SPEAKER PROFILES:

Dr. Khadija Warfa

Dr. Warfa is a Consultant Obstetrician-Gynecologist and a Gynecologic Oncologist. She completed a four-year residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Aga Khan University in 2012. On completion, she worked as a clinical instructor in the department for a year and proceeded to the University of Calgary, Canada for a two-year fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology. She is involved in the training and supervision of postgraduate students, she runs various clinics at the hospital with a wide referral base from East and Central Africa.

Dr. Warfa is also involved in creating awareness in women’s cancer; she gives talks in various institutions voluntarily to educate women about cervical cancer screening, her objective is to reduce mortality related to Gynecologic Cancers in Kenya. She is a member of the European society of gynecologic oncology (ESGO) and a member of the Kenya Society of obstetricians and gynaecologists (KOGS).

Dr. Ahmed Komen 
Dr. Komen is a clinical Radiation Oncologist. He is a fellow of the College of Medicine South Africa and holds a Master of Medicine in Radiation Oncology from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

He is a consultant at Kenyatta National Hospital and a part-time faculty member at Aga Khan University Hospital.

Dr. Komen is an active member of various multi-disciplinary tumour boards and the Kenya Society of Haematology and Oncology (KESHO).

Moderator: Dr. Gregory Ochieng Ganda

Dr. Ganda is a Gynaecologist Oncologist at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH). He currently runs the oncology clinic at the facility and also does his private practice at various private facilities in Kisumu including but not limited to the Bloom surgical center, Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu Specialist Hospital. He runs the gynecology oncology clinic at JOOTRH on Tuesdays and splits the rest of his time in the wards and in the theatre.

His work as a medical officer in remote areas in Voi, where women had bad obstetric outcomes led him to start the hot tea initiative (where women who had delivered were given hot tea and baby shawls as a motivation for hospital delivery), renovation and opening of the theater which led to his special recognition and Masters sponsorship. He went into Oncology after having met many patients with poor survival rates after lack of access to specialty care and wanted to make a difference.

Dr. Ganda has a Master of Medicine in Gynecology oncology from Makerere University and a fellowship in gynecology oncology from Moi University in collaboration with the University of Toronto. He previously worked at the Coast General hospital, Ngao district hospital, and Migori county hospital.