Dr Allen Chiura is a Zimbabwean born Urological Surgeon who lived and practiced in the United States for 30 years. He returned to Zimbabwe in 2012 to open his Urology practice and to facilitate the training of young surgical subspecialists at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Zimbabwe. Dr Chiura attended St Georges College in Harare, his BS and MA degrees in Developmental Biology at The American University; he went on to complete his medical education at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and then served as a Urology Resident at Howard University Hospital and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he was chief resident. Dr Chiura serves on several boards including Ostomy Association of Zimbabwe, Culture Fund of Zimbabwe and Alliance Francais Harare of which he is President of the board. He is married to renowned neurosurgeon and author Dr. J. N Maraire and they have 4 children.