Volunteers Certificate of appreciation in recognition of voluntary contribution to national development, International Voluntary Day, 5 December 2005. Asante of Honour Award presented by Otumfuo, Asantehene, 25 November 2005. Personality of the year award 2004, by the People of the Western Region of Ghana for outstanding contribution towards the Development and promotion of Ghana, Sept 2005. Personality of the Decade, awarded by the Millennium Excellence Foundation 2005. Legend of the Year, awarded at the 2017 People's Choice Practitioners Honours organised by Media Men Ghana. Personal life Frimpong-Boateng and his wife, Agnes, have five children, one of whom is a promising athlete. Frimpong-Boateng is a farmer. He established the first ostrich farm in Ghana, in the village of Dedukope, in the Volta Region of Ghana. He also grows jatropha and extracts the oil for the production of bio-diesel. Frimpong-Boateng runs a CNC machine tool centre that is able to produce spare parts with computer precision at the Free Zones enclave in the port city of Tema. He is a Christian. He has said that his work on the foundation of the National Cardiothoracic Centre was God's purpose in his life, and has declared that Ghana needs a "God-fearing" man to lead the country. He has quoted Albert Einstein saying: "I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details." In 2011, in his 60s, he considered himself still a strong man "by God’s grace." Publications Frimpong-Boateng, Kwabena, Samuel K. Owusu, J. O. M. Pobee (2006), Medicine, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. ; 9789964969202 Frimpong-Boateng, Kwabena (2015), "Taming a Monster". References and notes External links Personal website of Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng Norimitsu Onishi, "Accra Journal; A Mender of Hearts Finds Fulfillment at Home", The New York Times, 5 August 1999. Cardiopulmonary bypass in sickle cell anaemia without exchange transfusion Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng Video Interviews Living people Ghanaian Christians University of Ghana alumni Academic staff of the University of Ghana 1950 births Ghanaian thoracic surgeons Ghanaian cardiac surgeons Ghanaian healthcare chief executives Sekondi College alumni Academic staff of the University of Ghana Medical School Fellows of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences