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Akwi W. Asombang, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Interventional Gastroenterologist
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Akwi W. Asombang, MD, MPH, is an interventional gastroenterologist and the Director of Global Health Programs in Gastroenterology at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School. She completed her advanced endoscopy fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medicine Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. She completed her gastroenterology fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, and a Fogarty International Clinical Research fellowship. Prior to her fellowships she completed a combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics residency at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, and her MPH at Saint Louis University School of Public Health. She has extensive service to multiple national professional societies and experience in global health including clinical experience in Zambia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and India. She is the co-founder of Pan-African Organization for Health, Education and Research (POHER) - a non-governmental organization and the founder of The African Association of Future gastroenterologists (AAFG). Her areas of interest are gastrointestinal cancers, advanced endoscopy (specifically endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography -ERCP and echoendoscopic ultrasound – EUS), medical education, training and mentoring.

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