Kofi Owusu Boahene is a Ghanaian-born American physician, writer, researcher, and academic. He is a professor of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a facial plastic surgeon in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. As a facial plastic surgeon, Boahene specializes solely in plastic surgery of the face, head and neck. Early years Boahene, who is the firstborn of eight children grew up on Binton Street, a less-affluent neighborhood in North Kaneshie, Accra. His parents, Pastor and Mrs. James Owusu, operated a pharmacy store before becoming full-time missionaries in the early 1980s. He attended primary school at Bubuashie, Datus Preparatory School and his secondary school education at Prempeh College in Kumasi. Education In 1991, after his A-Level exams and National Service with the Ghana Meteorological Agency, he traveled to Russia to pursue training in veterinary medicine. He became fluent in the Russian language at a time where the former Soviet Union was opening its doors to the outside world. Due to political reasons in the Soviet Union, and other factors, Boahene moved to the United States. Boahene received his medical degree in 1999 from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, graduating with the highest honors in his class. He completed his residency in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery in 2004 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Boahene completed specialized fellowship training in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Minnesota Hospital & Clinics in 2005, under the mentorship of facial plastic surgeon Dr. Peter Hilger. His training included cosmetic surgery of the face, use on minimally invasive techniques for facial rejuvenation, microvascular surgery, craniofacial surgery, and skull-base surgery in both children and adults. Because of his particular interest in craniofacial surgery, Boahene spent some time in the Australia Craniofacial Center, in Adelaide, directed by Professor David. Career Boahene is an assistant professor of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Head, and Neck Surgery in Baltimore, Maryland. He trains both surgical residents and Fellows the art and craft of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. He is an oral board examiner for the American Board of Facial Plastic Surgery that certifies surgeons who specialize in facial plastic surgery. He also writes questions for the American Board of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. For his expertise, Boahene