SPEAKER PROFILES:

Dr Naftali Busakhala

Naftali Busakhala is a Senior Lecturer and specialist Physician at Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. He is the departmental postgraduate coordinator at the department of pharmacology and toxicology at Moi University. He is the co-chairman of the Ampath Oncology working group. Dr Busakhala is the principal investigator of the AIDS Malignancy Consortium, Moi University Site. He is also the principal investigator of the Lung and Breast Cancer Projects.

Dr Busakhala is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Prevention and Research, Lyon France. He has published widely in peer reviewed journals.

He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Moi University. He holds a Pharmacology Certificate from Tianjin University China. He was a Fogarty trainee in Haematology and Oncology at Brown University, USA.

He trained in Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the Makerere University.

Dr Kevin Makori

Kevin Makori is a Clinical Oncologist at the International Cancer Institute Care and Research Clinic (ICI-CRC), Eldoret Kenya. He is involved in cancer patient care and several ongoing immunooncology and haematology clinical trials as a sub investigator at ICI, under the mentorship of his PI and Director, Prof Chite Asirwa.

He also heads the Education and Training Office at the Institute, and is involved in teaching and coordination of various oncology capacity building activities.

Dr Makori is a member of the Kenya Society of Haematology and Oncology (KESHO), a Global LMIC Associate (Non-Training) Member of the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and ASCO. He is also a Junior Associate Editor of the RCR’s Clinical Oncology Journal and a current beneficiary of the Journal’s Junior Assistant Editor Mentorship Programme.

Dr Makori is a visiting Clinical Oncologist at Tenwek Hospital and a member of the Hospital’s oncology multidisciplinary team.

His key professional interests are in radiation sciences, immuno-oncology, clinical trials and oncology education.

He received his postgraduate training (MMed Clinical Oncology) at Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences, a program domiciled at Tanzania’s national oncology referral centre, Ocean Road Cancer Institute, Dar es Salaam.

Prof Mohsen Mokhtar

Mohsen Mokhtar is a Professor of Clinical Oncology in Al-Kasr Al-Aini Medical School and Cairo University, Cairo Egypt. Prof Mokhtar assisted in developing the syllabus and course structure at Al-Kasr Al-Aini, as well as, supervised several research programs and theses.

Prof Mokhtar is the Managing Director of Cairo University Center of Oncology and Nuclear Medicine NEMROCK and the President of CANSURVIVE.

Prof Mokhtar has published more than 50 articles in several regional magazines in topics including: breast, lung, pediatric, colorectal, ovarian malignancies NHL and hematologic malignancies. Professionally, he has more than 20 years of experience in hospital management. He is currently the chief medical director in Elaj group covering the clinical and medical audit of group facilities.

Dr Ahmed Magdy

Ahmed Magdy is an Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology and Hematology in the National Cancer Institute, Cairo University and currently holding the position of Vice Chair of Medical Oncology department in Baheya Cancer Center and Chair of Career Development and Fellowship program in the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC).

He started his career in 2006 as a resident of Medical Oncology and Hematology in the National Cancer Institute where he achieved his Master’s degree in 2009. In 2011, he completed his clinical fellowship in hematology from Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto University, Canada followed in 2012 by 2^nd Masters Degree from Ulm University, Ulm, Germany. In 2015 Dr Magdy obtained his PhD.

He held the position of Head of Medical Oncology Department in Shefa El Orman Hospital, Luxor from 2017 to 2020, then went on to become the Medical Director from 2020 till 2021.

Dr Magdy has published more than 17 articles and case presentations, reviewer in peer reviewed journals, in addition to being a speaker in many conferences both nationally and internationally. His main area of focus is Lung cancer, breast cancer and malignant hematology.

Moderator: Dr Manel Haj Mansour

Manel Haj Mansour is a Consultant Physician and board certified Medical Oncologist currently working at the Aga Khan University Hospital. She was formerly a consultant medical oncologist at Texas Cancer Centre, Nairobi and also worked as a consultant medical oncologist and a lecturer at Abderrahmen University Hospital, Tunisia.

Dr. Mansour graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis in 2012 and completed medical oncology residency in 2017. She holds:
· A certificate of completion of Oncologic Science Course on line in Breast Cancer
Treatments from The Africa Breast University.
·A certificate of medical oncology training on XXXIIth course antitumor
chemotherapy and cancer medical treatment at Gustave Roussy Institute Paris, France.
· A post graduate certificate in Prevention and Palliative Care in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse.
· A post graduate certificate in Thoracic Oncology, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis.
· A post graduate certificate in Breast Disease, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis.

She is a member of KESHO, ESMO, ASCO, STOM (Tunisian Society of Medical Oncology). Her areas of interest include breast cancer, lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, gynecological and genitourinary cancers.