Neurosurgeon and Ass. Professor
Université de Kinshasa
Dr. Hervé Monka Lekuya is a neurosurgeon and ass. Professir of the Université de Kinshasa, DRC with a strong commitment to advancing the management of traumatic brain injury in low- and middle-income countries. His research interests include traumatic brain injury, infection prevention, and health system strengthening through education.
He earned his medical degree from the Université de Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, pursued surgical training at Makerere University, Uganda, and specialized in neurosurgery through the College of East, Central, and Southern Africa. He further completed advanced fellowships in skull base and spine surgery at several leading international centers of excellence. Dr. Lekuya obtained a PhD degree in Health Sciences from Ghent University, Belgium.
In his previous education, he completed brilliantly his undergraduate biomedical studies, medical school, and medical internship at the Université de Kinshasa, DRC in 2012 as the top best cumulative grade points over 800 students of the Medical school of the University of Kinshasa, supported by the BEBUC-fUNIKIN Excellence Scholarship. While he was doing his medical internship, he was chairing the Neuroanatomy Club of Vesale in both Université de Kinshasa and Université Protestante au Congo where he became so familiar with skull and brain anatomy.
Thereafter, he did a 6-month pre-residency in general surgery and neurosurgery in the Department of Surgery, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital/ University of Ghana.
He then studied a Master of Medicine (MMed) in Surgery from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, completed it in 2017 supported by the BEBUC-fUNIKIN Excellence Scholarship. He then straight away joined the COSECSA - Duke University - Mulago Hospital Neurosurgery Residency training at Mulago National Referral Hospital since 2017 funded by the Duke Global Neurosurgery Neurology (DGNN). He graduated after passing the COSECSA board-certified examination.
Regarding his research and additional skills exposure, while in the neurosurgery training, he completed a 3-months clinical observership and research fellowship in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Navigation at Weill Cornell Neurological Surgery in New York City, USA, and received additional funding the WFNS Foundation scholarship. He was awarded, among the top 5 young academic surgeons of Africa, the International Society of Surgery (ISS)-Foundation Travel Scholarship Awards in Krakow Poland. He completed 6 months Skull Base Microneurosurgery Fellowship at Weill Cornell Neurosurgery New York, and worked as an affiliate lecturer and neurosurgeon at Makerere University/ Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda. He completed 1 year neurosurgery fellowship at Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
He had several scientific presentations and attended several neurosurgical workshops in neurosurgical activities. I had an extended scientific network with several research and collaborative group; In 2023, he was awarded the prestigious “WFNF Young Neurosurgeon Award" in South Africa, Cape Town.
Dr. Lekuya has received multiple international awards, grants, and scholarships, including recognition from the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS). He is also an active member and educator within the Continental Association of African Neurosurgeons (CAANS), where he chairs programs advancing neurosurgical research and education across the continent. He is a member of the Neurosurgical Society of Uganda (NSU) and the Société Congolaise de Neurochirurgie (SCNC).
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