Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye MD, MPH, MSc

Leadership & Surgery

Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye is the Manager of the Policy and Advocacy Department at Operation Smile. Before joining Operation Smile, he was a research associate at the Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) – Harvard Medical School. During his time at the PGSSC, Ulrick worked with the Global Neurosurgery Initiative, the Southern African Development Community, and the Global Health Conference Equity team. As a member of the Global Neurosurgery Initiative, Ulrick led the global neurosurgical workforce and infrastructure projects. With the Southern African Development Community, he was part of a team that helped identify barriers faced my low- and middle-income country researchers at major global health conferences.

Ulrick equally served on the Secretariat Team of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies’ Global Neurosurgery Committee. Ulrick is passionate about medical education, and he has worked with students from all around the world, serving as a mentor and building capacity in this group. Notably, he is the founding President of the Association of Future African Neurosurgeons, an interest group for aspiring African neurosurgeons, and he served as ’19-’20 research sub-team lead of the International Student Surgical Network (InciSioN). Ulrick has published extensively on neurosurgery, global surgery, and medical education. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Global Neurosurgery and a Social Media Editor of the Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B: Skull Base.