Announcing 1st Scholarship Recipient: Butungane Guillaume
OpenOR International is pleased to announce that Butungane Guillaume (Kigali, Rawanda) has been selected as the first recipient of our East African Medical Assistance Scholarship.
Dr. Butungane will be serving as an anesthesia resident at the University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences. Our President/CEO, Dr. Keita Ikeda expressed his excitement of this selection, stating: “We are excited to sponsor the first anesthesia resident out of Hope Africa University. We look forward to seeing Dr. Butungane progress through his program and working with him to better serve his community.”
The second child of 8, Dr. Butungane graduated from Hope Africa University in 2018 and has worked as a General Practicioner at Byumba District Hospital. Afterwards, he applied for and was accepted into the Anesthesiology Department at the University of Rawanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences.
OpenOR International is thankful for the opportunity to come alongside medical students like Mr. Guillaume who have much substantial personal and financial sacrifices in order to improve the quality of medical services in their communities.
For more information on future scholarship opportunities, please contact Dr. Keita Ikeda at keitaikeda@openor.org.
Much thanks to Dr. Gegory Sund, MD, Anesthesiologist, for inspiring me to love anesthesia while I was in undergraduate and for being my thesis director on management of post-dural puncture headache using blood patch.
Now I am a resident in year one. Generally everything is running well. In November, I will finish my 1st year with a program of 4 years total.
— Dr. Butungane Guillaume
