Peter Ssenyonga, MD, MBBS

Peter K. Ssenyonga received his medical degree from Makerere University in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, but it was in Mbale, in eastern Uganda, where he witnessed what was possible in treating children with hydrocephalus and spina bifida. There he met Dr. Ben Warf and was inspired to become a pediatric neurosurgeon.

In 2005 he joined the pediatric neurosurgery training program at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He was awarded a Traveling Fellowship by the Pediatric Section of the AANS and spent 3 months with the Neurosurgery Department at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, Canada.

Dr. Ssenyonga is part of the Neurosurgical faculty at the Mulago National Referral Hospital. He was Vice President (East Africa) of the Continental Association of African Neurosurgical Societies (CAANS) and is also a founding Director of Neuro-Initiative Africa (NIA), a collaborative formed to advance evidence-based, cost-effective treatment of neurological diseases.

Working with NeuroKids not only provides him with an opportunity to reunite with his mentor (Dr. Warf) but also to work alongside a team that is dedicated to equipping neurosurgeons with endoscopic skills and equipment and caring about treating children with neurological diseases, especially hydrocephalus and spina bifida.