Charles Odamtten Easmon
Charles Odamtten Easmon or C. O. Easmon, popularly known as Charlie Easmon, FRCS, FICS (22 September 1913 – 19 May 1994) was a Ghanaian doctor of Sierra Leone Creole, African American, Danish, and Irish descent. Easmon was the first Ghanaian to qualify as a surgeon specialist and the first African dean of the University of Ghana Medical School. Easmon performed the first successful open-heart surgery in Ghana in 1964, and modern scholars credit him as the "Father of Cardiac Surgery in West Africa".
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| Alias (AKA) | Charlie C.O. He was called Charlie or Sir Charles by most of his friends and colleagues |
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| Birth date | September 22, 1913 |
| Birth name | Charles Odamtten Easmon |
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| Date of death | May 19, 1994 |
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