Degree Title
MD
Fellowship / Residency Program
Chief Resident
No
Year in Program
Medical School
Université Nationale du Rwanda - Faculté de Médecine
Hometown
Chicago, IL
Interests/hobbies
Football (soccer), basketball, DIY projects (car, home maintenance and repairs), audiobooks (large collection of non-fiction books with focus on history, social, geopolitical and economic affairs, history of medicine, history etc.), biking, infant whispering., Sci-Fi movies (Star Wars over Star Trek :P).
Celebrity I most resemble
Harry Belafonte
If I wasn't a doctor, I would be a...
an auto mechanic, a home builder, a diplomat.
Favorite place in Maine
Kettle Cove beach and state park.
Medical interests
Cardiology, minimally invasive procedures, advocacy
Favorite weekend destination
The beach or biking on a quiet and remote trail.
Favorite Maine activity
Biking in the fall through multicolored wood trails
What did you do before medical school?
Advocacy work with an NGO focusing on child and reproductive health. Inventory fulfillment officer for a telecom company. Cattle/Livestock price negotiator and acquisition officer.
Best/worst job
Best Job: UN Peacekeeping Medical Officer in South Sudan during an unexpected resumption of hostilities after a fragile peace process was suddenly shattered. Worst Job: Cattle/Livestock price negotiation and acquisition (challenging situation for a rookie negotiator). AFTER MEDICAL SCHOOL/BEFORE RESIDENCY: Served as youth advisor in the UN interagency network during the multi-year process to develop the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) framework, focusing on HIV prevention policy (including the passing of the UN Political Declaration on HIV), sexual and reproductive health policy and their respective budgetary allocations. Served as a GP in a rural district hospital in Rwanda and later Namibia (inpatient), then as a Medical Officer with the United Nations in South Africa and later South Sudan (outpatient urban and field/preventive medicine respectively). Worked on assessing the commercial viability of a new biomarker screening test for early detection of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with the NIH and the National Cancer Center. Worked with a team providing Covid-19 training to border posts healthcare staff in Algeria, Tunisia and Jordan, in partnership with the State Department and LSU.
Why MaineHealth Maine Medical Center?
Humble, committed and passionate community of residents and attendings serving a diverse patient population in a beautiful State, with lots of activities nearby to relax after a busy week on service.
Featured
No