Kwaku Obeng, MD

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kob223@uky.edu

HX315 A B CHANDLER MEDICAL CENTER

Positions

Associate Professor of Radiology
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Ambassador
Division Chief, Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology

College Unit(s)

Radiology

Other Affiliation(s)

Neuroradiology
SCOBIRC - Faculty Associates
Diversity Departmental Ambassadors

Biography and Education

Education

MD Temple University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania RESIDENCY Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina FELLOWSHIP Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Selected Publications

1. Zhang ZJ, Postma T, Obeng KK, Russell S, Weiss SR, Post RM. The Benzodiazepine Partial Inverse Agonist Ro15-4513 Alters Anticonvulsant and Lethal Effects of Carbamazepine in Amygdala-Kindled Rats. Neurosci Lett. 2002;329(3):253-6. 2. Zhang ZJ, Russell S, Obeng KK, Postma T, Obrocea G, Weiss SR, Post RM. Coadministration of Gabapentin or MK-801 with Lamotrigine Slows Tolerance to its Anticonvulsant Effects on Kindled Seizures. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2003;74(3):565-71. 3. Zhang ZJ, Xing GQ, Russell S, Obeng KK, Post RM. Unidirectional Cross-Tolerance from Levetiracetam to Carbamazepine in Amygdala-Kindled Seizures. Epilepsia. 2003;44(12):1487-93. 4. Obeng KK, Rumboldt Z, Tuite G, Welsh CT, Patel S, Spampinato MV. Atypical Cystic Meningioma of the Trigeminal Nerve in a Pediatric Patient. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008;29(2):398-9; Epub Ahead of Print 2007 Nov 16.