Who We Are
The Rwandan Heart Care and Research Foundation will be the first NGO hospital offering cardiovascular healthcare services free of charge to the people of Rwanda and its regions. Our mission is to offer high quality care to all without any form of discrimination.
Board Members

Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub OM
Vice Chair of the Board
Founder, Chain of Hope
Medical Director, Aswan Heart Centre

Radegonde Ndejuru
Chair of the Board
Public Health Consultant

Engineer Samih Sawiris
Board Member
Businessman and Philanthropist

Professor William Wijns MD, PhD
Vice-Chair of the Board
Science Foundation Ireland Research Professor of Interventional Cardiology
National University of Ireland Galway

David Kamanda
Treasurer of the Board
Health Economist

Kamel Saleh
Board Member
Financial Advisor

Dr Matthias Angres
Board Member
Consultant Anaesthetist
Director, Robin Aid

Julia Backhaus
Board Member
Associate Professor in Architecture,
University College London
Founding Director, Flux Architects

Mr Hany Azer
Board Member
Civil Engineer

Professor Karen Sliwa-Hahne
Board Member
Professor of Cardiology
Director, Cape Heart Institute, Cape Town

Dr Emmanuel Rusingiza Kamanzi
Board Member
Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist
University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK)

Professor Thor Sundt
Board Member
Chief of Cardiac Surgery,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Director of Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Edward D. Churchill Professor of Surgery, Harvard University

Christelle Muvunyi
Board Member
Francophone Policy Analyst
African Constituency Bureau
for the Global Fund

Lisa Yacoub
Project Co-ordinator
Manager, Chain of Hope
Director, Bridge of Hope UK

Joshua Siwa
Chief Finance Officer

Dr Gavin Wright
Board member (Ex-officio)
Consultant Cardiac Anaesthetist
Chairman, Chain of Hope UK

Zeina Tawakol
Advisor to the Board
Executive Director, Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation

Helena Beshay
Financial Advisor
Training Board Sub-Committee

Prof John Deanfield
Professor of Cardiology, UCL
Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Heart Centre
Director, National Institute of Cardiovascular Outcomes
Senior Advisor to Public Health England (PHE)

Dr David Bradley MD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Michigan
Director of Clinical Operations & Director of Electrophysiology, Michigan Congenital Heart Center

Dr Ahmed Afifi MD, FRCS(CTh), FACC
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Head of Cardiac Surgery Department,
Aswan Heart Centre
Senior Lecturer, National Heart Institute – Egypt

Dr Ahmed El Guindy
Consultant Cardiologist
Director of Cardiology, Aswan Heart Centre
Honorary Senior Lecturer, National Heart & Lung Institute – Imperial College.
Visiting Assistant Professor,
American University of Cairo

Hatem Hosny, FRCS (CTh), FEBCTS (Congenital), FEBCTS (Adult)
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon and
Lead of Data Analytics Team,
Aswan Heart Centre

Mahmoud Abdelhay
Director of Nursing
Aswan Heart Centre
We all have the right to... healthcare for ourselves and our families...
(Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)