Executive Committee

Dr. Asrat Mengiste – President (Ethiopia and Kenya)

Dr. Asrat is a renown Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon based in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. He is the current PAACLIP President. He is also Neglected the Tropical Diseases Technical Advisor at CDT-Africa, Collage of Health Sciences Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

Dr. Pius Agbernoku – Vice President (Ghana)

Professor Pius Agbenorku is a University Professor and Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon with over 30 years of surgical experience. As one of the first Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons in Ghana, he has contributed in diverse ways to improve this specialty. He has performed and still performs several life transforming surgeries across Ghana and Africa. He has served on several boards in this area and played both national and international roles to help improve global plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Professor Pius Agbenorku is the Founding Head, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

Dr. Meshach Onguti – Secretary General (Kenya)

Dr. Onguti is PAACLIP’s Executive Secretary. He is also the Honorary CEO And Reconstructive and Maxillofacial surgeon at Help A Child Face Tomorrow, Reconstructive Surgery outreach programme for Craniofacial deformities based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Dr. Rose Alenyo – Treasurer (Uganda)

Dr. Rose Alenyo is the PAACLIP Treasurer. She is also Makerere University's training coordinator for plastic and reconstructive surgery and the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern African (COSECSA) plastic and reconstructive surgery panel head. She is based in Uganda.

Prof. Peter Donkor – Immediate Past President (Ghana)

Professor Peter Donkor is Professor/Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Ghana. He has occupied various positions at KNUST including Pro Vice-Chancellor; Director, Office of Grants and Research; Provost, College of Health Sciences; Vice Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry and Head, Department of Surgery. He is also a former President of the West African College of Surgeons. He currently serves as President of the Ghana Cleft Foundation.

Dr. Adebola Adetokunbo – West African Representative (Nigeria)

Prof Adebola is a Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Faculty of Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, Bayero University Kano as well as Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. He is also the Executive Director at Grassroot Smiles Initiative a Non- Governmental Organization, that provides free cleft and palate surgeries for children and adults across Nigeria.