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Dr. Claire Karekezi
More stories She followed her impossible dream and
now becomes Rwanda’s first female
Toronto General
Hospital recognized in neurosurgeon
world top-10 ranking
Building her career as a neurosurgeon, being Black, African and
New cell manufac- a woman was never easy, says UHN fellow Dr. Claire Karekezi.
turing facility opens at She proudly went home to Rwanda in July as the country’s first
MaRS
female neurosurgeon and now specializes in neuro-oncology.
The Princess Margaret
in new national “Being an outsider, you have to prove yourself and show that you
network of cancer are deserving of that opportunity every step of the way,” she says.
centres named for
Terry Fox “But I learned that if you work hard and if you are able to build
relationships, no matter who you are or where you come from,
Toronto recognized as things will eventually fall in place and you will succeed.”
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