Speakers Profiles

DR JOSEPH ODUNGA ABUODHA

FMBCHB (MOI), MMED-INTERNAL MEDICINE (AKU), MRCP-UK (EDIN) FELLOW MEDICAL ONCOLOGY.

Joseph Abuodha obtained his undergraduate degree from Moi University, after which he was involved in clinical trials with KEMRI/CDC and later entered the oncology world at AMPATH-KENYA. He pursued his speciality training in Internal Medicine at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi and is currently the inaugural Fellow in Medical Oncology at the Department of Haematology and Oncology at the institution after spending a brief period as an instructor. Dr. Abuodha is also a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Dr. Abuodha has a keen interest in research for health in oncology and building capacity for medical research in the larger Eastern Africa.

PROF MASSIMO FEDERICO, MD

Senior Professor of Medical Oncology
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Modena, Italy
Director, Medical Oncology
Città di Lecce Hospital, GVM Care and Research.

Massimo Federico is Senior Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, and Director of Medical Oncology Unit at Città di Lecce Hospital, GVM, Care and Research. President, Associazione Angela Serra for Cancer Research, Modena. President of the La Cantera the school for young talents in lymphoma. He was the Founder of the Modena Cancer Center. Formerly, Professor Federico was the president of Gruppo Italiano Studio Linfomi (GISL), thereafter of Fondazione Italiana Linfomi (FIL) of the Lymphoma-hub, and AIBE (Associazione Italo Brasiliana di Ematologia). At present he is Scientific Director of Linfovita. Professor Federico has designed and conducted several phase II and III clinical trials in different subtypes of Hodgkin and non Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Moreover, he widely investigated the role of prognostic factors in different lymphomas, including Hodgkin, Follicular, and Peripheral T Cell Lymphomas. He is currently leading the International T Cell Project. He is the author or co-author of more than 500 peer-reviewed publications.

DR ANNE MWIRIGI (Moderator)
MBChB, MRCP, FRCPath (UK)

Anne Mwirigi is an Assistant Professor and Consultant Haematologist working at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. She obtained her undergraduate MBChB from the University of Glasgow in 2002. After her house jobs and a medical rotation in Glasgow, she moved to London in February 2007.

Her career in Haematology began as a senior house officer at King’s College Hospital, following which she was accepted on the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust Specialist Registrar Rotation in 2009. She obtained her certificate of completion of training in 2014, and thereafter took on consultant haematologist positions for a period of two and a half years at both Guy’s and St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospitals.

Dr Mwirigi has a passion for haematology and always planned to practice haematology in her country of birth, Kenya. Since moving back in December 2016, she has engaged with haematopathologists and clinical haematologists in the region, and is involved collaborative ventures aimed at improving the quality of haematology services in Kenya. She was a key member of the scientific committee which organised the Haematology and Oncology Society of Africa 3rdinaugural conference held in Nairobi in August 2017.