Alexander Quarshie, M.D., M.S.

Alexander Quarshie, M.D., M.S. 

Professor

Community Health & Preventive Medicine

Location: Multidisciplinary Research Center, Room S-06
Phone: 404-752-8681
E-mail: aquarshie@msm.edu

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
University of Ghana Medical School
Residency: Medicine

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons
Fellow: Community Health

Oregon Health Sciences University
Biomedical Informatics


GRADUATE:
University of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Degree: Master of Science


UNDERGRADUATE:
University of Ghana Medical School
Degree: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MD in Medicine)

Research Interests

  • Biomedical Informatics
  • Health Disparities
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Global Health
  • Public Health
  • Translational Research
  • Research Education

Clinical Interests

  • Preventive Medicine
  • Infectious diseases
  • Internal medicine

Board Certification

  • Medicine
  • Medical Statistics
  • Public Health
  • Medical Informatics

Publications

  • Ofili, E., Brown, M., Okirie, D., Pemu, P., Franklin, C. G., Suk, Y., Quarshie, A., Mubasher, M., Sow, C. M., Montgomery Rice, V., Mack, D., Daniel, D. (2019). Morehouse Choice Accountable Care Organization and Education System (MCACO-ES): Integrated Model Delivering Equitable Quality Care. In Paul B. Tchounwou (Ed.), Special Issue Proceedings of Research Centers at Minority Institutions (RCMI) Translational Science 2017 Conference. (3084th ed., vol. 16, pp. 13). Journal: Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2019. www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph
  • Rubio DM, Hamm ME, Mayowski CA, Nouraie SM, Quarshie A, Seto T, Shaheen M, Soto de Laurido LE, Norman MK. Developing a Training Program to Diversify the Biomedical Research Workforce. Acad Med. 2019 Aug;94(8):1115-1121. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002654. PubMed PMID: 30768468; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6764096
  • Pemu, P., Josiah Willock, R., Alema-Mensah, E., Rollins, L., Brown, M., Saint Clair, B., Olorundare, E., McCaslin, A., Henry Akintobi, T. K., Quarshie, A., Ofili, E. Achieving Health Equity with e-Healthystrides©: Patient Perspectives of a Consumer Health Information Technology Application. Ethnicity & Disease, 29(Supp2), 393-404. http://dx.doi.org/10.18865/ed.29.s2.393
  • Ofili, E., Schanberg, L. E., Hutchinson, B., Sogade, F., Fergus, I., Duncan, P., Hargrove, J., Artis, A., Onyekwere, O., Batchelor, W., Williams, M., Oduwole, A. M., Onwuanyi, A. E., Ojutalayo, F., Cross, J. A., Seto, T. B., Okafor, H., Pemu, P., Immergluck, L. H., Foreman, M., Alema-Mensah, E., Quarshie, A., Mubasher, M., Baker, A., Ngare, A., Dent, A., Malouhi, M., Tchounwou, P., Lee, J., Hayes, T., Abdelrahim, M., Sarpong, D., Fernandez-Repollet, E., Sodeke, S. O., Hernandez, A., Thomas, K., Dennos, A., Smith, D., Gbadebo, D., Ajuluchukwu, J., Kong, B. W., McCollough, C., Weiler, S. R., Natter, M. D., Mandl, K. D., Murphy, S. (2019). The Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) Cardiovascular Implementation Study (CVIS):  A Research Registry Integrating Social Determinants to Support Care for Underserved Patients. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health.

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Honors and Awards

  • Fellow, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Team Spirit Award, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • CDC-AMIA Public Health Informatics Award
  • Faculty Teaching Award, MSCR Program, Morehouse School of Medicine
  • World Health Organization Fellowship