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Claire Karekezi (born 4 July 1982) is a Rwandan neurosurgeon at the Rwanda Military Referral and Teaching Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda. [1] As the first female neurosurgeon in Rwanda, and one of the eight Rwandan neurosurgeons serving a population of 14 million, Karekezi serves as an advocate for women in neurosurgery. [2]
They formed the first neurological team of Romania, later called "The golden team", which helped develop neurosurgery in Romania. [4] In 1970, the favorite wife of the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi had become ill. As a man could not enter the harem, they needed to find a female doctor. Ionescu stayed one week at the woman’s side and cured her.
Nancy Abu-Bonsrah is a Ghanaian neurosurgeon who was the first black female to graduate [1] from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's neurosurgery program, the school "where the medical discipline of neurological surgery was founded." [2] She was accepted to train at Johns Hopkins in 2017 [3] and graduated in 2024.
She then spent a year specialising in paediatric neurosurgery at The Hospital for Sick Children, the teaching hospital of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, in Toronto, Canada. [3] One of her Ugandan mentors was the late John Baptist Mukasa (1967 - 2021).
She is the author of dozens of papers, invited lectures and courses in these topics, including a co-authored white paper with Women in Neurosurgery titled "The Future of Neurosurgery." [ 3 ] Rosseau is one of 300 female neurosurgeons in the United States, out of a total of more than 3,000 practicing neurosurgeons. [ 4 ]
Kanaka was one of the world's first female neurosurgeons; [5] having qualified with a degree (MCh) in Neurosurgery in March 1968; after Diana Beck (1902-1956), [13] and Aysima Altinok who qualified in November 1959. [14]
Faiza Lalam (Arabic: فايزة لعلام) is a medical doctor from Algeria, who is credited as the first woman neurosurgeon in Africa, spearheading the work of women in the specialism on the continent. [1] She was described in 2020 as the "'Dean' of women neurosurgeons in Africa and the Middle East" by the World Federation of Neurosurgical ...
Deborah L. Benzil is an American neurosurgeon specializing in brain and spine tumors, stereotactic radiosurgery, socioeconomic education. She was awarded the Anthony Greto Fellowship from the Association of Brain Tumor Research. She is the Vice Chair and professor of neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. [1]