President Joe Biden of the United States has expressed his gratitude to Dr Edjah Nduom (the son of the Ghanaian politician Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom) for making immense sacrifices for cancer patients in the US, especially his late eldest son, Beau.
Speaking at the relaunch of his Cancer Moonshot initiative on Wednesday (2 February 2022) at the White House, Biden honoured Dr Nduom, who treated Beau for glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer.
“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.
“Every one of you has a story. And our message today is this: we can do this. I promise you we can do this for all those we lost. All those we miss. We can end cancer as we know it.”
Beau Biden was 46 when he died. Thursday would have been his 53rd birthday.
About Edjah Nduom
Dr Edjah K Nduom is an associate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Emory University School of Medicine in the United States.
His clinical specialty is the surgical management of brain and spinal cord tumours.
He is particularly interested in the safe resection of malignant tumours located in eloquent areas of the brain, the brainstem and spinal cord.
Dr Nduom is a member of the Cancer Immunology Research Programme at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. He holds numerous positions in national and international medical societies.
Notably, he is a co-founder and diasporan representative of the Society for Neuro-Oncology in sub-Saharan Africa; international outreach committee co-chair of the Society for Neuro-Oncology; membership director of the Joint Tumour Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons; and a member of the board of directors of the National Brain Tumour Society.
Dr Nduom received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He completed a residency in neurosurgery at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
He completed a research fellowship in neurosurgical oncology in the surgical neurology branch of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland, and an additional neurosurgical oncology fellowship at the M D Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston, Texas.
Dr Nduom’s research focuses on the modulation of the immune system for the treatment of malignant brain tumours. He has presented his translational and clinical work on immune therapy for brain tumours at numerous national and international meetings.
Fred Dzakpata
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