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Professional Differentiation for the Oncology Workforce Symposium
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The Kenya Society for Haematology and Oncology (KESHO) partnered with the African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) and the Ministry of Health, Kenya, and the Aga Khan University, to host the 1st Professional Differentiation for the Oncology Workforce Symposium aimed at developing a skilled and well trained oncology workforce who can provide quality care and services across the cancer continuum from prevention, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship.
The event brought together specialists, program directors, policymakers, universities, and all facilities that provide training for all cadres providing oncology services across the country and in the region to define the scope of practice, core competencies and entrustable professional activities for all oncology and allied services care providers in the country.
Dr. Primus Ochieng
Dr Primus Ochieng is the Programme Director of MMed Radiation Oncology training at the University of Nairobi. He is both a lecturer and a consultant clinical oncologist at Kenyatta National Hospital.
He has keen interest in Head and neck, prostate cancer treatment. Dr. Ochieng is committed to ensure the program produce well qualified oncologists who will make a difference in cancer treatment in the region. To achieve this, he is keen in collaborating with various centers in the developed world in areas of training, research and skill development.
Aggrey Aningu Wakhule
Aggrey began his career as a Radiation Protection Officer with the Government of Kenya before moving to Kenyatta National Hospital as a Medical Physicist. He is currently the Chairman of Association of Medical Physicists of Kenya (AMPKen) and has been a part-time Lecturer at the Technical University of Kenya (TUK)
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Nairobi Kenya, and Master of Science in Medical Physics from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom where he was awarded Hounsfield Prize for the best dissertation in Medical Physics program at the University of Surrey, UK
He received his Clinical training in Medical Physics from the Royal Surrey County Hospital and has been a fellow of Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He has attended several short trainings organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Kenya, South Africa, Algeria, Tunisia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Austria and USA
He serves on the Cancer Project Implementation team for Kenyatta National Hospital and sits on the Technical Advisory Committee of the National Cancer Institute. He is also a member of the Kenya Research Reactor Project team.
Dr Susan Msadabwe
Dr Msadabwe is a Clinical and Radiation Oncologist at the Cancer Diseases Hospital in Zambia.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical and Radiation Oncology from the University of the Witwatersrand
Dr. Njoki Njiraini
Dr. Njoki Njiraini is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist based at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
She has been key in instituting multidisciplinary meetings, problem oriented research in the department, and streamlining patient care within the oncology clinics in the public and private sector.
Dr. Njiraini holds a bachelors degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Nairobi, a Masters Degree in Radiation Oncology from the University of Cape Town, is a Fellow of the College of Radiation Oncology (FCRO) South Africa and a graduate of the Harvard POETIC Fellowship programme.
Dr Joan-Paula Bor-Malenya
Dr Bor is a public health specialist with a special interest in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and 15 years professional experience in the Kenyan public health sector, including over 10 years in clinical care and hospital management. She is currently the Lead for the Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Pillar in the National Cancer Control Program (NCCP), Ministry of Health. Her role involves developing and implementing policies and programs towards the achievement of the National Cancer Control Strategy. She coordinated the development of the National Cancer Screening Guidelines in 2018 and is keen to see through the advancement of a harmonized cancer screening program nationwide. She also coordinates the National Technical Working Group on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection & Screening. Dr Bor holds a Master of Science in Global Health & Non-Communicable Diseases from University of Edinburgh.
Miriam Mutebi
Dr. Miriam Mutebi is a Consultant Breast Surgical Oncologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. She is also a clinical epidemiologist and health systems researcher with a research focus on understanding barriers to access for women with cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa and in designing interventions to mitigate those barriers.
She is the President Elect of the African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC), and on the board of directors of the Union folr International Cancer Control (UICC). She is also the co-founder of the Pan African Women’s Association of Surgeons (PAWAS-www.africanwomensurgeons.org) which was developed to mentor and provide transformative leadership for women in surgery in order to improve surgical care and pathology on the continent and is part of the Kenya Association of Women Surgeons. She is the former Chairperson for the Kenya Society of Hematology and Oncology (KESHO)
She is the Co-chair of the National Cancer Taskforce in Kenya, Chair of the Commonwealth Taskforce for the elimination of Cervical Cancer and a commissioner with three Lancet commissions of Women and cancer, Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and Breast Cancer. She is currently pursuing a pilot’s licence in order to extend breast care services to marginalised areas.
- Medical Oncologists
- Radiation Oncologists
- Clinical and Radiation Oncologists
- Paediatric Oncologists
- Surgical oncologists
- Gynaecological oncologists
- Haematologists
- Clinical trial co-ordinators
- Oncology nurses
- Registrars and fellows specializing in oncology field
- Trainee radiation therapists, medical physicists and oncology nurses
- Medical officers and general practitioners working in the Oncology field
- Radiation therapists
- Medical physicists
- Oncology pharmacists
- Sponsoring companies
- Policy makers