The West Africa Institute for Liver and Digestive Diseases Foundation (WAILD) is registered in the US as a 501 (c)(3) non-profit foundation. Team members have clinical and research expertise in liver and digestive diseases, including viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, peptic ulcer disease, infectious diarrhea and cancers of the liver, stomach, pancreas and colon. The team’s expertise also includes laboratory medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology, public health, research, business administration and process engineering. We collaborate with the healthcare community, the private sector and governmental institutions to improve health outcomes.
Board of Directors
Lewis Roberts, MD, MB, ChB, PhD – President
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Victor Ankoma-Sey, MD – Vice President
Houston Methodist Hospital; Liver Associates of Texas, PA
Mitchell “Mitch” Mah’moud, MD, DTh, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD –Treasurer
Duke University, Durham, NC
Thomas D. Amankonah, MD – Member
Tulane Health System, New Orleans, LA
Yaw Asare-Aboagye, DVM, MS – Member
Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Nairobi, Kenya
Faizal Z. Asumda, MD – Member
Medical College of George, Augusta, GA
Felix Boakye-Agyeman, MD – Member
Cetera, Wake Forest, NC
Francis D. Dickson, MD – Member
Nova Surgery Center, Accru, Ghana
Alicia Scharles Konadu, MD – Member
Advent Health, Fort Worth, TX
Kofi Nuako, MD – Member
Advanced Gastroenterology, Union City, TN
Robert Nunoo, MD – Member
WakeMed Cary Hospital, Clare, MI
Lily Ayodele Roberts, MS – Member
Stanford University, San Francisco, CA
Jecinta Scott, MD – Member
Exact Sciences Corporation, Blaine, MN
Kaku So-Armah, PhD – Member
Boston University, Boston, MA
Nana K. Wiafe-Ababio, PharmD – Member
Takeda, Houston, TX