Background
Kashala, Lukumuena Oscar was born on August 4, 1954 in Lubumbashi, Shaba, Zaire. Son of Bitangilayi Etienne Lukumuena and Albertine Warner Bros. Ntumba. came to the United States, 1987.
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Lukumuena Oscar Kashala
Edit ProfileOncology and pathobiology educator
Education
Doctor of Medicine, U. Kinshasa, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology, U. Kinshasa, 1986; certified in immunology, U. Lausanne/U. Geneva, 1985; Doctor of Science in Cancer Biology, Harvard University, 1992.
Career
Resident in internal medicine, U. Kinshasa, 1980-1981;
resident in pathology, U. Kinshasa, 1981-1986;
assistant professor pathology, U. Kinshasa, 1986-1992;
clinical fellow in medicine, U. Lausanne, 1984-1985;
postdoctoral research fellow, Harvard University, 1987-1992;
director medical affairs, Cambridge Biotech Corporation, Worcester, Massachusetts, since 1992;
associate professor pathobiology, U. Mbuji-Mayi, since 1994. Chairman Inter-Regional Cancer Center, Kinshasa, since 1986. Temporary advisor World Health Organization, Geneva, 1988-1990.
Consultant Tufts U., Boston, 1988-1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member African. Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (chairman since 1986, United States representative), African Association for Study Liver, International Academy Pathology, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Reproductive Health Network.
Connections
Married Prudence K. Mukera, September 1, 1979. Childen: Christian, Gaetan, Harold, Candide.
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Nationality
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Religion
Roman Catholic