Mark Tettey

University of Ghana

Also at University of Ghana Medical Centrefrom their recent papers

Associate Professor, University of Ghana, since 2011per ORCID

Publishing since 2008, latest 2026

Surgery
Epidemiology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Emergency Medicine

Publications: 472008–2026
Citations: 524to those papers
h-index: 14i10-index 15
Field-weighted impact: 0.901.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 6%3 of 47 scored papers
Open access: 79%37 papers free to read

3 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, SurgeryUniversity of Ghanasince 2011

On their papers

Publications

47 in all

Spectrum of Findings on Compressive Duplex Ultrasonography of the Lower Limbs in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana: A Prospective Cross‐Sectional Study
2026Health Science ReportsJournalOpen access1 citation10.1002/hsr2.72067
35 Years of modern cardiothoracic surgery in Ghana: a legacy of excellence, a future of perfection
2026Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Surgery2349%
Epidemiology1838%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1532%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine1226%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging715%
Emergency Medicine49%
Speech and Hearing49%
Biochemistry36%
Internal Medicine36%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health36%

Health Sciences

Topics most written on

Congenital Heart Disease Studies16
Tracheal and airway disorders10
Esophageal and GI Pathology8
Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair6
Foreign Body Medical Cases5
Dysphagia Assessment and Management4
Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management4
Blood transfusion and management3
Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation3
Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments3
Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management3
Acute Myocardial Infarction Research2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

30% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria8
South Africa5
United States2
Egypt2
Mozambique1
Tunisia1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH46 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH11 papers
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, SokotoNG3 papers
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterUS2 papers
Tufts UniversityUS2 papers
Jos University Teaching HospitalNG2 papers
37 Military HospitalGH2 papers
University of Ghana Medical CentreGH2 papers
Mansoura UniversityEG2 papers
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH2 papers

Where they publish

Ghana Medical Journal6
Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana6
PubMed6
Pan African Medical Journal4
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery4
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery3

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being29
1No poverty6
15Life on land1

Most cited

The development of cardiac surgery in West Africa - the case of Ghana
Pan African Medical Journal
201169 citationsOpen access · Gold
In patients with corrosive oesophageal stricture for surgery, is oesophagectomy rather than bypass necessary to reduce the risk of oesophageal malignancy?
Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery3
201247 citationsOpen access · Bronze
Status and Challenges of Care in Africa for Adults With Congenital Heart Defects

Netcare Sunninghill Hospital

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Patterns of acute chest pain at two tertiary centres in Accra, Ghana

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.4314/gmj.v58i3.8

Coronary Heart Disease Prediction: A Novel Deep Learning-based Approach

2024Journal of Artificial Intelligence and SystemsJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.33969/ais.2024060102

Application of Machine Learning Algorithms in Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

2022International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and ApplicationsJournalOpen access7 citations10.14569/ijacsa.2022.0130620

Twenty-two Years of Repair of Atrial Septal Defects in Ghana

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen access2 citations10.60014/pmjg.v4i2.149

Blood Conservation in Anaesthesia and Surgery - A Review

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.60014/pmjg.v1i1.7

Phlebotomy by House Officers

2022Postgraduate Medical Journal of GhanaJournalOpen accessCorresponding0 citations10.60014/pmjg.v6i2.125

Pattern of esophageal injuries and surgical management: A retrospective review

2020Nigerian Journal of Clinical PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.4103/njcp.njcp_326_19

Challenges of Caring for Functionally Single Ventricle Patients in Africa

2019World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryJournal7 citations10.1177/2150135118817769

Status and Challenges of Care in Africa for Adults With Congenital Heart Defects

2017World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryJournal44 citations10.1177/2150135117706340

Conotruncal Heart Defect Repair in Sub-Saharan Africa

2016World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryJournal21 citations10.1177/2150135116648309

Cardiothoracic surgical experience in Ghana

2016Cardiovascular Diagnosis and TherapyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding18 citations10.21037/cdt.2016.08.03

Colon bypass with a colon-flap augmentation pharyngoesophagoplasty

2015Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author7 citations10.11604/pamj.2015.21.275.6717

The development of cardiac surgery in West Africa - the case of Ghana

2011Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen access69 citations10.4314/pamj.v9i1.71190

Impalement injuries of the chest

2010Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access33 citations10.4314/gmj.v43i2.55320

Surgical management of constrictive pericarditis

2010Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author26 citations10.4314/gmj.v41i4.55290

Predictors of post operative bleeding and blood transfusion in cardiac surgery

2010Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessFirst author20 citations10.4314/gmj.v43i2.55316

Outcome of thrombolysis for massive pulmonary embolism.

2009PubMedJournalOpen access1 citation

Synchronised cardioversion for chronic atrail fibrillation.

2008PubMedJournalOpen access0 citations

Health Sciences Investigations Journal2

How it can be read

79% free to read

Diamond 18 · 38%Free to read and to publish
Gold 9 · 19%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 4 · 9%Free to read, no open licence
Green 5 · 11%A copy in a repository
Closed 10 · 21%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

4 of 47 papers name a funder

National Institutes of Health2
Economic and Social Research Council1
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering1
University of Ghana1

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Impalement injuries of the chest

Ghana Medical Journal3

201033 citationsOpen access · Diamond