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Academic Degrees
MSN, Clinical Nurse Leader, University of Maryland School of Nursing, USA
B.A. (Hons) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Email: sandra.amamoo-kakra@nih.gov
Phone: 301-496-8128
Biosketch:
Sandra Amamoo-Kakra is currently the Nurse Manager of Blood Services Section (BSS) at the NIH, Clinical Center Department of Transfusion Medicine. Previously, she served as the BSS Clinical Educator and later as Clinical Manager for the Donor and Research Blood Program. She provides oversight of operations in BSS, ensuring the provision of safe clinical and research services for NIH Clinical Center patients as well as blood donors and healthy volunteers. In this capacity, she assures compliance with regulations and accreditation standards to foster an environment that prioritizes the delivery of safe and competent care to patients; and provides blood components to NIH intramural investigators for in vitro research.
Sandra Amamoo-Kakra earned her Master of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Maryland School of Nursing in Baltimore, MD, and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Law and English from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. Her prior work experience includes Postpartum, Labor & Delivery and High-Risk Perinatal Care. Prior to her nursing career, Ms. Amamoo-Kakra worked with the Food and Nutrition Board at the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) as a Program Associate.