Charles Odamtten Easmon

Charles Odamtten Easmon
Charles Odamtten Easmon
Born	Charles Odamtten Easmon (1913-09-22)22 September 1913 Adawso, Ghana
Died	19 May 1994(1994-05-19) Accra, Ghana
Nationality	British subject (1913-1957) Ghanaian (1957-1994)
Other names	Charlie, C. O.
Education	Achimota School University of Edinburgh (MBChB)
Occupation	Medical doctor Professor of medicine
Years active	1946 – 1993
Known for	First Ghanaian surgeon medical education
Title	Professor
Spouse(s)	Genevieve Dove
Children	Linda Nkemdirim Kathleen Easmon Charles Easmon Charlotte Holdbrook Johnnie Easmon Susan Easmon
Parent(s)	Victor Farrell Easmon (father) Kate Salome Odamtten (mother)
Awards	Gold Coast Medical Scholarship

Charles Odamtten Easmon or C. O. Easmon, popularly known as Charlie Easmon, FRCS, FICS (22 September 1913 – †19 May 1994) was a Ghanaian doctor of Sierra Leone Creole, African-American, Danish, and Irish descent. Easmon was the first Ghanaian to qualify as a surgeon specialist and the first African Dean of the University of Ghana Medical School. Easmon performed the first successful open-heart surgery in Ghana in 1964, and modern scholars credit him as the "Father of Cardiac Surgery in West Africa".

Charles "Charlie" Odamtten Easmon was born on 22 September 1913, in Adawso in the Gold Coast, to Kate Odamtten and Victor Farrell Easmon. Victor Easmon was an accountant and the son of Dr John Farrell Easmon and Carolyn Augustt, a descendant of the Richter family from Osu, Accra. Dr J. F. Easmon was a Sierra Leonean of African-American and Northern Irish descent; J. F. Easmon was also the first West African Chief Medical Officer. Carolyn Augustt, who was described as a "mulatress", was a mixed-race descendant of a Ga-Danish family. Carolyn Augustt was from Osu Trom Mom in Accra.