Student Spotlight: Conversation with Steve Antwi-Boasiako, Class of 2025

 

 

 

Name (pronouns): Steve Kwaku Antwi-Boasiako he/him
Hometown: Edweso, Ghana and Columbus, Ohio
Year at Geisel: MS4
Career interest: Plastic Surgery
The best thing about Geisel is: Many diverse opportunities/rotations outside the Upper Valley. This gives students exposure to how different systems of care for their patient population and can be informative for specialty planning and patient population selection.
Favorite spot in the Upper Valley: Four Aces Diner
Favorite activity in the Upper Valley: Soccer at CCBA
Favorite book/poem: The Wretched of the Earth – Frantz Fanon
Favorite song/piece of music: Obaa Ben Ni – Daasebre Gyamenah
Favorite quote: “Do not be too mesmerized by the beauty of your flowers that you forget your roots” -Steve Antwi-Boasiako, White Coat Ceremony circa 2021
Most treasured travel: Ghana December 2019, IYKYK!
Guilty pleasure: My Instagram reel algorithm at 4am in the morning. Probably the funniest thing in the world.
Unknown fact about you: I am a GREAT dancer. Unmatched and unchallenged on the dance floor.

Anything else: Nope, Stay hydrated!

 

Short Bio: Steve Antwi-Boasiako is an MS4 at Geisel School of Medicine. He was born and raised in Edweso in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He is a part of the Asanteman tribe, a tribe of the Akan people. Interestingly, his fourth great grandmother fought in the Anglo-Ashanti wars in the early 1900s. He immigrated to Columbus, Ohio in 2007. Steve did his Undergrad at Vanderbilt University where he majored in Neuroscience and Medicine, health & society. The bulk of his research has been in exploring novel genetic causes of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Due to his curiosity for innovation and passion for serving his community, steve is pursuing a career in Plastic Surgery where he hopes to offer sustainable surgical care to  his communities both near and far.