Dr Abdi hakin Mohamed

Abdi Hakin Mohamed did his Surgical Residency at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi and Surgical Oncology Fellowship at the prestigious Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, USA where he was the first ever Clinical Fellow from the African continent. At Memorial Sloan Kettering, he worked with world-renowned colorectal surgeons and was involved in research projects in the institution as well as operating on patients using the most highly advanced surgical equipment, including Robotic Colorectal Surgery for colon and rectal cancer. Dr Abdi has been part of local colorectal cancer trials with his mentor the late Prof Saidi Hassan, and has published the most widely quoted colorectal cancer study in East Africa.

Dr Abdi works both in the private sector and public sector. He is the Chair of Surgery at the Aga Khan Hospital in Mombasa, and is currently involved in treating cancer patients who need surgery in Mombasa. He is the coordinator of the fellowship division of the COSECSA (College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa) surgical training program at Coast General Teaching and Research Hospital which is the largest COSECSA program in East Africa.

Dr Angela McLigeyo

Angela McLigeyo is a licensed Physician and Medical Oncologist practicing in Kenya. She has a Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine from the University of Nairobi, a M.Sc. in Clinical Oncology from Ulm University (Germany), and a Fellowship in Medical Oncology from the University of Nairobi. In addition, she obtained a 5-year board certification in Medical Oncology from ESMO in 2019. She has over 17 years of experiences in hospital and clinical settings.

She is a member of the Kenya Society of Haematology and Oncology (KESHO), European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). She is also a fellow of the East, Central and Southern Africa College of Physicians.

Her core skills are in clinical decision making in internal medicine and oncology, conducting trainings, streamlining medical education and conducting research as well as participation in the development of treatment guidelines and protocols.

Dr McLigeyo currently provides comprehensive oncology healthcare at both public and private health facilities, conducts research in oncology and internal medicine when opportunities arise, and is engaged in teaching internal medicine and oncology at the Kenyatta University. She has authored several research articles in peer reviewed journals and presented abstracts at several conferences.

Dr Mercy Gatua (Moderator)

Mercy Gatua is a Medical Oncologist at the Kenyatta University Teaching Research and Referral Hospital. She received her Medical Oncology Fellowship from the University of Nairobi in 2019. Prior to that, she earned her MMED in Internal Medicine at the same university (UON).

Her main interests are in the management of acute leukemia’s, GI malignancies and Cervical Cancer. She also has an interest in research geared to understanding the genetic basis of cancer.