*The 3-year first-time residency attainment rate is the weighted average of the 2022-23, through 2024-25 academic years. For each year, the rate is the percent of students attaining a residency out of all graduates or expected graduates in the year who were active applicants in the NRMP match in that year or who attained a residency outside the NRMP match in that year. The 1-year first-time residency attainment rate is 95% for 2024-2025 graduates.
Abass Alhassan, PhD, MPHIL, BSc
Associate Professor, Embryology, Histology, and Anatomy
Abass Alhassan, FHEA, PhD, MPHIL, BSc, is an Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Embryology and Histology at AUC School of Medicine's UK Track program. Dr. Alhassan is an faculty at the University of Lancashire in Preston UK, where the program is delivered, and is responsible for planning and teaching all embryology and histology course material to Medical students. Additionally, he is responsible for coordinating the peer tutoring programme and serves as a member of the AUC’s Admissions Committee.
Dr. Alhassan has nearly fifteen years of experience teaching the foundations of medicine to undergraduate and graduate level students. Dr. Alhassan hold fellowship status of the UK Advanced Higher Education Academy. His research focus is on innovations in Anatomy education, depression, and anxiety among infertile women. He was previously employed at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) University for Development Studies in Tamale, Ghana where he oversaw the design and delivery of the university’s anatomy curriculum as the Head of the Anatomy department.
His true passion is teaching and helping students learn through problem-based learning techniques. Dr. Alhassan earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. After completing his bachelor’s degree in biomedical science, he pursued an advanced research degree in developmental biology and a doctorate degree in pharmacology. In 2013 and 2015, Dr. Alhassan completed additional training in academic medicine and medical curriculum design at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.