Meet the Devex Authors

Dr. Otto Chabikuli

Dr. Otto Chabikuli

Dr. Otto Chabikuli is FHI 360’s vice president of the eastern and southern Africa region, where he oversees work focused on health, civil society strengthening, livelihoods and economic strengthening, education, environment, research, and youth development. Chabikuli is a family physician and health systems and policy analyst.
Dr. Otto Nzapfurundi Chabikuli

Dr. Otto Nzapfurundi Chabikuli

Dr. Otto Nzapfurundi Chabikuli leads the eastern and southern Africa regional office at FHI 360, a global health and human development nonprofit working in more than 60 countries. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chabikuli obtained his medical degree and a master’s degree in family medicine from the Medical University of Southern Africa, and a Master of Sciences in Health Systems Management from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Dr. Pamela Cipriano

Dr. Pamela Cipriano

Dr. Pamela Cipriano is an internationally recognized nursing leader. As the UHC2030 co-chair, she has been instrumental in shaping policies that promote quality and affordable health care services. She is the International Council of Nurses president and University of Virginia professor and previously served as the UVA School of Nursing dean and American Nurses Association president.
Dr. Patrick Osewe

Dr. Patrick Osewe

Dr. Patrick L. Osewe is the chief of the health sector group at the Asian Development Bank. He is responsible for leading the application of evidence-based and innovative approaches to address priority and emerging health issues in Asia and the Pacific, including the organization’s comprehensive COVID-19 preparedness and response activities.
Dr. Paul Sonenthal

Dr. Paul Sonenthal

Dr. Paul Sonenthal is a pulmonary and critical care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, instructor at Harvard Medical School, and director of inpatient medicine and critical care at Partners In Health, where he leads strategic design, implementation, and evaluation of critical care medicine programs. An internationally recognized leader in global critical care and oxygen ecosystems, he is the principal investigator of the Unitaid-funded project BRING O2, which is accelerating access to safe, reliable, and quality medical oxygen in Malawi, Rwanda, Peru, Lesotho, and Madagascar.
Dr. Petra Khoury

Dr. Petra Khoury

Dr. Petra Khoury is the director of health and care at IFRC. She leads the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ work on health security, health protection, and WASH. Prior to IFRC, she was the senior health adviser to the prime minister of Lebanon and led the national COVID-19 response plan and chaired the national COVID-19 Vaccination Executive Committee. Petra holds a doctorate in pharmacy. She completed her residency at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Phil Febbo

Dr. Phil Febbo

Dr. Phil Febbo was appointed as Illumina’s chief medical officer in March 2018 and is responsible for developing and executing the company’s medical strategy to drive genomic testing into health care practice. Dr. Febbo has a successful track record of translational research, clinical excellence, and embedding molecular insights into clinical care. Before Illumina, Dr. Febbo served as CMO of Genomic Health for five years. Prior to that, Dr. Febbo was a professor of Medicine and Urology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where his laboratory focused on using genomics to understand the biology and clinical behavior of prostate cancer.
Dr. Philippe Duneton

Dr. Philippe Duneton

Dr. Philippe Duneton has more than 25 years’ experience in the fields of HIV/AIDS, infectious and tropical diseases and public health. As Unitaid’s executive director, he has led the organization’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, playing a vital role as the co-lead of the therapeutics arm of the Access to COVID Tools Accelerator. Previously, he was a practicing doctor at La Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris (infections diseases department) and was twice adviser to the French Ministry of Health under Minister Bernard Kouchner.
Dr. Priyanka Naidu

Dr. Priyanka Naidu

Dr. Priyanka Naidu is a global surgery fellow at Operation Smile, a medical doctor, and an aspiring pediatric reconstructive surgeon from Cape Town, South Africa.
Dr. PV Narayanan

Dr. PV Narayanan

Dr. PV Narayanan works as a reconstructive surgeon at the Jubilee Mission Hospital in India, training under Dr. HS Adenalla, and with the Charles Pinto Centre. He treats all aspects of cleft lip and palate, including primary and secondary surgeries, with a special interest in cleft rhinoplasty. He qualified as a general surgeon from JIPMER Pondicherry in 1992. He then trained in the U.K. and received specialized training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Royal Preston Hospital. His center is a partner with Smile Train and he serves on Smile Train’s Indian Medical Advisory Council.