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Medicine - University of Ghana Medical School - 1998
Masters of Public Health - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health - 2002
Residency in Internal Medicine - John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL - 2004 - 2007
Dr. Sowah received his medical education at the University of Ghana Medical School in Accra Ghana. He left Ghana in 2001 to study public health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he completed the MPH degree. After his MPH Degree he had the opportunity of doing his residency in internal medicine at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago, IL. In Cook County, Leonard learned and experienced the rudiments of providing quality health care to a largely uninsured and under-insured population. This experience sparked in him a fire that drove him to take an interest in Health Care Policy.
Dr. Sowah is an active member of the American College of Physicians and is very active in efforts by the College to advocate for legislation to improve the health care environment to the benefit of physicians and their patients. Dr. Sowah believes equity is an indispensible ingredient in providing quality health care and as a clinical preceptor works passionately to instill that belief in all his students. He was recently recognized by his students when he received the Alpha Omega Alpha, Volunteer Faculty Award. Dr. Sowah's research interest is in the influence of social and cultural environments on health outcomes. He is currently working on a project looking at how sex ratios within communities can impact HIV incidence rates. Dr. Sowah has presented his work at various national and international meetings.
Socioeconomic and Community Determinants of Health Outcomes, Anal cancer prevention
Abstracts
Book Chapters
Internal Medicine and HIV Medicine