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ANGWAFO III, FRU Fobuzshi

220 Rue 1581
P. O. Box 4394
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Tel/Fax:  (237) 220 28 21

PROFESSION: Twenty-seven years experience working in the United States of America and Cameroon as a clinician, university lecturer, and medical researcher focusing on public health and uro-pathology. Did a country-wide survey of prostate diseases, which included a study of prostate cancer and its markers in Cameroon.  Publications and presentations demonstrate ability as researcher and communicator in academic as well as challenging environments, such as collecting data in remote villages. Dedicated to working with resource-poor communities for cost effective public health interventions. Proven record of flexibility and adaptability in dealing with complex medical issues in diverse cultural settings.

Highly effective planner, educator, and administrator of programs for youth in specialized as well lay settings. Experienced in innovating, and adapting techniques and utilities in response to need in poor and under-served environments. Experienced in formulation, development, implementation, appraisal, analysis and evaluation of projects. Versed in planning and executing medical education programs and running a students’ and records office. For the last six months, our administrative skills have been exploited in the coordination and running of the ministry of Public Health, Cameroon which is undergoing sector wide reforms. 

DIPLOMAS:

1995 – Re-certified American Board of Urology
1985 - Diplomate American Board of Urology - USA
1978 - M.D. (AOA) Howard University, Washington D.C., USA
1975 - B. Sc. (Cum Laude) - Montreal, Canada

EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2005-               Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health, Cameroon.
2005-               Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, The University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon.
2003-               Examiner in Surgery, West African College of Surgeons.
2000-               Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UY1.
1999-               Vice Dean  Faculty of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, UYI.
1996-               Adjunct Professor (Urology) Medical College of Ohio - Toledo,
1996- 1998         Researcher, National Epidemiology Board of Cameroon
1994- 1998         Consultant, National Epidemiology Board of Cameroon.
1991- 1997         Acting Chief, Department of Surgery, Yaounde General Hospital, Cameroon.
1991-               Member Cameroon Cancer Society.
1986-               Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon
1985-1986         Lecturer, Centre Universitaire des Sciences de la Sante (CUSS), The University of Yaounde, Cameroon.
1984                Urologist- FHP, Fountain Valley, California, USA.
1980-1983         Medical College of Ohio - Toledo, USA.  Resident in Urology; 
                      Fellowship Transplant; Instructor Surgery/Urology;   
1975-1980         Howard University-Washington D.C., USA. Medical Studies, Internship and residency in General Surgery.
1973-1975         Concordia University - Montreal, Canada.  Bachelor of Science in Biology.
1972-1973         C.W. Post, New York, and USA.  Undergraduate program in Liberal Arts.
1967-1972         Sacred Heart College - Mankon, Cameroon.  General Secondary   Education.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Excellent knowledge of spoken and written English, good working knowledge of spoken and written French. Computer literate; word processing software capabilities with word, word perfect, excel, power point and analytical software packages such as Epi info, can work with Windows and Dos backgrounds.

RESEARCH INTERESTS/PARTNERSHIPS:

Prostate cancer in collaboration with the following institutions; Howard University Cancer Center, Wayne State University (Urology) and the Medical College of Ohio (Urology).
Prostate Cancer Epidemiology as part of the National Health Survey of Chronic Diseases by the National Epidemiology Board of Cameroon, sponsored by The Rockefeller Foundation, New York.
Urinary Stone disease in collaboration with Laboratoire Cristal (Hôpital Necker, Paris) and Urolithiasis Laboratory, Houston, Texas.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

2003- Member, Council, West African College of Surgeons
2003- Vice president, Cameroon Association of Surgeons.
2003- Member, African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer.
2001- Member, American Diabetic Association.
1999- Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
1998- President, The Health and Research Foundation-Cameroon.
1997- Member, Viagra International Scientific Board.
1997- Member, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
1996- Member, National Medical Association
1995- Member, American Urological Association
1994 - Member, Society of Black Academic Surgeons
1993 - Member, International Society on Hypertension in Blacks
1992 – Executive member, Pan African Urological Surgeons' Association
1989 - Fellow, West African College of Surgeons
1985 - Member, Cameroon Medical Association (Ordre National des Medecins)
1982 - Candidate, American College of Surgeons

AWARDS:

 1. University Scholarship 1972-1973. C.W.Post College, N.Y.

2. Loyola African Scholar 1973-1975.   Recipient of the Loyola type A bursary for academic excellence.

3. Howard University College of Medicine University Scholarship 1975-1978

4. Recipient of the HILDRUS POINDEXTER award in Global Epidemiology 1978.

5. Inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society, Howard University Chapter 1978.

6. Merck Fogarty Research Scholar of the NCI- Howard University Cancer Center MIRT program 1996.
7. 2000 scientists of the 20th Century, International Bibliography Centre, Cambridge, UK, 1999.

PUBLICATIONS:

• Caniduria in HIV infected patients in Yaounde, Cameroon. Lohoue JP, Angwafo III FF, Kechia FA, Noukeu ND. Afr J Urol 2005;11(1):61-65.
• Composition des calculs observes aujourd’hui dans les pays non industtrialises. Daudon M, Bounxouei B, Santa Cruz F, Leite Da Silva S, Doiuf B, Angwafo III FF, Talati J, Desrez G. Prog Urol 2004; 14,1151-1161.
• Posterior Urethral Valves in children: A review of 28 cases in Yaounde, Cameroon. Chiabi A, Angwafo F, Obama MT, Takou V, Zoung Kanyi J. Clinics in Mother and Child Health 2004; 1(2):89-96.
• Urinary tract infections and genitourinary abnormalities in Cameroonian men. Yunyun MF, Angwafo III FF, Koulla-Shiro S, Zoung-Kanyi J. Trop Med Int Health. 2004;9(4):520-525
• Determination of chemical composition of gall bladder stones: Basis for treatment strategies in patients from Yaounde, Cameroon. Angwafo III FF, Takongmo S, Griffith D. World J Gastroenterol 2004;10(2):303-305
• La triplicate ureterale chez l’enfant: a propos d’un cas rare en milieu Africain.   Angwafo III F., Andze G et Pagbe JJ. JAIM 1(3):204-209 2003.
• Atteintes renales et osseuses revelatrices de l’hyperparathyroidie primitive en milieu camerounais : analyse du resultat d’un traitement medico-chirurgical. Nouedoui C, Ngandeu Singwe M, Gonsu Kamga H, Djoumessi S, Juimo AG, Sosso M, Angwafo III F. JAIM 1(4):263-269.
• Factors Influencing Patient Survival in a Group of Men with Prostate Cancer in Yaounde, Cameroon. Fru F. Angwafo III, P.Nji Atanga, E. Minkoulou, P.J. Fouda, Kyung Solok Kim, L. Adams-Campbell et J. Zoung-Kanyi. UroOncology, 2003.
• High Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Cancer in Dibombari, Cameroon. Fru F. Angwafo III, A. Zaher, Rosa Befidi-Mengue, A. Wonkam, I. Powell, G. Murphy and the National Health Survey Team of The National Epidemiology Board of Cameroon. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases 2003, (6) 34-38.
• Surgical approaches to the urogenital manifestations of lymphatic filariasis. WHO/CDS/CPE/CEE/2002.33. WHO Geneva, 2002.
• Asymptomatic gonorrhoeae in sexually active young females in Buea. T.K. Nkuo Akenji, R.N. Ndip, E.I. Tingwey, Fru F.Angwafo III. HS&D, 2002, (2):16-19.
• Pheochromocytomes en milieu camerounais: a propos de 11 cas suivis consecutivement de 1990 a 1999. Nouedoui  C., Angwafo III F., Djoumessi S., Biwole Sida M., Juimo A.G., Sosso M., Ashutantang G., Muna W.F.T. JAIM 2002, 1 :26-31.
• The management of male factor infertility (MFI): A sub-saharan Africa (SSA) perspective. Fru F. Angwafo III. HS&D 2001, 4 :9-14.
• Les tumeurs de l’intestin grele a l’hopital general de Yaounde. A propos de 10 cas. Ngowe Ngowe M., Essomba A., Angwafo III F., Binam F., Sosso A.M. Med d’Afr Noire 2001, 48(12):491-495.
• Primary renal masses in children in Cameroon: A plea for pre-treatment histology. Fru F. Angwafo III, D.D. Long. Afr J Urol 2001, 7(2):51-56.
• Pediatric Urolithiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Study in Two Regions of Cameroon. Fru F. Angwafo III, M. Daudon, A. Wonkam, P.M. Kuwong, K.A. Kropp. Eur. Uro. 2000,37:106-111.
• Case report: Bladder Neck-Posterior Urethral Inverted Papilloma in a 12-year-old boy. F.F. Angwafo III, K. Obenson, M. Jackson. HS&D, 2000, 2:14-15.
• The etiopathogenesis of lower tract stones in two cities of Cameroon: Garoua and Yaounde. Fru F. Angwafo III, Ambroise Wonkam, Patrick M. Kuwong, Michel Daudon, Donald Griffith. HS&D, 2000, 1:15-18.
• Topical treatment of stoma infection with gastric drugs. Ngowe N. M., Ndom, P., Angwafo III, F., Tagny, G.P., Sosso, A.M. Lagos Journal of Surgery. 1999, 2(1):23-24.
• Les incidentalomes surrenaliens en afrique Noire. Reflexions a propos de 7 cas consecutifs survis a Yaounde- Cameroun. C. Nouedoui, F. Angwafor III, A. G. Juimo, J. Yomi, M. Sosso. Revue africaine de Chirurgie  1999, 2:71-73.
• Migration and Prostate Cancer: An International Persperctive: Fru F. Angwafo. JNMA, 1998; 90(11):S720-S723.
• Re: Prostate cancer in Nigerians: Facts and nonfacts. Angwafo F.F., III. J.Urol. 1998; 160:134.
• Traitement des cancers du sein aux stades precoce T1 petit T2N- Notre experience a l’Hopital general de Yaounde. J. Yomi, A. Mbakop, G. Andze, A.S. Doh, S. Takongmo, M. Sosso, B.J.Bejanga, J.J.Pagbe, F.F. Angwafo, T. Edzoa. Sem. Hop. Paris, 1996; 72 no. 23-24, 713-717.
• Difficultes et Interet d’une Exploration optimale du role et de la signification des ganglions regionaux dans les cancers au Cameroun. Yomi J, Andze G, Angwafo, Minlo J, Pagbe JJ. Med. d’Afr. Noire., 1995, 42(2):93-96.
• Testes Tumor in a sub-Saharan African City (Yaoundé): Incident Cases and Histopathology.  Fru F. Angwafo III;  S. Takongmo, A. Mbakop and. A. Ngu.  Eur Uro. 1996, 30(3): 345-348.
• Prostatic Abscesses in sub-Saharan Africa:  A Hospital Based Experience from Cameroon. Fru F. Angwafo III;  A. Maurice Sosso;  Walinjom F. Muna;  T. Edzoa and A. G. Juimo. Eur Uro. 1996, 30(1): 28-33.
• Interet du traitement chirurgical de la cryptorchidie à Yaoundé.Takongmo S.;  Angwafo III F. F.;  Masso-Misse;  Essomba  A.;  Zoung-Kanyi J. et Edzoa T. Med Afrique Noire 1996, 43(4): 202-204.
• Les valves de l’urètre postérieur chez l'enfant à propos de 22 cas.Fru F. Angwafo III; G. Andze; J. M. Biouele; M. A. Sosso; T. Edzoa et G. Niat.  J. d'Urol. 1995, 101/3:132-137.
• Fistule caecale postoperatoire tardivement exteriorisee chez l’enfant. A propos d’une observation clinique rare. G. Andze, JJ Pagbe, F.F.Angwafo, M.Biwole Sida, C. Ngonde Sende, M. Eteme, .N. Ekane, T. Edzoa. J. Chir (Paris) 1994, (3) no.11:488-491.
• Role et signification des ganglion dans le diagnostic, le prognostic, et le traitement des cancers. Yomi J, Andze G, Angwafo, Minlo J, Pagbe JJ. J. Cam. Med. 1994, vol.3 no.2:28-29.
• Diagnosis of Carcinoma of the Prostate in Yaoundé: The Importance of Prostatic Biopsy. Fru F. Angwafo III; M. A. Sosso and T. Edzoa. Afr. J. Urol. 1995 1:197-202.
• Association rare d'un gangliome non-fonctionnel retroperitoneal et d'un syndrome néphrotique.  J. J. Pagbe; G. Andze; F. F. Angwafo III; J. Youmbissi; J. Yomi; A. Mbakop; M. Biwole; J. M. Biouele; A. J. Juimo et T. Edzoa. J. Chir. (Paris) 1995, 132, 3:152-156.
• Tumeurs de la prostate (adenocarcinomes et adenomes) et obesite en milieu camerounais.  Mbakop A.; F. F. Angwafo III et Tsingaing J.Bull Cancer 1995, 82:152-156.
• Is Cancer Of The Prostate Rare In Tropical (Black) Africa?  Cases series from the Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire and the Hôpital General de Yaoundé from 1986 to 1990.  Fru F. Angwafo III; J. Yomi and A. Mbakop. Bull Cancer/Radiother 1994 81:155-159
• Prognosis of Prostate Carcinoma in Cameroonian Patients using the Gleason Score. F. Fru Angwafo III;  E. S. Nkwabong and A. Mbakop Cam. J. Med. 1993, Vol.2, 19-23.
• Mortalité hospitalière en milieu chirurgical: nécessité de l'audit médical. Takongmo S.;  Angwafo III, F. F.;  Binam F.;  Afane Ela A.;  Fonkou A.;  Gagginni J.; Le Saint B.;  Lantum D. et  Malonga E.Med Afr  Noire 1993, 40(12) 729-733
• Extraintestinal Amebiasis. Alain Georges Juimo;  François Gervez and Fru Fobuzshi Angwafo III. Radiology 1992; 182: 181-183.
• La radiothérapie, médicament essentiel de la douleur cancéreuse dans les pays en developpement.J. Yomi;  F. F. Angwafo III;  A. Fouda;  J. B. Tapko;  M. Nkam et T. Edzoa. Bull Cancer Radiother  (1992) 79, 279-283
• Urethral Lengthening and Reimplantation for Neurogenic Incontinence in Children. Kenneth A. Kropp et Fru F. Angwafo III. J. Urol.  1986, 135:533-536.
• Ureteroarterial and Ureterosigmoid Fistula Associated with Polyethylene Indwelling Ureteral Stents.  Ashok Kar; Fru F. Angwafo III and Jogadish S. Jhunjhunwala.  J. Urol. 1984, 132:755-757.
• Urinary stone disease in adults (USDA) in Cameroon: Stone Composition and Etiopathogenesis. Fru F. Angwafo III, Wonkam, A. Griffith, D., Daudon, M., and Kuwong, P.M. in Urolithiasis 2000, eds. A.L.Rodgers, B.E. Hibbert, B. Hess, S.R.Khan, G.M.Preminger. pp.387-389. Cape Town, South Africa. Feb. 2000.
• Pediatric Urolithiasis in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative study in two regions of Cameroon. Fru F. Angwafo III, M. Daudon, A. Wonkam, P. M. Kuwong et K.A. Kropp. in Urolithiasis 2000,  eds. A.L.Rodgers, B.E. Hibbert, B. Hess, S.R.Khan, G.M.Preminger. pp.381-383. Cape Town, South Africa. Feb. 2000.
• The role of Ccomputed Tomography in staging Bladder and prostate cancer. Fru F. Angwafo III, Jagadish Jhunjhunwala, Steven H. Selman and Kenneth A. Kropp. Toledo Medical, 1983, 11:7-12.



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