Justin Onen, MD

Dr. Justin Onen is a neurosurgeon with more than 10 years of experience treating children with hydrocephalus and spina bifida. He was trained by Dr. Ben Warf in ETV/CPC in Mbale in the 2010s and is today a NeuroKids master trainer, having trained colleagues not only in Uganda but also in Morocco and Nigeria. 

Dr. Onen received an MBchB in 2003 from Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda and his Master’s in Medicine Neurosurgery in 2013 at the Mohammed V University Souissi in Rabat, Morocco. For the past several years, he has served as a neurosurgeon at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.

He is committed to sharing his knowledge and expertise to empower others in the field and to improve access to specialized neurosurgical care in Uganda and other underserved countries. Dr. Justin Onen’s unwavering commitment to pediatric neurosurgery has not only transformed the lives of countless children but has also inspired hope and resilience within the medical community of Kampala and beyond.