J. K., Amo Nyarko, T., Vormatu, P., Ackam, J. N., Asante, G. O., Musah, L., Bruce, A. N. K., & Obeng, K. A. (2023). Pulmonary function in adults with type 2 diabetes with and without obesity. CHEST Pulmonary, 100014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chpulm.2023.100014
    
3. Hayfron-Benjamin, C. F., Quartey-Papafio, T. R., Amo-Nyarko, T., Antwi, E. A., Vormatu, P., Agyei-Fedieley, M. K., & Obeng, K. A. (2023). Relationships of blood pressure and control with microvascular dysfunction in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Epidemiology and Management, 100160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.deman.2023.100160

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