Francis Kateh

Francis N. Kateh (born 12 July 1965 in Karlokeh, Maryland County) is a Liberian physician and academic.

Kateh began his doctoral training when he volunteered at the Ganta United Methodist Hospital. Thereafter, he got a scholarship at the University of Liberia and subsequently to the United States where he attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois. Although sponsored by the then Central Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church, Kateh matriculated to Spartan University School of Medicine, Vieux Fort, St. Lucia where he obtained a doctoral degree in medicine. Kateh returned to Liberia during the First Liberian Civil War.

After serving in Liberia for the United Methodist Church for over six years, he returned to the United States. He is married and has four children.

[edit] Career History

Public Health Director, Anson County, North Carolina- 2004- Present
Former Chief Medical Officer/Medical Director of Ganta United Methodist Hospital, Liberia-
Former Head of Surgery, Ganta United Methodist Hospital, Liberia-
Former Adjunct Instructor, Anatomy and Physiology, Prarie State College,Chicago Heights, IL-
Former Surgical Assistant- Sacred Heart Hospital, Chicago, IL-

Member- North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors
Regional Representative- Region VI (North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors)
Member- American Public Health Association
Member- American College of Health Executives
Chairperson, Exercise and Evaluation Committee, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)-
Member Public Health Preparedness Essential Services Committee (NACCHO)-
Peer Reviewer- Disaster Preparedness and Evaluation-
Member, Board of Trustees- MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL (2005-2007)-