Science, Medicine & Engineering
Distinguished
Juliet Sekabunga Nalwanga
Uganda's first woman neurosurgeon
Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Uganda Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.
Why they are here
The first woman to qualify as a neurosurgeon in Uganda, with a paediatric fellowship at Toronto's SickKids behind her.
Juliet Sekabunga Nalwanga is the first woman to graduate as a neurosurgeon in Uganda.
She completed a paediatric neurosurgery fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and practises in a country with a severe shortage of neurosurgeons of any kind.
She completed a paediatric neurosurgery fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and practises in a country with a severe shortage of neurosurgeons of any kind.
- Wikipedia — Juliet Sekabunga Nalwanga
- Neurosurgical Focus — History of African women in neurosurgery
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