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CURE Uganda provides comprehensive care so patients can focus on healing.

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Through our comprehensive care, CURE ensures that every patient and caregiver is well taken care of. The only thing they need to think about is healing.

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CURE Uganda provides comprehensive care so patients can focus on healing.

Learn More
Community Engagement
Patient Ministry

Overview

Through our comprehensive care, CURE ensures that every patient and caregiver is well taken care of. The only thing they need to think about is healing.

Learn More
Pre-Surgery Services
Surgeries
Post-Surgery Services

CURE Leadership Team

Helping kids heal takes a dedicated and compassionate team. Meet the talented doctors, nurses, and administrators committed to caring for the children that CURE Uganda serves.

Irene Abelo
Finance Manager
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Annet Kirunda Akol
Nurse Manager
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Petwa Akol Osele
Program Operations Manager
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Tim Erickson
Executive Director
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Dr. Tomson Katungi
Neurosurgeon
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Esther Namale
Human Resources Manager
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Dr. Humphrey Okechi
Neurosurgeon
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Fred Wangwa
Spiritual Ministry Director
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Dr. Emmanuel Wegoye
Neurosurgeon | Medical Director
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Dr. Kaleab Tesfaye Moges
Neurosurgeon
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CURE Uganda’s mission is to provide every child living with a disability the physical, emotional, and spiritual care they need to heal. If you have questions about becoming a patient or a partner with CURE, please contact us.

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Irene Abelo
Finance Manager

Irene serves as the Finance Manager for CURE Uganda. She works with a team of accountants and oversees procurement in order to deliver resources at the time they are needed. She is responsible for budgets and approving fund requisitions for daily operations. Before coming to CURE Uganda, Irene worked with a charity organization that helped to supply water to communities, but she still felt something was missing in her life.

Irene is passionate about working at CURE because she loves the praise, worship, devotion, and teamwork. To her, it is a place where Jesus is alive.

Annet Kirunda Akol
Nurse Manager

Annet serves as a Nurse Manager at CURE Uganda and oversees the nursing department. Annet has been a Nurse Manager at CURE Uganda since 2017 and joined the hospital in 2012. She has served in a variety of leadership roles in the Nursing department, including Ward and ICU in charge, OR/theatre in charge, and Assistant Nurse Manager. CURE has provided her with training opportunities in management and skills to care for children with neurological conditions including BLS, PALS, and ACLS among others.

She is happily married to a wonderful servant of God Apostle Daniel Ross Akol. Annet and her husband possess a unique burden for children with disabilities and their families and they pray for them daily.

Annet considers working for Cure Uganda a blessing and a great opportunity to contribute towards the holistic management of children with disabilities. She also considers it an honor and privilege to be a part of a team that is transforming and changing the lives of children with disabilities at CURE Uganda.

Petwa Akol Osele
Program Operations Manager

Petwa serves as the Operations Manager at CURE Uganda and has been at CURE for over three years. Petwa supports and oversees the general activities of the hospital including security, general service, and procurement. Before coming to CURE, she worked for a civil society organization.

Petwa wanted to work in a place where she could get directly involved in life-changing ministry; CURE proved to be just the right fit. She finds joy in meeting the challenges everyday.

Tim Erickson
Executive Director

Tim serves as the Executive Director of the CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda. CURE Uganda is one of the world’s leading hospitals for treating children with hydrocephalus, spina bifida, and other neurosurgical conditions.

Erickson familyTim joined CURE in 2006 and has served in a variety of roles, including vice president of development and sustainability as well as operations director for CURE Neuro. In 2011, Tim helped launch the CURE Neuro program, which currently includes a network of hydrocephalus treatment locations around the world. Tim became Executive Director of CURE Uganda in 2015. Through these experiences working with vulnerable children battling hydrocephalus, Tim and his family developed a unique burden for these suffering children and their families.

Tim has a BA in economics and accounting from Gordon College and an MBA from Penn State University. He is an avid reader, golfer, water skier, and guitar player. Tim and his wife, Kiera, are blessed with three energetic young kids–Isaiah, Isabel, and Micah. They deeply appreciate your support for CURE and look forward to hosting many visitors at CURE Uganda!

Dr. Tomson Katungi
Neurosurgeon

Dr. Tomson serves as a Neurosurgeon at CURE Uganda, where he performs surgery, leads the pediatric neuro-oncology team, and directs postgraduate training.

He received his medical degree from Mbarara University of Science and Technology and began his career at CURE Uganda, where he served for five years as a Medical Officer and later as Medical Services Supervisor. He then completed a neurosurgery residency at the University of Cape Town, followed by a neurosurgery fellowship through the College of Neurosurgeons of South Africa and a Master of Medicine in Neurosurgery from the University of Cape Town. He also completed a one-year fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Tomson enjoys serving with CURE because of the unwavering focus on mission as the team strives to provide high-quality care to vulnerable children throughout Uganda.

Outside of work, Dr. Tomson enjoys playing sports, jogging, and working out. He is also a musician (piano and guitar) and an active member of the Pearl Haven Christian Centre and the local Rotary Club, where he serves as Treasurer.

Dr. Tomson is married to Miriah, who is also a medical doctor. They have four children: Josiah, Faith, Jesse, and Joel.

Esther Namale
Human Resources Manager

Esther serves as the Human Resources Manager at CURE Uganda. She holds a Masters’s Degree in Human Resources Management. “It really hurts me when one of my staff is not happy, I will always try to engage with them to see how they can be helped.”- Esther.

Dr. Humphrey Okechi
Neurosurgeon

Dr. Oketchi serves as a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda.

He completed advanced medical training at several esteemed institutions: a WFNS Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship at the University of Tübingen in Germany; a Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowship at the University of Nairobi/AIC Kijabe Hospital in Kenya; a Master of Medicine in Neurosurgery at Wuhan University School of Medicine in China; and a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at Mbarara University of Science and Technology in Uganda.

Previously, Dr. Oketchi worked at AIC Kijabe Hospital as a Consultant Pediatric Neurosurgeon and a Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellow. He has also worked at the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University as a resident in the Department of Neurosurgery and at Pope John’s Hospital in Lira, Uganda, as a General Practitioner.

Fred Wangwa
Spiritual Ministry Director

Pastor Fred Wangwa serves as the spiritual director at CURE Uganda. In his role, he provides general oversight to all spiritual ministry programs and ensures that spiritual care to is given to CURE staff, patients, and caretakers. Fred oversees spiritual outreach events in the communities and ensures that proper spiritual patient care emanates from every discipline within the hospital. He also establishes and models standards of Christian conduct for CURE staff, patients and their families, and the communities where CURE is serving.

Fred was a local church pastor for eleven years and a missions coordinator for a church planting team for six years before joining CURE. He is passionate about making Christ known to all people in all nations – John 17:3.

Pastor Fred holds degrees in theology, psychology, and counseling and a master’s degree in public health from Bugema University. He lives and serves the Lord and his people in Mbale area with his family.

Dr. Emmanuel Wegoye
Neurosurgeon | Medical Director

Dr. Emmanuel Wegoye serves as the Medical Director at CURE Uganda. Dr. Wegoye previously served with BethanyKids at AIC Kijabe Hospital.

Dr. Kaleab Tesfaye Moges
Neurosurgeon

Dr. Kaleab serves as a Neurosurgeon at CURE Uganda. An Ethiopian native, Dr. Kaleab attended medical school at Hayat Medical College in Addis Ababa, graduating in 2016. He then worked as a General Practitioner at St. Peter’s Hospital until the end of 2017. From 2018-2022, Dr. Kaleab completed the neurosurgery training program at Tikur Anbessa Hospital at Addis Ababa University. In 2022, he also took the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA) exam, graduating with honors.