the future, the medical school plans to introduce distance learning programmes for certain disciplines. investment in the school's research portfolio in the biomedical sciences is a top priority for the university's medical school. international student tuition is the main source of the school's internally–generated funds (igfs). past deans charles odamtten easmon s. r. a. dodu h. h. phillips f. n. l. engmann e. q. archampong s. k. owusu a. s. ayettey clifford nii boi tagoe aaron l. lawson notable faculty e. q. archampong, surgery e. a. badoe, surgery s. r. a. dodu, cardiology charles odamtten easmon, surgery emmanuel evans-anfom, anatomy kwabena frimpong-boateng, cardiothoracic surgery adukwei hesse, physiology afua adwo jectey hesse, paediatric surgery j. f. o. mustaffah, neurosurgery susan ofori-atta, paediatrics fred t. sai, community health and social medicine clifford nii boi tagoe, anatomy cornelius odarquaye quarcoopome, ophthalmology jaswant wadhwani, pathology notable alumni alexander a. clerk, psychiatrist and sleep medicine specialist; director, stanford center for sleep sciences and medicine| (1990 – 1998) adukwei hesse, physician-academic, tuberculosis control expert, prison reform advocate and presbyterian minister clifford nii boi tagoe, former vice chancellor, university of ghana rexford s. ahima; professor of medicine, public health & nursing; bloomberg distinguished professor of diabetes at johns hopkins university; director, division of endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism, johns hopkins school of medicine afua adwo jectey hesse, paediatric surgeon jaswant wadhwani, former commanding officer, 37 military hospital