Joe Appiah-Kusi1

CURRICULUM VITAE

JOE APPIAH-KUSI, M.D., M.P.H.

Preventive Health Care Physician

November 18, 2008

1208 North Allen Place.

Seattle, Washington98103-7413

Tel: (206) 634-2121

Email:

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Over twenty-five years of international, national and local experience in planning and policy-making for comprehensive education, diplomacy, social and public health programs in a complex world and numerous institutions.

Has more than three decades of experience in leadership and volunteerism in the U.S. and around the world.Has in-depth knowledge in organizations and diplomatic skills to bring individuals together to achieve a common goal. Work well with both his subordinates and superiors in an atmosphere of confidentiality. Has strength in quality management, practice, staff development, training and team leadership.

OBJECTIVE: Utilize my extensive global education and professional experience in leadership within agencies, institutions and organizations dedicated to the improvement of public health, education and social welfare of humankind.

EDUCATION:

University of Washington, Seattle (1977-1980):

Postdoctoral inter-disciplinary studies in Higher Education Administration and Strategic Planning, International Relations, Public Affairs, Sociology, Economics and Business Administration.

University of Washington, School of Public Health & Community Medicine (1975-1977): MPH degree

Health Services Administration, Planning, International health, Epidemiology, Environmental health & Community Medicine.

Department of the Army Certification Training, U.S. Army Medical Command Europe, 2nd GeneralHospital, Landstuhl, Germany: Internal Medicine (1974).

Department of the Army Certification Training,U.S. Army Medical Command Europe, 97thGeneralHospital, Frankfurt/Main,Germany: Obstetrics and Gynecology (1974).

CharlesUniversityMedicalSchool & PostgraduateMedicalSchool (June 1973): Combined M.D &DTM degrees

General Preventive Medicine, Occupational Health, Infectious and Tropical Diseases and post-doctorate training in nutrition, geriatrics, pediatrics, hygiene, health planning and administration in developing nations and rural communities.

French Benevolent Teaching Hospital, New York, New York:

Internal Medicine Externship sponsored by the American Medical Association, American Hospitals Association, and Student American Medical Association (SAMA) (1969).

University of Erlangen: German language for foreigners (summer 1971).

Intermediate Advanced Level Certificate (June 1962):LondonUniversity,London. U.K.

Ordinary Level Certificate (June 1960): CambridgeUniversity,Cambridge, U.K.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Adviser/Vice President for Health, Education & Global Affairs, (GTA) Global TechnologyAcademy, Seattle, Washington

Professor of Professional, Ethical and Legal issues, Science and

Humanities,University of Phoenix, WA Campus, Seattle

General Consultant in global health care, education & social

services, Seattle, Washington

AmeriCorps*VISTA Reading Challenge Coordinator/

National Service Corp in Seattle/King Public Schools
Professor,University of Washington Branch Campuses in
Bothell and Tacoma / 2001-2008 June
2001-2003
2000 - present
1998-2000
1992 - 1998
Crew Leader,21st Decennial Census, Bureau of the Census, United
States Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. / May 1990 – Dec. 1990
Part-time Adviser in management, man-power training, strategic
planning for governmental agencies, educational, and health care
institutions, private and non-profit corporations / 1987 - Present
President/Executive Director, World Development Consultants
Group, Seattle, Washington / 1981 - 1987
Adviser, Washington State Department of Social & Health
Services, Health Planning Division, Olympia / 1979 - 1980
Medical Practice Investigator, Medical Disciplinary Board and the
Board of Medical Examiners, WashingtonState, Olympia / 1978 - 1979
Part-Time Lecturer,NorthSeattleCommunity College, Seattle,
Washington / 1978 - 1979
WHO/United Nations Fellowship Intern, Pan American Health
Organization, Washington, D.C.
PNW Regional Coordinator, Youth For Understanding, Seattle
Washington / June-Sept 1977
Jan-June, 1977
Clinical Research & Teaching Scholar, University of Washington
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health / 1975 - 1978
General Medical Practitioner,U.S. Army Medical Command,
Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Europe / 1973 - 1975
Medical Housemanship,CharlesUniversityMedicalSchool
Hospital / 1972 - 1974
Research Associate, Institute of Clinical Nutrition / 1972 - 1973
Research Associate,PostgraduateSchool of Tropical Medicine / 1972 - 1973
AMA, AHA & SAMA Externship, FrenchHospital, Department
of Internal Medicine, New York / 1968 - 1969
International CampCounselor (ICCP), Boys Club of New York
City, International Students Services / Summer 1967
Clinical Assistant, All Saints Psychiatric Hospital, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, England / Summer 1966
Physics & Mathematics Teacher, Konongo-Odumase Secondary
School, Ghana
Assistant to Mr. Lane, Conservator of Forest & Commonwealth
Scholarship candidate, Ghana Forestry Department Headquarters / June 1962 -Dec 1964
June 1960 – Dec 1960

UNIVERSITY SERVICES:

Board Member of FIUTS(Foundations for International Understanding
Through Students), University of Washington / 1975 - 1977
Vice-President for Governance (ASUW), Associated Students
University of Washington, Seattle / 1975 - 1976
Member, UW Advisory Committee on Students Health Insurance
/ 1975 -1977
Member, UW Advisory Committee on Students Housing &

Residences

/ 1976 -1977
Member, UW Search Committee for Provost & Vice-President / 1977 - 1978
Member, UW Planning Committee for the Inauguration of President

William P. Gerberding

/ 1978 - 1979
Member, UW Search Committee for Foreign Students Director
/ 1975 - 1976
Member, UW Advisory Committee on Foreign Faculty, Scholars &

Students

/ 1975 - 1977
Member, Faculty Senate representing Graduate Students (GPSS)
/ 1975 - 1978
Student Ex-officio Member at the UW Board of Regents Meetings / 1975 - 1976
Graduate Students Representative on AAUP (American Association
of University Professors / 1975 - 1979
Lecturer, UW Experimental College / 1976 - 1978

PUBLIC SERVICES:

Cluster Leader in WA StatePAX-YES (U. S. State Department sponsored) StudentExchange, 14 Willett Ave, Port Chester, N.Y.10573
Advisor & VP for Public Relations: Global TechnologyAcademy, GarfieldHigh School, Seattle
Coordinator,UN/WHO International Year for Older PersonsActive Aging
Guardian Ad Litem: King CountySuperior Court, Seattle, Washington / 2008 Oct
2003-present
1999-2000
1996-2000
National and state campaign steering Committee in presidential elections in Washington state / 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000
Member,Planning Committee on the Conference for African Studies
Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Learning / 1992
Member,Diplomatic/VIP Protocol Team, 1990 Seattle GoodwillGames Planning Committee / 1990
Adviser,SeattleArt Museum on installation concepts and interpretation of
African, Oceanic and Caribbean Art Origins / 1989 - Present
King County ElectionsInspector & Deputy Registrar, Seattle/King / 1986 - 1996
Adviser to the WashingtonState Red Cross Association, Natural Disaster Unit, Seattle, Washington / 1986
Adviser to the Dean of School of Medical Sciences & a Liaison Officer for
the Recruitment of Foreign Faculty to UST, Ghana / 1984 - 1986
Member, Seattle/King County Public Health Advisory Board, Northgate
Clinic / 1983 - 1988
Member,Seattle Mayor's Special Committee for the Planning of the
Proposed SeattleInternationalHigh School & Sub-Committee Chair / 1982 - 1983
Member, Planning Committee, National Association of Foreign Students
Affairs Annual Conference in Seattle / 1982
Member, Planning Committee of the 13th International Cancer Congress
Chair on Diplomatic Receptions & Foreign Hospitality / 1982
Member,Group Health Cooperative Advisory Board, Northgate Clinic / 1978 - 1980
Member,Pacific Northwest UN Conference Planning Committee on
Emerging International Economic Order & Chair for the VIP/Protocol
and Reception Sub-Committee
Member,Pacific Northwest UN Committee on International Year of the
Child
/ 1979
1977

HONORS AND FELLOWSHIP AWARDS:

WHO/United Nations Fellowship and Intern / 1977
Lattman Foundation & UW Foreign Students Academic Award / 1975 - 1977
AMA, SAMA & AHA Externship for Clinical Medicine / 1968 - 1969
British Commonwealth Scholarship Candidate / 1963
College Military Cadet / 1961
Ministry of Education's Sixth Form Bursary / 1960 - 1962
School Prefect,OpokuWareCollege / 1960 - 1962
World Catholic Youth Scholarship
President, Debating Society
President, Geographical Society
Founder, Photographic Society
Secretary, United Nations Students Association
Secretary, International Youth Volunteers
Boys Scout Troop Leader and Alter Boy / 1956 - 1960

MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS

Member of professional and non-profit organizations involved in Health, Human and Social Services in the United States and internationally, including:

American Cancer Society

International Cancer Congress

American Public Health Association

International Red Cross

American Heart Association

United Nations Association of America

U.S. Committee on UNICEF

SPEECHES AND PRESENTATIONS

Guest Speaker,SeattleArt Museum/ African Arts Council, Seattle, Washington,
“Cultural Values & Diversity In Changing Western Socities”, with reference to
Britain, USA & Africa. / 1998
Guest Speaker,Pacific Northwest Weavers' Guild, Bloedel Hall in Seattle, WA
“Asante Bonwire Kente Weaving”: History and Modern Use." / 1996
Keynote Speaker, Southwest Women's Guild of SeattleArt Museum, Annual
Luncheon: “Asante cultural values as they pertain to that of United States” / 1994
Speaker: Lecture Series by a Coalition Group on International Affairs at the Seattle
Public Library: “Africa, Into the 21st. Century” / 1992
Guest Speaker:St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, Bellevue, Washington
"Global Poverty, Famine & How to Overcome, Reference to Somali" / 1992
Panel Member & Speaker,WashingtonState Public Health Association, Annual
Meeting in Fife, Washington:
"Lessons Learned from Public Health in Other Countries” / 1983
Speaker, UN Pacific Northwest Conference on Emerging International Economic
Order, Seattle, Washington
"The Individual, Cultural Values & The Family in Development" / 1979
Guest Speaker, NAFSA Region 1 Workshop, University of Portland, Oregon
"World Hunger and Population Growth"
/ 1977
Guest Speaker, NAFSA Region 1 conference, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho
"Global Perception of World Hunger" / 1977
Panel Member, NAFSA (National Association of Foreign Students Affairs) Annual
Conference, New Orleans
"Problems Facing Foreign Students Around the World" / 1976
Guest Speaker, NAFSA Region 1 Conference, Issaquah, Washington
"Changing Scene in South Africa - Implications for Higher Education"
Panel Member, Foreign Scholars symposium on World Peace, Sponsored by IIE
& State Department in Los Angeles. / 1976
1976
Guest Speaker, IFMSA General Assembly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"International Migration of Physicians, Its Effect on Developing Countries" / 1975
Panel Member, IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students Association)
Executive Board Meeting, Chur, Switzerland
"Physician Migration in the World" / 1970
Guest Speaker, National Convention of SAMA (Student American Medical
Association) at Hilton Hotel, Chicago
"Aspects of International Health"
/ 1969

COURSES TAUGHT IN INTERNATIONAL LIBERAL STUDIES AT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BRANCH CAMPUSES/BOTHELL & TACOMA:

U.S.A./Britain/France & 20th Century Economic, Political and Social Development in Africa

United States/United Nations Policy in the Middle East 1945-1990

Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration

Comparative Health Care Systems of Different Nations

Health Care in American Sub-Cultural Groups

US Health Care Reform: Need for change

World Diplomacy and Peace 1900-1980

The World and the West 1500-1800

The World and the West 1800-1970

Africa: 1000-1500 A.D.

Euro-African History 1500-1800 A.D.

Euro-African History 1800-1970 A.D.

Africa in the 20th Century

Africa: Into the 21st Century

Art History of Africa

Professional, Legal and Ethical Issues in Human Services (BSHS 400)

Paradigms of Health (SCI 300)

Cultural Diversity (SOC 315)

Building Community in Organizations (BSHS 460)

INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL SERVICES:

AmeriCorps*VISTA Volunteer, Seattle
/ 1998 - 2000
United States Army Civilian Status (Defense Department) / 1974 -1975
Medical Consultant to HamotGeneralHospital and the Greater Erie
CommunityActionCenter, establishing a medical record system for the
Head start Program in Erie, Pennsylvania through the Office of Equal
Opportunity Program in Washington, DC / Summer - 1969
Member of SCOPE (Standing Committee on Professional Exchange),
IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students Association) / 1967 - 1970
International CampCounselor, Boys Club of New York City at Camp
Harriman sponsored by International Students Services, New York / Summer - 1967
Host country Training Volunteer on cultural adaptation for the FirstPeace Corps
Volunteers (Pioneers) to Ghana at the UST Kumasi in Ashanti Region., / 1961

Publications ON GLOBAL HEALTH:

Puget Soundings: "Editorial on Children and the International Year." Pacific Northwest

monthly magazine. December, 1979 issue.

PAHO/WHO Publications: "The Prevention and Control of Blindness in the Western

hemisphere." Mimeographed, 1978

TOPICS PRESENTED AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:

The Aged in Our Society

Recommendations and Solutions to Health Manpower in Developing Countries

Foreign Medical Graduates: Their Role in the Health Manpower Program in the U.S:

A historic review.

Global need for Immunization and requirements for individual countries.

The effect of physician extenders on the quality of primary health care in the U.S.

The Role of Colonial Administration on the Economic and Social Development of the

developing nations

Health and Safety Guide for International Travelers

The History and Art of "Ashanti Bonwire Kente" Textile Weaving

Doctoral Dissertation for M.D., D.T.M. degrees:

"Patterns of Nutritional Standards using buccal cavity test in Children of diplomatic families

in Prague”. (January 1973)

Master Thesis for M.P.H. degree:

"The Feasibility of Using the Physician Extender Program in Developing Countries, with

Ghana as a model." (June 1977)

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

Fluent in foreign languages, including Czech, Slovak, Asante, Fanti, English, Latin and passive knowledge of German, Italian and Finnish

INTERNATIONAL TRAVELS

Has traveled extensively throughout the United States of America, Canada, the CaribbeanIslands, Africa, Eastern and Western Europe and the Scandinavian Countries.

REFERENCES:

  1. Robert D. Highley, M.D., Cardiologist

GHCBellevueMedicalCenter

11511 NE 10th Street,

Bellevue, Washington98004

Tel: 425.242.0084 (h), 425.502.3168 (w), 425.941.8054 (cell)

Email:

  1. Ms. Janet Sinegal

4245 Hunts Point Road

Bellevue

Washington 98004

Tel: 425.454.2804

Email:

  1. Mr. Richard (Dick) Foley, Public Relations Director

VirginiaMasonMedicalCenter

1100 Ninth Avenue.

Seattle. Washington 98101

Tel: 425.747.8014 (h), 206.341.0989 (w)

Email:

  1. Hans Hasche-Kluender, M.D.,Chief Anaesthesiologist

SwedishMedicalCenter

3715-90thAve SE,

Mercer Island, Washington98040-3715

Tel: 206.232.6005 (h), 206.386.2044 (w), 206.969.3588 (pager)

  1. Ms. Pam Schell,

5655 Winterwood Road,

Langley, Washington98260

Tel: 206.818.1017 cell, 360.431.1037 h, 760.325.6687 (CA)

Email:

  1. Ms. Pam McClusky, Curator

Art of African, Oceania andIndonesia

SeattleArt Museum

100 University Street, Box 22000

Seattle, WA98101-2902

Tel: 206.654.3135

Email: