DR. MICHAEL K. OBENG

DR. MICHAEL K. OBENG

Profile

Dr. Obeng is founder and chief executive officer of Restoring Emotional Stability Through Outstanding Reconstructive Efforts Worldwide, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing reconstructive surgery and medical services to children, battered individuals, and people with congenital deformities. Here is his profile:

Born: March 17, 1973, in Kumasi, Ghana.

Citizenship: Naturalized, United States.

Residence: Poland.

Professional positions: Consultant in plastic surgery, Select Specialty Hospital, Boardman; staff surgeon, St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown; assistant clinical professor of surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh; assistant clinical professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens; adjunct assistant professor, Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Mare Island, Vallejo, Calif.

Education: Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas, bachelor of science (cum laude), major in chemistry, minor in biology and mathematics; University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine, Galveston, Texas, doctorate of medicine; Harvard Medical School, fellowship.

Licensing and certifications: American Board of Plastic Surgery, surgery of the hand, certification in process; diplomate, American Board of Plastic Surgery; American Board of Plastic Surgery, board certified; licensed by medical boards of California, Ohio and Massachusetts.

Honors, memberships: Received Mahoning Valley Professional 20/30 Club 40 Under 40 Award along with many other honors and awards; has memberships in many medical and scientific societies, including the National, American and Ohio Medical associations and the Mahoning County Medical Society.

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