SPEAKER PROFILES:

Dr Melissa A. Reimers

Melissa Reimers is an Assistant Professor Department of Medicine, Oncology Division, Medical Oncology at Washington University, St. Louis.

Dr Melissa holds a Bachelor’s in Medicine from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. She did her Internal Medicine Residency at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and her Hematology/Oncology Fellowship at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Her clinical interests include Bladder, Kidney, and Prostate cancer.

Dr Melissa’s research interests are Clinical trial development, Phase 1 clinical trials and Precision medicine.
She is a member of the following professional societies:

• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
• American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
• Academic Women’s Network at WUSM

Dr Alfred Odhiambo

Alfred Odhiambo is a Lecturer at the University of Nairobi and the Chief Radiologist at The Nairobi Hospital. He is also a radiologist at Plaza MRI Ltd.

Dr Odhiambo is an active member of the Prostate Cancer Kenya Chapter.

Dr Abeid M. Athman Omar (Moderator)

Abeid Omar is a Consultant Clinical (medical and radiation) Oncologist and Nuclear Medicine at the Kenyatta University Teaching Research and Referral Hospital (KUTRRH). He also consults for International Cancer Institute – ICI Eldoret, Kenya.

He has keen interest in breast cancer in young women, oncofertility, breast cancer research, radiotherapy, advocacy and Global Oncology particularly in LMIC.

Dr. Abeid completed his training in Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine in Alexandria University Egypt in 2021. He is a fellow of College of European School of Oncology (ESCO) and he has also successfully passed the ESMO exam to become a certified ESMO oncologist.

Dr. Abeid has conducted researches, presented abstracts in ESMO, ASCO, ESTRO, St. Gallen, KESHO conferences and Aga Khan Symposium, published in peer reviewed journals about breast cancer in young women, pregnancy associated breast cancer, pregnancy after breast cancer among others under the close guidance of Prof. Hatem Azim, who has been mentoring him since 2019.

Dr. Abeid is an active member of several societies including KESHO – where he also serves as a member of the education committee, ASCO, ESMO, ESCO, Society of Toxicology. In 2019 he was awarded the ASCO Virtual Mentorship Program and currently he is under the mentorship of College of European School of Oncology. Besides, Dr. Abeid serves as a reviewer for several journals.