Vuyane Mhlomi
Election Year: 2014
Election Constituency: Southern Africa
Scholar Status: Scholar Alum
Rhodes Identifier: South Africa-at-Large & St Edmund Hall 2014
Biography
Vuyane Mhlomi. obtained his medical degree with first class honours and with distinction in the pre-clinical, clinical and final clinical examinations.. He won the Kerry Capstick-Dale Memorial Scholarship, the Ackerman Family Foundation Award for outstanding leadership, and the Most Outstanding Student Leader Award in Undergraduate Faculty Council for his role as Chairperson of the Health Sciences' Faculty Council. In June 2013, he was in theMail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans and South African Medical Association -Bonitas Young Leaders Award. He is founder and Managing Director of the MH Foundation- an organization which seeks to enable disadvantaged children to realize their potential. He served his internship at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. He is passionate about South Africa, its people and the attainment of academic excellence despite all odds. Vuyane would like to change the face of cardiovascular medicine, and provide a more practical approach to the challenges that are faced in South Africa's health care system.