Isaac Mubezi

Dr. Isaac Mubezi was trained as a surgeon in Uganda where he is now heading the Department of Surgery at Iganga District Hospital: He also founded and serves now as CEO of Hope and Healing Center, a rural based community hospital in his home village. Isaac is a member of the Association of Surgeons of Uganda and sits on the National Ethics Committee of the Uganda Medical Association. He has enjoyed several training courses, among them the Oxford Global Surgery Course, in the UK. Dr. Mubezi has turned down other attractive training opportunities abroad in order to continue serving a large disadvantaged patient population in rural Eastern Uganda and training the next generation of surgeons and other medical professionals there. All this with a dedication nurtured by compassion and love for the rural poor and supported by his wife and three children.