Nana Prof. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei is the President and Founder of the Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS). A native of Kumasi, Ghana, Prof. Boachie-Adjei emigrated to the United States in 1972 and completed undergraduate studies at Brooklyn College where he earned a Bachelor of Science (summa cum laude). He earned his Doctor of Medicine Degree from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons and was a John H. Moe fellow in spine deformity at the Twin Cities Scoliosis Center and Minnesota Spine Center in Minneapolis where his teachers included Doctors John Lonstein and Robert Winter.

He was previously a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and was Chief of the Scoliosis Service at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). He has special expertise in the treatment of scoliosis, kyphosis, and spine reconstruction in both adult and pediatric patients. Prof. Boachie-Adjei has published and lectured extensively on spine surgery with special emphasis on surgery to correct spine deformity. He is an inventor who holds several patents for devices used in spine surgery. In 1988, he founded FOCOS in the US and Ghana as a medical mission to provide specialized surgical care to persons in underserved regions.

He received the Humanitarian Award from the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) in 2004 and the Blount Award (Humanitarian) from the Scoliosis Research Society in 2006. He was elected President of the Scoliosis Research Society (2008-2009) and was featured on the Discovery Channel documentary entitled, “Surgery Saved My Life.” Prof. Broachie-Adjei recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Hospital for Special Surgery in 2013. In 2015, he was featured on CNN’s African Voices documentary as the “Ghanaian Doctor Transforming Spine Surgery in Ghana.” Prof Boachie-Adjei was recognized for his contribution toward orthopedic healthcare delivery in the world at the “Dream Makers” gala and he received the GUBA Black Star award for Exceptional Contribution to Medicine. In November 2020, he was installed as Nana Hiahene of Asante Kingdom, currently Chairman of the Otumfuor Foundation.