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| Dr. Edjah Nduom shakes the hand of President Joe Biden |
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden has appointed the son of businessman and politician in Ghana, Paa Kwesi Nduom, to an enviable job.
Dr. Edjah Nduom will lead the fight against cancer in a “Cancer Moonshot Program,” a tweet accompanied with photos showing him with the US president said.
This appointment is in line with an honour bestowed on him.
“Dr. Edjah Nduom, son of businessman Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has been honoured and appointed by US President Biden to lead the fight against cancer in a “Cancer Moonshot Program,” the tweet said.
In his address, Biden told Nduom how special he was to him.
“See that doctor on the end there. That’s the man who spent 18 months trying to save our son’s life. Doctor, I love you. The whole family loves you,” Biden said.
On Wednesday, Biden announced a relaunch of the “Cancer Moonshot” program started during the Obama administration.
It had a goal of ending a disease that kills more than 600,000 people a year in the US.
“We can end cancer as we know it. This is a presidential White House priority,” Biden is reported to have said.
Also, President Biden announced a campaign to get more people screened for cancer, noting that more than 9 million cancer screenings have been skipped during the COVID-19 pandemic.
An Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine in the US, Nduom’s clinical specialty is the surgical management of brain and spinal cord tumors. He is particularly interested in the safe resection of malignant tumors located in eloquent areas of the brain, the brainstem, and spinal cord.
Nduom is a member of the Cancer Immunology Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. He holds numerous positions in national and international medical societies. — NNN-AGENCIES
