Sarpoma Sefa-Boakye, M.D., is a Cuba-trained USA, Board Certified Family Medicine Physician and Global Health Medical Expert. Voted Top Doctor San Diego in 2017, and well known for her international work, which has been featured on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World News, National Public Radio (NPR) All Things Considered and most notably for receiving honorable mention by former Secretary of the United States Colin Powell to complete her Doctoral Medical training in Cuba.

As an undergraduate at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Dr. Sarpoma majored in International Development Studies with a sub specialization in Public Health of Sub Saharan Africa and Latin America. She later successfully attained her Medical Degree in Spanish on a full academic scholarship at the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana ,Cuba where she also trained with the National Afro-Cuban Dance Company. Prior to Medical School Dr. Sarpoma also studied for one year at the University of Ghana at Legon where she completed field work research on the Safe Motherhood initiative in the maternity centers of Accra, Ghana, her country of origin. Shortly after completing her medical training, Dr. Sarpoma became the first International Medical Director of the Birthing Project USA, an organization aimed at increasing Maternal and Infant survival rates in women globally. She advocates for donations of medical supplies globally and sparked a very successful safe birth kit distribution campaign which resulted in securing medical birthing supplies for more than 10k women in such countries as Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Malawi, Honduras and India. She is a true innovator in her field and has led many medical missions in West Africa, primarily in Ghana, providing medical supplies and Safe Birth Kits to families in need. She is also an Independent Medical Examiner offering insight and medical expertise to veterans. She is currently practicing medicine in San Diego, California, where she lives with her family.

Veteran Medical Group

Veteran Medical Group (VMG) specializes in providing concise Independent medical evaluation’s primarily for Veterans and other claimants in need of an expert evaluations. Our mission is to find caring healthcare professionals who are looking for a non-clinical option in evaluating claimants for compensation and pension. We expect to expand our provider network tenfold to meet the anticipated demands of Disability Examinations, for veterans and claimants worldwide.