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Dr. Gaston NYIRIGIRA

Dr. Gaston NYIRIGIRA

Conference Chair

TO DATE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND JOB POSITIONS

  • Consultant Anesthesiologist at The University Teaching Hospital of Butare (CHUB)
  • Acting Director of Clinical Services and Research at the Teaching Hospital of Butare
  • Pain, Knowledge Translation and Research Fellow (Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada).
  • Clinical Senior Lecturer in Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency Department, University of Rwanda
  • Fellow of CANECSA: The College of Anesthesiologists for East Central and Southern Africa.
  • Chairperson of CHUB Acute, Chronic and Palliative care Committee
  • Founder of Zero Pain -Rwanda Initiative
  • Zero Pain-Rwanda Conference Organizer and Chair of the organizing committee
  • Member of International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
  • Member of the Canadian Pain Society (CPS)
  • Member of Rwanda Pain Society (RPS)
  • Member of The Institute of Medical Education and Global Health, LLC
  • Chairperson of CHUB Research-Ethics Committee
  • Member of CHUB Theater users committee
  • Member of CHUB Clinical Joint Advisory Committee
  • Acute pain management trainings at CHUB, since 2016 (10 certified trainings).
  • Essential Pain Management Course Facilitator in Rwanda since January, 2016.
  • VAST (Virtual Anesthesia Simulation Training) course Director, University Teaching Hospital of Butare.
  • International collaborative pain research experience in Kingston, ON, Canada September-December 2015. Kingston General Hospital/ Queen’s University.

 

RESEARCH BACKGROUND

  • 9 Peer-Reviewed Papers, Conference proceedings and Poster Presentations in peer-reviewed international journals.
  • 5 Papers under review
  • 6 Grand rounds presentations, 4 invited presentations and 3 academic series presentations
  • Canadian Journal of pain and BMJ Reviewer
  • Clinical, Research and Academic Interest in Pain Practice, Education and Research, Emergencies and Patients’ transport, Critical care and Community Education.

 

AWARDS AND GRANTS

  • Award for Excellence in Pain Research and Management in Developing countries at the 17th World Congress on Pain in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, September 2018. by IASP.
  • ASA Charitable Foundation (ASACF) Global Scholar, 2019. Orlando, FL, USA.
  • Bethune Round Table 2013 Global Scholar, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Bethune Round Table 2016 Global Scholar, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2016.

 

EDUCATION/ ELECTIVE ROTATIONS:

  • Pain, Knowledge Translation and Research Fellowship at Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada 2016
  • Master of Medicine in Anesthesia in Anesthesiology, University of Rwanda, 2015.
  • General Medicine, National University of Rwanda, 2010.
  • Elective Anesthesia Rotation in Halifax, NS, Canada, 2013 (4 months)
  • Diplôme de Formation Médicale Spécialisée (DFMS) en Reanimation Chirurgicale in Paris, France: Hôpital Bichat, Claude Bernard, Université Paris Diderot (Pierre et Marie Curie)), November 2013 to August 2014.
  • Chronic Pain Training in Halifax, NS, Canada, 2018 (1 month)
  • Clinical Consulting with Gradian Health Systems,
  • Participated in Different Outreach Medical Missions with Centura Health (2017, 2018, 2019), Rwanda Defense Force Community Outreach Missions (RDF COP 2016, 2017,2018 and 2019).
  • Lifebox Representative and Presentation at American Society of Anesthesiologists Masterclass, Orlando, FL, USA in October, 2019.

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