DR. ERIC PALMER-AMANING (PHD)
Dr. Eric Palmer-Amaning
was appointed the 4th President of the Anglican University College
of Technology (ANGUTECH) on the 1st of March, 2024.
He is a General
Surgeon by profession and a passionate teacher with several years of teaching
at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Many of his former students and
trainees are currently occupying responsible positions in the Medical and
Academic fraternities both at home and abroad and performing impressively well.
Before joining
ANGUTECH as Head of the Department of Physician Assistantship as well as Dean
of the School of Food and Health Sciences in 2021, Dr. Amaning worked at the
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and the Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology (KNUST) as a Senior Lecturer for several years.
Dr. Amaning was
educated at the Abuakwa State College, Kyebi and the University of Ghana
(Legon) where he studied Chemistry and Biochemistry, graduating with a BSc. He
subsequently travelled to Poland on a Ghana Government Scholarship to study
Medicine, graduating as Medical Doctor (MD) at the Karol Marcinkowski
University of Medical Sciences in Poznan.
He continued to
train as a Specialist General Surgeon, and obtained his Fellowship in the year
1990. He also undertook training in Surgical Research as a Fellow at the
Institute of Transplantation Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences in
Warsaw from where he obtained his “Doktor nauk Medycznych” (Doctor of
Philosophy in Medicine) degree.
He is a foundation
Fellow and Examiner in General Surgery of the Ghana College of Physicians and
Surgeons and occasionally undertakes the role of External Examiner in General
Surgery at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Development
Studies, Tamale.
An ardent
Presbyterian, Dr. Amaning worships at the Ramseyer Memorial Presbyterian
Congregation, Adum in Kumasi. He is also a committed member of the Scripture
Union, Ghana and fellowships at the Old Guards SU Group at Adum in Kumasi.
He is married with
three grown-up children.
