Biography

Dr. Desire Alumenti is Chief of Pediatric Surgery of Panzi Hospital and founder of the Denis Mukwege School Complex. Dr. Alumeti in responsible for providing holistic care for children at Panzi Hospital with birth defects and other surgical conditions. In addition, he serves as a forensic doctor within Panzi Hospital’s world-renowned Survivors of Sexualized Violence Program. In this program, Dr. Alumenti oversees and manages the holistic care of child survivors of sexual violence, including collection of forensic evidence, medical certificates post-sexual assault, and survivor’s medical reports. Dr. Alumenti serves as the liaison between the Survivors of Sexual Violence Program and the justice system, interfacing with prosecutors and police. Inspired by Dr. Denis Mukwege’s, founder of Panzi Hospital, and his desire to build the next generation of Congolese leaders, he founded the Denis Mukwege School Complex in 2013. Beneficiaries of the school include child survivors of sexual violence and other vulnerable children in the surrounding area.