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Boateng, Henry

Henry A. Boateng, MD

Board Chair

Dr. Henry A. Boateng is the Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Boateng focuses on adult and pediatric orthopaedic trauma as well as in hip preservation. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC and completed his Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at John Hopkin’s Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Boateng also completed a fellowship in Orthopaedic Trauma at The Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Trauma Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr. Boateng has received numerous teaching awards and is a resident mentor. His research interests include pelvic fractures and poly-trauma. He is also the author of several articles including one involving the mortality of bilateral femurs, elderly acetabular fractures and a book chapter published on Patellofemoral Syndrome. Dr. Boateng has a strong interest in relief work and service to the local as well as the international community. He was involved with a Haiti Relief Mission and he is presently involved with the Bethesda Mission and Lion Care in Harrisburg. He is a member of the international forum of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association and is presently planning a Mission trip to Ghana.

Dr. Boateng represents both the Pennsylvania Medical Society and Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society on the PTSF Board of Directors.