[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 117 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1467]
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                TRIBUTE TO KWABENA ADUTUWUN ADDEI, M.D.

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 2, 1996

  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, Dr. Kwabena Addei was born to Akua and the 
late Kwado Addei, an Ashanti chief, in Oyoko, near Kumasi, Ghana, in 
West Africa. He received his early education from the Achimota British 
Preparatory School in Accra, Ghana, graduated from Cambridge University 
in England, and received his medical degree from Columbia University's 
College of Physicians and Surgeons.
  Following an internship at Metropolitan Hospital, Dr. Addei completed 
his residency in surgery at Nassau Hospital--now Winthrop University 
Hospital--in Mineola, NY. As an attending surgeon, he entered private 
practice, and assisted in establishing Winthrop Hospital's academic 
affiliation with the surgery department at State University of New York 
at Stony Brook Medical Center. In addition to private practice, Dr. 
Addei is the director of surgical education at Winthrop University 
Hospital and an associate professor of surgery at the State University 
of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine.
  He is a diplomat of the American Board of Surgery and a fellow of the 
American College of Surgeons and holds memberships in the American 
Medical Association, the National Medical Association, the Nassau 
Surgical Society, Alpha Omega Alpha--the medical honor society, One 
Hundred Black Men of Nassau/Suffolk, Inc., the National Society of 
Poets, and is a founding member of the American Association of the 
Clinical Anatomists. He has also served as the newsletter editor and 
cochairman of the Scientific and Continuing Education Committee--
Brooklyn, Long Island Chapter, American Medical Association; executive 
committee member of the board of directors, American Cancer Society, 
Long Island Division, Inc.; medical consultant, Sickle Cell Clinic of 
Nassau Hospital; and director of the Trauma Unit, Winthrop University 
Hospital. Dr. Addei has also published his research in many 
professional journals such as the Journal of Surgical Research and 
American Journal of Surgery.
  Dr. Addei's community spirit has been honored by various groups: The 
Westbury Club of the National Association of Negro Business and 
Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.; the National Association for the 
Study of Black History and Life; the Long Island Black History 
Association; and the Mothers Group of Westbury. In addition, Dr. Addei 
has been selected, for 10 consecutive years, to receive the Award for 
Outstanding Teaching. Community School District 19 in East New York, 
Brooklyn, presented Dr. Addei with an award of appreciation for his 
dedication and concern for the welfare of the students in the 
district's seven middle schools. I am pleased to introduce him to my 
House colleagues.

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