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.