Meet...Yaw
Name: Yaw Appiagyei-Dankeh, M.D.
Department:
Pediatric Endocrinology.
Where you were born: Ejisu, Ghana.
Family: Wife, Agnes; Daughters, Araba, 12, Amma, 7, and Ewurama, 5.
Favorite reading material: Historical fiction.
Favorite music: Jazz.
Favorite food: Jamaican patties (baked pastry filled with meat and veggies).
Fondest childhood memory: First time traveling to the capital: Accra, Ghana.
Bad habit: Surfing the net.
What do you do to stay fit: Playing tennis and walking.
Hobby: Photography.
If you had a free day, what would you do: Relax with nature.
What is your biggest challenge: Keeping up with dictations.
Something people don't know about you: When I was a child I worked on a farm.
Reaction to living in the U.S.: When I first came to the U.S., I felt a mixture of excitement and shock because it was so different from my village.
Words of advice: “It pays to be nice to people on your way up, for it is the same people you meet on your way down.”
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