Our Director of Adult Cardiothoracic Program, Trained in South Africa, and first time consultant in 1986 at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, where he remained for 26 years. He was the Director of the Cardiac Surgical Unit at the San Filippo Ner hospital in Rome, subsequently in charge of a private unit in Tirana and subsequently consultant in Khartoum, Sudan working with the NGO emergency.

DR MAHLET- Dr Mahlet Tesfaye is a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon. She was an assistant professor of surgery at Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine & Department of Surgery. She is involved in management of thoracic surgical patients & provision of mentorship to postgraduate & undergraduate students. Dr. Mahlet’s training involved specialization in General Surgery and subspeciality in cardiothoracic surgery. She has been recognized as dedicated leader and best senior by graduating class of residents. Also recognized by TRAC for her extraordinary support in eliminating TB & patient support. She has served as member of executive committees of Ethiopian Medical Association, Ethiopian Thoracic Society and Ethiopian Health Professionals Ethics Review Committee.

Dr. Maurice Musoni is a cardio-thoracic surgeon at King Faisal Hospital, Kigali. His areas of focus are surgical lung pathology and surgical cardiac diseases.  He is a Fellow in cardiothoracic surgery, from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.