Prostate Cancer; Metastatic Adenocarcinoma
2021-09-30 19:00 - 20:30 (Africa/Nairobi)
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Dr. Manel Haj Mansour
Dr. 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 online 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 ESMO, ASCO, STOM (Tunisian Society of Medical Oncology), and KESHO. Her areas of interest include breast cancer, lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, gynecological and genitourinary cancers.

Moderator: Dr. Edward Chege Ng’ang’a MBChB, MMed
Dr. Chege obtained his medical degree from Moi University School of Medicine in 2008 and completed residency training in radiology at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi in 2016. He then undertook a one-year subspecialist training in oncology imaging at the Royal Marsden NHS Trust in London UK. He was then appointed consultant radiologist at AKUH, where he is the radiology lead in body cross-sectional imaging, and section head for CT.
Dr. Chege’s interests lay mainly in cross-sectional oncology imaging, non-vascular Interventional radiology, and functional MR imaging

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Oligometastatic Breast Cancer
2021-10-07 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Dr. Anthony Ndiritu
Dr. Ndiritu is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Kenyatta National Hospital. His main interests lie in Head and Neck Cancer, CNS, and Gastrointestinal tract malignancies.
Dr. Ndiritu’s research interest is in cancer of the endometrium.
Moderator: Dr. Angela McLigeyo.
Dr. McLigeyo is a licensed Physician and Medical Oncologist practicing in Kenya. She has a Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine from the University of Nairobi, a M.Sc. in Clinical Oncology from Ulm University (Germany), and a Fellowship in Medical Oncology from the University of Nairobi. In addition, she obtained a 5-year board certification in Medical Oncology from ESMO in 2019.
She has over 17 years of experience in hospital and clinical settings.
Her core skills are in clinical decision-making in internal medicine and oncology, conducting training, streamlining medical education, and conducting research as well as participation in the development of treatment guidelines and protocols.
She currently provides comprehensive oncology healthcare at both public and private health facilities, conducts research in oncology and internal medicine when opportunities arise and is engaged in teaching internal medicine and oncology at the Kenyatta University. She has authored several research articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented abstracts at several conferences.

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Breast Cancer Considerations in a Reproductive Age-Group
2021-10-14 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILE:
Dr. Gladwell Gichuru-Kiarie
Dr. Gladwell Kiarie graduated with MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) degrees from The University of Nairobi and went ahead to receive her post-graduate degree in Internal Medicine from the same institution. After receiving her undergraduate degrees, she did her internship at the Kenyatta National Hospital before proceeding to pursue her fellowship in Medical Oncology in London, England.
After sub-specialization in Medical Oncology, she returned to Kenya where she was one of the founding members of the Oncology Unit at the Aga Khan University Hospital and was also part of the team that set up the first Kenyatta National Hospital Tumor Board in 2007 that involved multiple personnel from surgical and medical departments.
She then joined the University of Nairobi in the Clinical Medicine Department as a Senior Lecturer. Soon afterward, she enrolled for a PhD program with the Bart’s Cancer Institute under the supervision of Professor John Gribben. She recently received Fellowship to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCPE).
She currently runs a private practice at The Nairobi Hospital and also reviews patients at other leading hospitals in Nairobi and Nakuru including The Aga Khan University Hospital, MP Shah Hospital, and Avenue Hospital. She also serves in the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board since her appointment in 2015 to the Regulatory Department of the Board.
She is a member of the Kenya Society of Haematology and Oncology (KESHO) where she also served as the treasurer in 2004 and is also a full member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) as well as European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO).
She continues to be an advocate for early diagnosis of cancer and is greatly involved in programs that focus on providing easy access to basic screening services to the underprivileged including setting up oncology services at the county level. In recognition for this, she won the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) in 2014 for screening in poor settings.
MODERATOR: Dr. Mohammed Ezzi
Dr. Mohammed Ezzi is a Lecturer and Consultant Medical Oncologist. He is actively involved in clinical practice, teaching, and cancer research at the University of Nairobi and Kenyatta National Hospital. Dr. Ezzi holds a Master’s degree in Internal Medicine from the University of Nairobi. He later did his Fellowship in Medical Oncology at the University of Nairobi.
He has presented at several symposia, workshops, and conferences both locally and internationally. He has several publications in peer-reviewed international journals. Dr. Mohammed Ezzi is a member of KESHO, ASCO, ESMO, AORTIC, and KAP. His key areas of interest include breast cancer and clinical pharmacology.

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New Innovations in Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Screening
2021-10-21 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Dr. Shahin Sayed
Dr. Sayed is Associate Professor & Consultant in Anatomical Pathology and Cytology, in the Department of Pathology, Medical College, Aga Khan University, and the current Chair and Laboratory Director of Pathology at AKUH, N
Dr. Sayed graduated from the University of Nairobi with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree. She holds a Master of Medicine in General Pathology from the University of Nairobi where she was awarded the best student in Pathology prize. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, United Kingdom, and a Fellow of the College of Pathologists of East Central and Southern Africa.
Dr. Sayed is the Secretary-General of the College of Pathologists of East Central and Southern Africa, Chair of the Academic Committee of the Senate – East Central and Southern African (ECSA) College of Health Sciences, Chair of the Board of Directors of African Strategies for Advancing Pathology (ASAP, co-chair Technical Working Group (TWG) on Diagnostics for the Cancer Control Programme – Ministry of Health, Kenya (MoH).
She is also a steering committee member and Commissioner for the Lancet Commission on Diagnostics and a member of the Lancet Oncology Commission for Sub-Saharan Africa. She has also been a recent member of the WHO-SAGE IVD Committee (2019-2020). Dr. Sayed is a member of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
Dr. Sayed is in charge of the breast service at AKUHN. Her research interest span oncopathology with a special focus on breast cancer and solid haematolymphoid malignancies. She has several grants and peer-reviewed publications in her area of research interest. She has also led research initiatives and interventions that have developed a sustainable model of community-based engagement to improve breast cancer screening and diagnosis.
Dr. Rose Ndumia
Dr. Ndumia is an assistant professor and consultant radiologist in Breast Imaging. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Nairobi and her Radiology Residency in Radiology at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. In 2017, she completed a one-year fellowship in diagnostic and interventional breast imaging from the Marleen Greenebaum Diagnostic Breast Centre, Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel with observership experience at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre’s Breast Imaging Center in New York. She has keen interests in breast imaging, medical education, and research.
She is the section head of breast imaging and is actively involved in the acquisition of state-of-the-art imaging equipment and initiation of new procedures such as Digital mammography with 3D tomosynthesis, Stereotactic biopsies, and Vacuum Assisted Biopsy (VAB), and Occult lesion localizations. She takes the Radiology lead in the weekly multidisciplinary breast tumor board meetings and is the current Program Director for the Radiology Residency Training Program.
Her research interests are mainly in breast cancer, assessment of mammographic breast density, global health, and medical education. At a policy level, she has worked in conjunction with the Kenya Association of Radiologists to develop national breast cancer screening guidelines as well as imaging guidelines that when implemented should improve overall patient outcomes.
Moderator: Dr. Mercy Gatua.
Dr. Gatua is a Medical Oncologist at the Kenyatta University Teaching Research and Referral Hospital. She received her Medical Oncology Fellowship from the University of Nairobi in 2019. Prior to that, she earned her MMED in Internal Medicine at the same university (UON). Her main interests are in the management of acute leukemia’s, GI malignancies and Cervical Cancer. She also has an interest in research geared to understanding the genetic basis of cancer.

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Metastatic Breast Cancer
2021-10-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual Event (Zoom), Kenya
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Dr. Beverly ChereremDr. Cheserem is an Associate Professor and Consultant neurosurgeon at Aga Khan University Hospital. She has a sub-specialty interest in skull base surgery and pituitary; both microsurgical and endoscopic techniques. Her other interests include global health, teaching and clinical research.
Qualifications:BM ( Honours), University of SouthamptonSouth London Neurosurgical training program, UKFRCS ( Neurosurgery) – Royal College of Surgeons, UKSkullbase (microscopic and endoscopic techniques), University Hospital Wales, UKTravelling fellow of Bellaria Hospital (Italy), Lariboisiere Hospital (France) and UPMC (USA)Weill Cornell Global Health Fellowship based at Muhumbili Orthopaedic Institute Tanzania
* Fellow Royal College of Surgeons, England (FRCS, Eng)* Member, Association of Medical Educators (AOME) UK* Member, British Association of Surgical Oncology (BASO)* Full Member, Society of British Neurosurgeons (SBNS), UK,* Member, Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS)* Member, Kenya Medical Association (KMA)
Leadership positions:Chairperson, Kenya Association of women Surgeons (KAWS)Vice-chair, Scientific Committee, Surgical Society of Kenya (SSK)Committee member, Global Surgery Committee, Surgical Society of Kenya
Dr. Cheserem has been awarded the 2021, Future Women Leaders Fellowship Award by the Congress of Neurologocal Surgeons (CNS), US
Dr. Ahmed KomenDr. Ahmed Komen is a Clinical Radiation Oncologist. He is a fellow of 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. Asim Jamal Shaikh Dr. Jamal Shaikh is an Associate Professor, Consultant Medical Oncologist and Division Chief of medical oncology, Department of Hematology and Oncology, at The Aga Khan university Hospital Nairobi.Dr. Shaikh received his internal Medicine residency and medical oncology fellowship training from Pakistan. He is a Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan in the subjects of internal medicine and medical oncology both, and The Royal college of Physicians UK.Dr. Shaikh has a Leadership Diploma from Harvard Kennedy School of Executive education USA, and the Graduate School of Media at The Aga Khan University. He is actively involved in clinical service and research. His focus of clinical practice is in solid tumors. He has published widely and specially recently on genomic and clinical aspects of Kenyan and East African women with breast cancer.He Leads the Kenyan Metastatic breast cancer network (www.kmbcn.org ) in Kenya. He is the recipient of several international collaborative grants as clinical investigator for oncology research including the SPARC grant from the UICC. He has laid the foundation of medical oncology fellowship programs at the Aga Khan University in Nairobi, and with his academic interests supervises several master level students to their thesis related to cancer studies.

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Multicentric Castleman's Disease
2021-11-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual Event (Zoom), Kenya
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Anne Mwirigi MBChB, MRCP, FRCPath (UK)
Dr Mwirigi is a 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 3rd inaugural conference held in Nairobi in August 2017.
Dr. Laura Chebet Kirui MBChB BSc MRCP FRCPath
Dr. Laura Kirui is a Consultant Haemato-Oncologist, in the Department of Haematology-Oncology at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi.
Alongside her work in acute leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, she has a special interest in haemostasis and thrombosis and obstetric haematology. In her role as Clinical Lead for haemostasis and thrombosis she is working to expand this service at AKUHN with new dedicated clinics, guidelines and expanded laboratory testing.
Prior to this Dr. Kirui was a Consultant Haematologist/Haemato-oncologist at the North Middlesex University Hospital, UK working in malignant and benign haematology and heading the Transfusion and Haematology laboratory.
Dr. Kirui underwent specialist training in Haematology at University College London Hospital where she received her Certificate of Completion of Training.
She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologist, UK and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians and has a Bachelor’s of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Leeds, UK with an intercalated BSc in International Health.
Moderator: Dr. Fredrick Otieno Okinyi
Dr.Okinyi is a lecturer of haematology at the school of medicine, university of Nairobi and a consultant at Kenyatta National Hospital. He has 18years of practice of medicine in various regions in Kenya and seven years of teaching and research in Haematology. He has received trainings and fellowship in various aspects of haematology mainly oncology, palliative care, clinical haematology and hematopathology in diverse centers in the U.S.A. He is also the current chairman of chairman of Kenya sickle cell federation. He has participated in the in research and development of guidelines for clinical practice in Kenya
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine & Surgery from Moi University, a diploma in Forensic Pathology from the University of Witwatersrand. Dr. Okinyi also holds a Master’s degree in Human Pathology from the University of Nairobi. He is a fellow of City of Hope National Hospital, California.
His areas of interest are Sickle Cell disease, Aplastic anemias, Thrombotic and bleeding disorders, Leukaemias and lymphomas and Palliative oncology.

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Paediatric Oncology in Kenya: Current Landscape and Future Perspectives
2021-11-25 19:00 - 20:30
Speaker Profiles:
Dr. Gilbert Olbara
Dr. Olbara is a Paediatrician/Paediatric Hematology Oncology Fellow at the Moi Teaching Referral Hospital/ Moi University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery from Moi University and a Master’s in Child Health and Paediatrics from the same institution.
Dr. Olbara is also a clinical researcher at Ampath Oncology.
He has an interest in child health and development and with a lifetime goal of contributing to improved treatment outcomes of childhood cancer in low resource settings through translational research and knowledge dissemination
Dr. Festus Njuguna
Dr. Njuguna is a Lecturer at Moi University, School of medicine, Department of child Health and Paediatrics; he is also the Head of Paediatric haemato-oncology unit at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. He attained his Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery from Moi University and a Master’s degree in Medicine (Paediatrics) from the same institution.
Dr. Njuguna has several publications in peer reviewed journals.
Moderator: DR. IRENE NZAMU
Dr. Nzamu is a Pediatric Hematologist Oncologist and Head, Pediatric Hemato Oncology Unit, Kenyatta National Hospital. She pursued her undergraduate training (MBChB) & postgraduate training (M.MED) at the University of Nairobi. Dr. Nzamu did her Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology & Oncology at Makerere University in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine & Global HOPE Texas Children’s Hospital. She is passionate about offering evidence-based, affordable care for children with cancer & blood diseases in our resource-limited settings.

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Cervical Cancer: HPV Vaccination and Policies
2022-01-13 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Dr. Mary Nyangasi
Dr Nyangasi is a public health specialist/epidemiologist with interests in Non-Communicable Disease especially Cancer. She earned a medical degree from the University of Nairobi and a Master’s in Public Health in Epidemiology and Disease Control from Kenyatta University. Dr Nyangasi holds postgraduate certificates in Non-Communicable Diseases diplomacy from Graduate Institute Geneva and Leadership and Management in Health from the University of Washington.
Dr Nyangasi has experience spanning over 15 years in clinical practice and public health with 7 years of specialist oncology practice and currently working in the area of cancer control programming and policy. She is a member of African Cancer Coalition and has contributed to the development of NCCN harmonized guidelines for head and neck cancers as well as the conceptualization and implementation of Chemosafe project in Kenya.
Brief on current appointment: Head of the National Cancer Control Programme in the Ministry of Health within the Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, the arm within the Ministry that coordinates the implementation of cancer control activities on behalf of the Ministry. Her main interest is in breast, cervical and colorectal cancers prevention and control, research, innovations in public health for strengthening the health systems and implementation science.
Dr Rose Jalang’o
Dr. Rose Jalang’o is a Public Health Specialist, with a sub specialization in Vaccinology, working with the Ministry of Health in Kenya at the National Vaccines and Immunization Program as a Strategic Information Management and Communications Officer.
Dr Jalang’o trained as a medical doctor at the University of Nairobi and holds a Public Health Master’s degree from the same university. She has additionally done a course in the epidemiological evaluation of vaccines at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as well as a course in advanced vaccinology at the Merieux Foundation and University of Geneva.
Dr Jalang’o has vast experience in new vaccines applications, introductions and monitoring. In Kenya, she has been actively involved the introduction and monitoring of the HPV vaccine, Men A vaccine campaign, Malaria Vaccine, influenza vaccines and COVID 19 vaccines. She is also serves on the Kenya National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (KENITAG) secretariat.
Moderator: 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).

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Cervical Cancer: Part 2
2022-01-20 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
DR ANGELA K. WAWERU
MBChB, MRCP, FRCR (UK)
Dr. Angela is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist. She is the Section Head, Radiation Oncology in the Department of Haematology-Oncology at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi.
Dr. Angela’s areas of interest include gynecological, head and neck cancers.
Professional Associations

Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, UK.
Member of the Royal College of Physicians.
Member of Kenya Medical and Dentists Council.
Member of Kenya Society of Haematology and Oncology

DR GREGORY OCHIENG GANDA
Dr. Gregory Ochieng Ganda is a renowned Gynecologist 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.
His vision for the Kisumu County Cancer Alliance is to have a platform where all like-minded partners work together for the common good of the people of Kisumu to improve cancer outcomes by having an infrastructure for screening, early detection, and treatment to improve survival for cancer patients.
His hobbies involve being outdoors, traveling, hiking, and rock climbing.
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.
DR AHMED KOMEN (MODERATOR)
Dr Ahmed Komen is a Clinical Radiation Oncologist. He is a fellow of 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).

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World Cancer Day
2022-02-03 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Professor Shahin Sayed
Dr. Sayed is Associate Professor & Consultant in Anatomical Pathology and Cytology, in the Department of Pathology, Medical College, Aga Khan University and the current Chair and Laboratory Director of Pathology at AKUH, Nairobi.
Dr. Sayed graduated from the University of Nairobi with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree. She holds a Master of Medicine in General Pathology from the University of Nairobi where she was awarded the best student in Pathology prize. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, United Kingdom, and a Fellow of the College of Pathologists of East Central and Southern Africa.
Dr. Sayed is the Secretary-General of the College of Pathologists of East Central and Southern Africa, Chair of the Academic Committee of the Senate – East Central and Southern African (ECSA) College of Health Sciences, Chair of the Board of Directors of African Strategies for Advancing Pathology (ASAP, co-chair Technical Working Group (TWG) on Diagnostics for the Cancer Control Programme – Ministry of Health, Kenya (MoH).
She is also a steering committee member and Commissioner for the Lancet Commission on Diagnostics and a member of the Lancet Oncology Commission for Sub-Saharan Africa. She has also been a recent member of the WHO-SAGE IVD Committee (2019-2020). Dr. Sayed is a member of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
Dr. Sayed is in charge of the breast service at AKUHN. Her research interests span to oncopathology with a special focus on breast cancer and solid haematolymphoid malignancies. She has several grants and peer-reviewed publications in her area of research interest. She has also led research initiatives and interventions that have developed a sustainable model of community-based engagement to improve breast cancer screening and diagnosis.
Dr Rose Ndumia
Dr. Rose Ndumia is an Assistant Professor and Consultant Radiologist in Breast Imaging. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Nairobi and her Radiology Residency in Radiology at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. In 2017, she completed a one year fellowship in diagnostic and interventional breast imaging from the Marleen Greenebaum Diagnostic Breast Centre, Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel with observership experience at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre’s Breast Imaging Center in New York. She has keen interests in breast imaging, medical education and research.
She is the section head of breast imaging and is actively involved in the acquisition of state-of-the art imaging equipment and initiation of new procedures such as Digital mammography with 3D tomosynthesis, Stereotactic biopsies, Vacuum Assisted Biopsy (VAB) and Occult lesion localizations. She takes the Radiology lead in the weekly multidisciplinary breast tumor board meetings and is the current Program Director for the Radiology Residency Training Program.
Her research interests are mainly in breast cancer, assessment in of mammographic breast density, global health and medical education. At a policy level, she has worked in conjunction with the Kenya Association of Radiologists to develop national breast cancer screening guidelines as well as imaging guidelines that when implemented should improve overall patient outcomes.
Professor Marion Saville
Professor Marion Saville has been Executive Director of the Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer for over 20 years, where she has led her laboratory, population health and digital health teams focussing on the control of cancer and infectious diseases through the delivery of pathology and registry services, particularly focussing on cervical cancer prevention.
Marion is a New Zealand medical graduate who trained in Anatomic Pathology at Northwestern University in Chicago. She went on to complete a fellowship in Cytopathology at East Carolina University and a research fellowship at Georgetown University, focussing on HPV. She has held the position of Executive Director of VCS Foundation Ltd. since 2000.
Marion has served on cervical screening advisory committees in Australia, New Zealand and Ontario. She currently chairs the working group to review Australia’s Guidelines for the management of screen-detected abnormalities in the National Cervical Screening Program. Marion has focussed on research and implementation projects demonstrating that it is possible to deliver high quality, acceptable cervical screening in a range of resource poor settings including Malaysia, PNG and Samoa. She is also interested in how culturally safe screening can meet the needs of disadvantaged groups who have poorer cancer outcomes, in Australia and New Zealand. Marion was appointed as a member (AM) of the Order of Australia on Australia Day 2020 for her significant service to women’s health through cervical screening initiatives.
Dr Fidel Rubagumya
Dr Fidel Rubagumya is a clinical and radiation oncologist at Rwanda Military Hospital ,a visiting Clinical Oncologist at King Faisal Hospital and a lecturer at University of Global Health Equity.He received his medical degree from the National University of Rwanda . He completed his medical internship at Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence and received his Master of Medicine in Clinical & Radiation Oncology from the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences.
Dr Rubagumya served as a General Practitioner at Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence before joining Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. While Dr Rubagumya treats all cancers, he has special interest in head and neck cancers, brain gynecological, and gastro-intestinal cancers, as well as cancers that affect special groups. He also has a keen interest in end of life care and Global Oncology.
Dr Rubagumya is an enthusiastic cancer advocate. He has been involved in many cancer control activities in Rwanda and internationally. Dr Rubagumya is the Founder of Rwanda Children’s Cancer Relief (RCCR), an organization that raises awareness on childhood cancers and advocates for children living with cancer, and their families. Before founding RCCR, Dr Rubagumya was actively involved in breast cancer advocacy working with Breast Cancer Initiative East Africa (BCIEA). He is a member of numerous cancer organizations both locally and internationally. Dr Rubagumya is a recipient of many prestigious awards including the American Cancer Society Global Scholar award,the the International Development and Education Award (IDEA) of American Society of Clinical Oncology, and both the International Cancer Research Technology Transfer Fellowship (ICRETT) and the African Cancer Fellowship awards of Union for International Cancer Control(UICC) and Africa Cancer Leader Institute award of African Organization of Cancer Research and Training (AORTIC), among others. Dr Rubagumya is the Chair of young oncologists group at African Organization of Cancer Research and Training (AORTIC).
Dr Rubagumya’s research focuses on integrating technological advances like mobile applications to improve cancer care in low resource settings. He has published several scientific papers in internationally recognized journals. He also authored a book chapter on cervical cancer. He was awarded the ASCO International Innovation Grant for his mobile application used to help increase early detection of skin cancers in people with albinism.
Moderator: Dr Andrew Odhiambo
Dr. Andrew is a Consultant Physician/Medical Oncologist & Program Director/Lecturer (Medical Oncology Fellowship Program) at the University of Nairobi. Dr. Andrew holds a Master’s degree in Internal Medicine from the University of Nairobi. He has attended a preceptorship training in Haematological Oncology & Infectious Diseases from the University of Maryland Marleen & Stewart Greenbaum Cancer Centre in the United States. He later did his Fellowship in Medical Oncology in the United Kingdom and was certified by the Federation of Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom as well as the Association of Cancer Physicians and the European Society for Medical Oncology. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh as well as the East, Central & Southern Africa College of Physicians.
He is the outgoing Secretary & former Treasurer of Kenya Society of Haematology & Oncology (KESHO). Dr. Andrew is a member of KAP, ASCO, ESMO, AORTIC & ECSACOP. Dr. Andrew serves as an expert advisor for local and international bodies i.e. MOH, Kenya Cancer Prevention TWG, ASCO & NCCN Cancer Treatment Guidelines Committees. He has published several articles on cancer in both international and local peer reviewed scientific journals.
Dr. Andrew was awarded the prestigious Business Daily Africa Top 40 under 40 men in the year 2017. He is passionate about cancer education and awareness especially through digital platforms. He has over 50 appearances in mainstream local and international TV and print media promoting cancer awareness.
His key areas of sub specialization and interest include Colon cancer, Stomach cancer, Breast Cancer, Pancreatic, Liver & Bile Duct cancer, Cancer or Unknown Primary, Lymphoma as well as newer treatments i.e. Immunotherapy & Targeted therapy for Colon, Skin, Lung, Kidney cancers etc.

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Rectal Cancer
2022-02-10 19:00 - 20:30
DR WAMBUI KUNG’U
Dr. Wambui Kung’u is a Clinical Oncologist at Kenyatta University, Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital. She holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine from Alexandria University, Egypt.
She is a member of the Kenya Society of Hematology and Oncology (KESHO), African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC), European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
Her main areas of interest are head and neck cancers, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and gastrointestinal cancer.
DR ALEX MUTURI
MBChB, MMed Gen Surgery, FCS Gen Surgery(ECSA)
Dr Muturi is a Consultant General Surgeon and Endoscopist at Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital (KUTTRH).
Has a keen interest in colorectal cancer surgery and research.
Dr Muturi is a Laparoscopy instructor at Nairobi Surgical Skills Centre (NSSC)-Chiromo. He is a unionist (KMPDC Trustee) where he champions welfare of both patients and healthcare workers.
He is a cancer screening and early diagnosis advocate and is passionate about patients’ safety and access to quality care for all.
DR ROGERS MONG’ARE (MODERATOR)
Dr Rogers Mongare is a Clinical and Radiation Oncologist at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) with special interest in GIT, Breast, Head & Neck and Gynaecological malignancies.
He conducts clinical practice and clinical teaching at the largest referral hospital in the region. He is also a member of faculty in Radiation Oncology at the Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Medicine, University of Nairobi. He is an active participant at the KNH multidisciplinary tumour boards working closely with other specialists in patient care.
Dr Mong’are is keen on research, evidence based medicine and passionate on ways of improving treatment outcomes in patients using systemic and radiation treatments. He is an astute specialist oncologist who enjoys technicalities of planning treatment by looking at anatomy and working with computers and new technologies to deliver treatment. He continues to offer guest lecture talks at different forums. Besides, he never misses his weekend cross country runs.

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International Childhood Cancer Day: Acute Leukemia
2022-02-17 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Dr Catherine Muendo (MBchB, MMED Paeds)
Dr Catherine Muendo is a Paediatric Hematologist and Oncologist who recently completed her fellowship training at Makerere University in collaboration with Mulago National Referral Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Cancer Children’s Hospital.
She works as a consultant paediatrician at Mbagathi County Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. She received her medical degree (MBChB) and pediatrics and child health degree (MMed) at the University of Nairobi.
Dr Muendo is enthusiastic about improving the outcomes of children with blood and cancer disorders in Kenya through novel interventions that are sustainable in a resource limited setting.
Dr. Deborah Omeddo
Dr. Deborah Omeddo is a Paediatric Haematologist and Oncologist working at the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital.
She holds a Master’s in Paediatrics and Child Health from the University of Nairobi. She did her fellowship training at Makerere University.
Dr Omeddo strives to provide quality health services to children living with cancer and blood diseases. Her vision is that all children in Kenya will have access to quality healthcare services regardless of location and socio-economic status.
Moderator: Dr Grace Mbatia
Dr Grace Mbatia (MBChB, MMED (Paediatrics and Child Health), Paediatric Haematology/Oncology & Bone MarrowTransplant (Fellowship), Healthcare Management (Post-graduate Dip)
Dr Mbatia is currently serving as Full-time faculty at the Aga Khan University, Nairobi providing clinical care to children with blood and cancer disorders as well as supporting paediatric post-graduate medical training for future paediatricians. Her core clinical interests lie in providing care to children with brain and solid tumors whereas her broader interests include supporting medical education, health-systems research and the optimization of both general paediatric and paediatric blood and cancer care in resource-constrained settings.

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Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
2022-02-24 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
DR ANGELA MCLIGEYO
Dr. Angela McLigeyo is a licensed Physician and Medical Oncologist practicing in Kenya. She has a Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine from the University of Nairobi, a M.Sc. in Clinical Oncology from Ulm University (Germany), and a Fellowship in Medical Oncology from the University of Nairobi. In addition, she obtained a 5-year board certification in Medical Oncology from ESMO in 2019. She has over 17 years of experiences in hospital and clinical settings.
She is a member of the Kenya Society of Hematology and Oncology (KESHO), European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). She is also a fellow of the East, Central and Southern Africa College of Physicians.
Her core skills are in clinical decision making in internal medicine and oncology, conducting trainings, streamlining medical education and conducting research as well as participation in the development of treatment guidelines and protocols.
She currently provides comprehensive oncology healthcare at both public and private health facilities, conducts research in oncology and internal medicine when opportunities arise, and is engaged in teaching internal medicine and oncology at the Kenyatta University. She has authored several research articles in peer reviewed journals and presented abstracts at several conferences.
DR KARAN GANDHI
Dr. Gandhi graduated from The University of Nairobi to receive his medical degree in 2009 and did a year of internship at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi (AKUH,N) in 2010. He began his surgical training at the University of Nairobi in 2011 and then moved to the University of Cape Town in 2013. He qualified as a Fellow of the College of Surgeons of South Africa in 2018 and then went on to complete his subspecialist certificate training in Surgical Gastroenterology, specifically Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) Surgery, in 2020. He also received a Masters degree in Surgery (MMed) from the University of Cape Town in 2020. In the same year, Dr. Gandhi was also selected to represent Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in the IHPBA 2020 International Fellows Retreat in Melbourne, Australia. His main clinical interests lie in Hepatic, Pancreatic and Biliary surgery, as well as gastrointestinal surgery, advanced endoscopy, ERCP and laparoscopy. Within the realm of HPB surgery, his primary focus has been on one of the most neglected diseases in the region, namely hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In the Global Surgery 2030 document published by The Lancet Commission in 2015, eastern, western and central SSA were identified as the regions in the world with the greatest unmet needs in surgical care and in a strange coincidence, these are also the regions in SSA with the highest HCC incidence.
Dr. Gandhi has recently joined the AKUH,N as a full-time faculty member in the department of General Surgery, with a view to pioneering and developing HPB Surgery in Kenya, East Africa and SSA as a whole. He sees himself as one of a new generation of HPB surgeons that have a vision of changing the situation in SSA, where delivering a surgical service is hampered by a poorly managed and funded healthcare system, cost of treatment and a shortage of healthcare professionals. With the connections made during his training and the vision and guidance of his mentors, Dr. Gandhi looks forward to creating a network of young HPB surgeons to facilitate this important endeavour. He has helped set up and is currently involved in various multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings, including a monthly Sub-Saharan HCC meeting and an international collaborative HCC meeting with Fortis Hospitals in India. He is also actively involved with the HPB service and MDT meetings at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya.
Dr. Gandhi is also passionate about teaching and training of young surgeons in Kenya, especially in the fields of laparoscopy and surgical endoscopy delivery in rural areas. He is a member of the Operating Theatre Practitioners Association of Kenya (OTPAK), where training workshops are organised for surgical trainees in the Kenyan College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA), in order to train and empower them to perform basic laparoscopic surgical procedures in rural centres. His role as a faculty member at the AKUH,N also includes supervision and training of surgical residents, thereby promoting academia alongside clinical service delivery. He plans to set up a surgical registry database in the hospital, which will be used to generate data, audit practice and produce high-quality research that can be published in reputable peer-reviewed journals.
DR CAROLINE TONIO (MODERATOR)
The moderator for this session is Dr Caroline Tonio. Dr Tonio is currently a Physician and Medical Oncologist at the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital in Kenya.

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Cancer Research in Kenya Symposium
2022-02-26 09:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event (Zoom), Kenya
The Kenya Society of Haematology and Oncology (KESHO) organized a virtual symposium on the topic of “Cancer Research in Kenya” on 26th February 2022. The symposium attracted over 400 participants not only from Kenya and Africa but also from other parts of the world. The participants ranged from doctors (from general practitioners to oncologists, surgeons, haematologists, etc.), nurses, scientists, pharmacists, students, and researchers from various areas of research related to cancer.
There were six panellist speakers who highlighted the need for research, research infrastructure and shared opportunities to get involved. The participants were asked to leave comments. The event lasted about 3 and a half hours and ended with a panel discussion with the speakers and the audience. During the panel discussion, the questions asked by the participants were discussed. In general, the talks and discussions revolved around doing local research, publishing it locally, and addressing the local issues with tips from the international arena. A detailed version of the talks of the speakers is included in this report, along with their biographies in the end. SPEAKER PROFILES:
PROF NICHOLAS ANTHONY OTHIENO-ABINYA
Nicholas Anthony Othieno-Abinya is a Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Nairobi Hospital Cancer Centre. He was formerly Professor of Medicine at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, where he was the Director of Medical Oncology Fellowship Program and also the Head of Haematology/Oncology at the University of Nairobi and Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. In 2009 and 2010 he was Head of Oncology at AgaKhan University Hospital, Nairobi.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Internal Medicine of the University of Nairobi, completed fellowship in Medical Oncology at the Royal London Hospital (University of London) in 1992, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
His research interests are in malignant haematology and breast cancer, in which he has published widely in peer-reviewed journals. He also has keen interest in molecular oncology. He has authored a text book titled DrugTreatment of Haematologic Neoplasms. He has also co-authored cancer booklets, and has written chapters in several books. His latest book titled ‘Shadow in Perpetuity’ by Lambert Publishers was released in December 2019.
Dr. Othieno-Abinya is a member of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and served in its International Affairs Committee from 2010-2012; Africa Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC), having been Vice Chair for Eastern Africa and was a long time member of Council; and European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). He founded Kenya Society of Haematology and Oncology (KESHO), of which he was the first Chair, and is still its Patron. His outstanding academic achievements were profiled in the University of Nairobi magazine,’ Varsity Focus’ of September 2017.
He has received several awards and honours, including Kenya Breast Health Programme Award in appreciation of contribution to success of the Breast Cancer Survivors’ Conference on 11-14 July 2003; Kenya Breast Health Programme Award in recognition for outstanding contribution to the care of women with breast cancer in Kenya; Best Oral Presentation by Established Scientist Award, 2ND KASH Conference, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi; 2018 Harvard Global Health Catalyst: Distinguished African Ambassador Award.
PROF NAZIK HAMMAD
Nazik Hammad is an Associate Professor at the Division of Medical Oncology, Queen’s University, Kingston Health Science Center, Ontario, Canada. She is the Chair of the Education and Training Committee of the African Organization in Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC). Dr. Hammad is a visiting professor at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She is the co-chair of the Network for Advancing Black Learners (Medical Students and Residents) in Ontario. She is the former Director of Global Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University. She is an executive member of the Global Oncology Program at Queen’s University. She treats GI, breast and brain tumours.
Dr. Hammad has a keen interest in medical education, in particular health professions education in low and –middle-income countries (LMIC) and cancer workforce development. She has a Master degree in Medical Education in the Health Professions (MEHP) from Johns Hopkins University. She teaches regularly at the Clinical Oncology Training Program in Khartoum, Sudan and as a visiting professor at the Medical Oncology Fellowship Training Program, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Her areas of expertise include training program development and evaluation, accreditation, curriculum development, mentoring and innovations in education. Her work on education has been presented at international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals. She is a recipient of several grants in education including the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada International Development, Aid and Collaboration Grant in 2020 for Faculty Development among African Oncologists.
Her other areas of interest include value in cancer care. Together with colleagues in African she led the first Choosing Wisely Africa that was recently published in the Journal of Global Oncology.
DR PETER OMONDI OYIRO
Peter Oyiro is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, at the University of Nairobi. He also a Consultant Physician and Medical Oncologist at the Kenyatta National Hospital Teaching and Referral Hospital, Nairobi.
Dr Oyiro attended his Research Fellowship in Hematological Malignancies at the West Virginia University Cancer Center (2013) and Medical Oncology fellowship at the University of Nairobi (2018).
He is a member of Kenya Society of Hematology and Oncology (KESHO), American Society of Clinical Oncologist ( ASCO) and the European Society of Medical Oncologists( ESMO).Dr. Oyiro main interest is in Research and cancer education particularly in Hematological Malignancies, HIV associated neoplasms and Sickle cell disease as well as newer cancer targeted therapy and immunotherapy.
PROF MANSOOR SALEH
Mansoor Saleh, MD received his early education in the Aga Khan School system in East Africa, his medical education at the University of Heidelberg in Germany and conducted his doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg. He received his training in internal medicine at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit Michigan and clinical and translational research training in Hematology & Oncology at the University of Alabama Comprehensive Cancer Center in Birmingham, Alabama where he was tenured Professor of Medicine & Pathology and Director of the First-in-Human Early Drug Development Program.
His area of research and clinical focus is “targeted therapy of cancer”. In January 2020, he joined the Aga Khan University in Nairobi, Kenya as the Founding Chair, Department of Hematology – Oncology and Founding Director – AKU, N Cancer Center.
DR SITNA ALI MWANZI
Sitna Ali Mwanzi is a Consultant Medical Oncologist working at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. She is the former Chair of the Kenya Society of Haematology and Oncology (KESHO) which is a professional organization whose aim is to reduce the cancer burden and mortality in Kenya through education, research and advocacy initiatives.
Dr Mwanzi attained her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Nairobi and Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine from the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. She undertook a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Barts Health NHS Trust in the United Kingdom attaining a Specialist Certificate in Medical Oncology from the Royal College of Physicians and Association of Cancer Physicians in the United Kingdom. She also has a Master of Science in Advanced Oncology from Ulm University in Germany. She has recently been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh (FRCP).
Her research interests include breast cancer, prostate cancer, chronic myeloid leukemia and cervical cancer. She is passionate about increasing health care worker and general public awareness about cancer, role of screening, early diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Dr. Mwanzi works closely with the National Cancer Control Program in implementation of the National Cancer Control Strategy. She has also been involved in the development of national guidelines for Kenya and harmonization of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for Sub-Saharan Africa.
PROF WILFRED NG’WA
Wilfred Ngwa is the Director of the Global Health Catalyst at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School. Dr Ng’wa earned a Bachelors degree at the University of Buea Cameroon, graduate degrees at the University of Leipzig Germany, and subsequently postdoctoral and clinical training at Harvard Medical School. He currently leads a Global Health Program with research developing new technologies and approaches to boost cancer cure rates and reduce global health disparities.
This work has been recognized with a number of awards, including the prestigious BWH BRIght Future’s Prize in 2015 (for the project “Tiny Drones to Target Cancer”). Other awards include two “Best in Physics” Awards by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists, Research Excellence Awards from the National Cancer Institute and innovation awards from Partners Healthcare, among other awards.
Dr Ngwa’s research is focused on clinical translation of technologies/approaches that can increase access to quality cancer treatment. This includes smart radiotherapy biomaterials (Tiny drones to Target cancer or nanoparticle drones) and PhytoMedicines. The award-winning drone technologies are designed to help eliminate both local and metastatic tumors with minimal collateral damage or side effects. The drones can be employed to sustainably deliver different drug payloads (including immunotherapy/chemotherapy drugs or cannabinoids) precisely to disease sites or targets, with greater therapeutic efficacy. This work leverages the abscopal effect and the biomaterials drone technology in research to significantly increase survival and quality of life for patients.
DR MIRIAM MUTEBI (MODERATOR)
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.
Dr Mutebi is the President Elect of the African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC), the Chairperson for the Kenya Society of Hematology and Oncology (KESHO) 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 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.

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Registrars and fellows specializing in oncology field
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Myeloma
2022-03-03 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
DR ANNE MWIRIGI
MBChB, MRCP, FRCPath (UK)
Dr Mwirigi is a 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.
Moderator: PROF MALKIT RIYAT
Prof. Malkit S Riyat, an Associate Professor in Haematology, completed his MBChB from the University of Nairobi in 1978. He was awarded a World Health Organization (WHO) scholarship and went on to do his membership in haematology from The Royal Infirmary, Glasgow in 1987. He was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in Haematology in 1997. Prof. Riyat has authored multiple publications in peer review journals as well as many abstracts and has served on the editorial board of multiple peer review journals. He has been instrumental in graduate medical education, developing the curricula for the clinical pathology residency program and served as the first program director when the residency was initially initiated at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi. In 2002 he successfully implemented and coordinated the GIPAP program in Kenya through which patients with CML, GIST and several other disorders get free access to glivec.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING

MBChB from the University of Nairobi in 1978
Membership in hematology (MRCPath – UK) from The Royal Infirmary, Glasgow in 1987 on a World Health Organization (WHO) scholarship
Appointed Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in Hematology in 1997 (FRCPath –UK)
Conferred fellowship of the College of Pathologists East Central and Southern Africa in 2014 (FCPath – ECSA)
Obtained Certificate of Competence in Malignant Lymphomas (CCL) in 2017 – 2018 from University of ULM, Germany

AREAS OF INTEREST

Malignant Lymphomas
Multiple Myeloma
Low grade lymphoproliferative disorders (CLL, follicular lymphomas, Mantle Zone lymphomas etc)

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International Women's Day - Breast Cancer
2022-03-10 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Dr Khadija Warfa
Khadija Warfa is a Consultant Gynecologic Oncologist, who completed her gynaecological oncology fellowship at the University of Calgary, Canada.
Currently Dr. Warfa is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Aga Khan University Hospital, where she had done her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency training. She is involved in the training and supervision of postgraduate students.
Dr. Warfa is a member of the African Cancer Coalition and European society of gynecologic oncology (ESGO). She is involved in the Harmonized NCCN guidelines and is a technical advisor to the Kenya National cancer treatment protocols with the objective to reduce mortality related to Gynecologic Cancers in Kenya.
Prof. Matteo Lambertini, MD PhD
Matteo Lambertini is associate Professor and Consultant in Medical Oncology at the University of Genova – IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino in Genova (Italy).
He is mainly focused in the care of breast cancer patients and is deeply involved in breast cancer research.
Above all, he has a particular expertise in the management of breast cancer in young women, with a specific attention to the fertility and pregnancy-related issues that they have to face after diagnosis.
During his medical oncology training, he had the opportunity to work and collaborate with several national and international leading experts in the field; these experiences have played a crucial role to deepen his skills in the management of breast cancer in young women.
Thanks to the support of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), in 2018 he completed his PhD at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.) in Brussels (Belgium) with a project entitled “Unmet Fertility and Pregnancy-related Issues in Young Breast Cancer Patients”. With this work, he has contributed to improve our understanding of many controversial aspects related to the management of breast cancer in young women specifically focusing on fertility preservation and the possibility to have a pregnancy following treatment completion, with the ultimate goal to further improve the care and quality of life of these young women.
He is member of the guideline group on fertility preservation in cancer patients for ESMO (Lambertini M et al, Ann Oncol 2020), the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embriology (ESHRE; Anderson RA et al, Hum Reprod Open 2020) and the Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM; Lambertini M et al, Eur J Cancer 2017).
He has authored more than 220 publications in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. His most important research conducted so far addressed the role of administering gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogs during chemotherapy as a strategy to preserve ovarian function and fertility in early breast cancer patients who are candidates to receive cytotoxic therapy (Lambertini M et al, JAMA 2015 & Lambertini M et al, Ann Oncol 2015 & Lambertini M et al, Eur J Cancer 2017 & Lambertini M et al, J Clin Oncol 2018 & Lambertini M et al, JNCI 2021), the safety of having a pregnancy in women with prior history of breast cancer (Lambertini M et al, JNCI 2018 & Lambertini M et al, Cancer 2019 & Lambertini M et al, J Clin Oncol 2021), and the fertility and pregnancy-related issues in BRCA-mutated breast cancer patients (Lambertini et al, Ann Oncol 2018 & Lambertini et al, RBO 2019 & Lambertini et al, Front Oncol 2019 & Lambertini M et al, J Clin Oncol 2020).
He is an active ESMO member since October 2011. He was awarded with the following ESMO Fellowships: Translational Research Unit Visit in 2012, Clinical Unit Visit in 2013 and Translational Research Fellowship in 2016-2018. In 2017, he attended the ESMO Leaders Generation Program that gave him the unique chance to acquire new communication and leadership skills as well as to deepen his involvement in the Society. He has served in the ESMO Press & Media Affairs committee and in the ESMO Breast Cancer Faculty. He is currently member of the ESMO Young Oncologists Committee and he is an Associate Editor for ESMO Open Cancer Horizons.
Prof. Hatem A. Azim Jr, MD PhD
Dr. Azim is a medical oncologist, serves as an adjunct professor of oncology at the School of Medicine of Monterrey Institute of Technology since 2019. In addition, he acts as a senior faculty at the college of the European School of Oncology (ESO). In recent years, he occupied as well different senior roles in pharma and biotech companies as responsible for early clinical drug development of novel agents, including immune therapies and antibody drug conjugates.
Dr. Azim has completed his medical oncology training at the National Cancer Institute (Cairo, Egypt) and the European Institute of Oncology (Milan, Italy). He then joined Institut Jules Bordet (Belgium) where he worked for 7 years. During this period, he developed his expertise in the field breast cancer in young women and its relation to pregnancy and fertility.
Dr. Azim holds a Medical Degree from Cairo University, Master’s Degree in Oncology from University of Newcastle Upon Tyne (UK) and a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). He received several awards, including the ESMO Translational Research Award, ASCO Merit Award, and University of Padua Breast Cancer Award. He published more than 130 research papers, led and contributed to more than10 books. He served on several international guidelines committees in addition to serving as an invited speaker in more than 20 countries including an invited faculty to ASCO and ESMO annual meetings.
Moderator: Dr Abeid M. Athman Omar, MD, MMed
Abeid Omar is a Consultant Clinical (medical and radiation) Oncologist and Nuclear Medicine based in Kilifi, Kenya. Besides, he 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.

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Kidney Cancer
2022-03-17 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILE:
Professor Nicholas Othieno-Abinya
Nicholas Anthony Othieno-Abinya is a Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Nairobi Hospital Cancer Centre. He was formerly Professor of Medicine at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, where he was the director of Medical Oncology Fellowship Program and also the head of Haematology/Oncology at the University of Nairobi and Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. In 2009 and 2010 he was Head of Oncology at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi.
He holds a Master’s degree in Internal Medicine of the University of Nairobi, completed fellowship in Medical Oncology at the Royal London Hospital (University of London) in 1992, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
His research interests are in malignant haematology and breast cancer, in which he has published widely in peer-reviewed journals. He also has keen interest in molecular oncology. He has also authored a text book titled Drug Treatment of Haematologic Neoplasms. He has also co-authored cancer booklets, and has written chapters in several books. His latest book titled ‘Shadow in Perpetuity’ by Lambert Publishers was released in December 2019.
Dr. Othieno-Abinya is a member of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and served in its International Affairs Committee from 2010-2012; Africa Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC), having been Vice Chair for Eastern Africa and was a long time member of Council; and European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). He founded Kenya Society of Haematology and Oncology (KESHO), of which he was the first Chair, and is still its Patron. His outstanding academic achievements were profiled in the University of Nairobi magazine,’ Varsity Focus’ of September 2017.
He has received several awards and honours, including the Kenya Breast Health Programme Award in appreciation of contribution to success of the Breast Cancer Survivors’ Conference on 11-14 July 2003; Kenya Breast Health Programme Award in recognition for outstanding contribution to the care of women with breast cancer in Kenya; Best Oral Presentation by Established Scientist Award, 2ND KASH Conference, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi; 2018 Harvard Global Health Catalyst: Distinguished African Ambassador Award.
Moderator: Dr Njoki Njiraini
Njoki Njiraini is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist based at the Cancer Treatment Centre in The Nairobi 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 bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Nairobi, a Master’s 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.

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1st Annual Prostate Cancer Symposium
2022-03-26 08:00 - 16:00
The Kenya Society of Haematology and Oncology (KESHO) organized its first annual symposium on prostate cancer on 26th March 2022. The event was hybrid in nature, in-person as well as virtual. The event attracted over 280 virtual participants and 62 participants in person.
The talks covered diagnosis, screening, risk stratification, management of prostate cancer, the role of various treatment modalities, as well as case presentations. The event started early in the morning and was divided into four sessions, each one of them followed by a questions and answers session for participants to engage with all the speakers of that session. A sponsor presentation was part of the program in the end. The presenters and participants included mid-career professionals, students, residents, as well as veteran professors.
The event concluded with remarks from KESHO Chair Dr. Miriam Mutebi who thanked all the speakers and participants for sparing their day-long time to make the event a success.
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Medical Oncologists
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Myelofibrosis
2022-03-31 19:00 - 20:30
Dr Anne Mwirigi
Dr Anne Mwirigi is a 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.
Dr Paresh Dave (Moderator)
Dr Paresh Dave is a clinical pathologist and Haemato-Oncologist. He is the current Director at Meditest/Mediforte Hospital as well as a haematology and Oncology practitioner at the same institution.
He obtained a Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. Dr Dave previously worked at KNH as a haematologist and as a Clinical Pathologist and haematologist at M.P. Shah Hospital.
Dr Dave is an honorary lecturer in Haematology and Blood Transfusion at the Thematic Department of Haematology and Oncology, College of Health Sciences University of Nairobi.

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Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer
2022-04-14 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILE:
Dr Sitna Mwanzi
Sitna Ali Mwanzi is currently a Consultant Medical Oncologist working at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi. She is the former Chair of the Kenya Society of Haematology and Oncology (KESHO) which is a professional organization whose aim is to reduce the cancer burden and mortality in Kenya through education, research and advocacy initiatives.
Dr Mwanzi attained her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Nairobi and Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine from the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. She undertook a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Barts Health NHS Trust in the United Kingdom attaining a Specialist Certificate in Medical Oncology from the Royal College of Physicians and Association of Cancer Physicians in the United Kingdom. She also has a Master of Science in Advanced Oncology from Ulm University in Germany. She has recently been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh (FRCP).
Her research interests include breast cancer, prostate cancer, chronic myeloid leukemia and cervical cancer. She is passionate about increasing health care worker and general public awareness about cancer, role of screening, early diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
Dr. Mwanzi works closely with the National Cancer Control Program in implementation of the National Cancer Control Strategy. She has also been involved in the development of national guidelines for Kenya and harmonization of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Moderator: Dr Angela McLigeyo
Angela McLigeyo is a licensed Physician and Medical Oncologist practicing in Kenya. She has a Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine from the University of Nairobi, a M.Sc. in Clinical Oncology from Ulm University (Germany), and a Fellowship in Medical Oncology from the University of Nairobi. In addition, she obtained a 5-year board certification in Medical Oncology from ESMO in 2019. She has over 17 years of experiences in hospital and clinical settings.
Dr McLigeyo is the current Secretary of the Kenya Society of Hematology and Oncology (KESHO), European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). She is also a fellow of the East, Central and Southern Africa College of Physicians.
Her core skills are in clinical decision making in internal medicine and oncology, conducting trainings, streamlining medical education and conducting research as well as participation in the development of treatment guidelines and protocols.
Dr McLigeyo currently provides comprehensive oncology healthcare at both public and private health facilities, conducts research in oncology and internal medicine when opportunities arise, and is engaged in teaching internal medicine and oncology at the Kenyatta University. She has authored several research articles in peer reviewed journals and presented abstracts at several conferences.

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Esophageal Cancer
2022-04-21 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILE:
Dr Njoki Njiraini
Njoki Njiraini is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist based at the Cancer Treatment Centre in The Nairobi 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 Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Nairobi, a Master’s 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 Morris Muhinga
Morris Muhinga is a Consultant Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon at Kenyatta National Hospital.
He has special interest and passion in thoracic oncology. He is currently engaged in a prospective multinational study on the morbidity and mortality of oncological esophagectomy (OUTLIVE study)
Dr Muhinga is a committee member of International Society for the Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE)
He is a member of;

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT)
The Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO)
The International Gastric Cancer Association (IGCA)

Moderator: Dr Manel Haj Mansour
Manel 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 ESMO, ASCO, STOM (Tunisian Society of Medical Oncology) and KESHO. Her areas of interest include breast cancer, lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancers, gynecological and genitourinary cancers.

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Iron Overload In Haematological Diseases
2022-04-28 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILE:
Prof Walter O. Mwanda
Prof Walter Mwanda Is a Professor of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, qualified as a Medical Doctor MBCHB, postgraduate training in Pathology specialized in Haematology and Blood Transfusion and Oncology.
Prof Mwanda attained terminal degree of doctor of Medicine in haematology. In 1992 he joined the Faculty at the University of Nairobi; Haematology and Blood Transfusion that also runs Oncology services for the Kenyatta National Hospital – the largest teaching and referral hospital in the region. Has been the Chairman of the Department of Human Pathology, Haematology and Blood Transfusion and Director at the University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and Infectious Disease.
Prof Mwanda Is a member and Chair of several professional bodies both national and international. He is widely published in oncology and haematology with pitch in haematology, blood transfusion, paediatrics oncology and infections related malignancies. Prof Mwanda has supervised several students at undergraduate, masters and PhD levels.
He is a keen researcher in oncology, haematology and allied specialties. Has been the Head of Paediatric Oncology since 1994 and greatly experienced as lecturer, medical doctor, researcher and mentor.
Prof Mwanda is keen on producing generations of mentors, supervisors and trainers in all areas of interest.
Moderator: Dr Paresh Dave
Paresh Dave is currently the Director and Clinical Pathologist and Hematology/Oncology practitioner at Meditest/Mediforte Hospital.
He is an Honorary Lecturer in Haematology and Blood Transfusion University in the Thematic department of Haematology and Oncology College of Health Sciences University of Nairobi.
Dr Dave qualified with MBChB degree in 1988 and M.Med (Path) in 1994 both from the University of Nairobi. He obtained his Fellowship at the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (Haematology) in 2005. Dr Dave worked at Monash Medical Centre and Dandenong Hospital Australia for 2 years (2000-2002) as a Registrar, and at Kenyatta National Hospital from 1995 to 2005 as a Medical Specialist and Senior Medical Specialist in haematology. Between 2005 and 2012 Dr Dave worked as Pathologist in Charge and Clinical haematologist at the M.P Shah Hospital, and went on to join Medanta Nairobi as Haematologist and Oncologist from 2012 to 2016.
Dr Dave has keen interest in Luekaemias, Myelomas and solid malignancies

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Head and Neck Cancer
2022-05-05 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILE:
Dr David Musyoka
Dr Musyoka is a Consultant ENT, Head & Neck Surgeon at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi​.
He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Nairobi and a Master of Medicine Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery from the same institution. He did his fellowship in Head and Neck at the EDA Hospital, Taiwan.
Dr Musyoka’s areas of interest are head and neck cancers.
He is an Associate Member of the Kenya ENT Association.
Dr Mohsen Mokhtar
Chief Medical Director Dr. Mohsen Mokhtar is a Professor of Clinical Oncology in Al-Kasr Al-Aini Medical School, Cairo Egypt. Dr. Mohsen assisted in developing the syllabus and course structure at Al-Kasr Al-Aini, as well as, supervised several research programs and theses.
Dr. 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, Dr. Mokhtar 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.
Moderator: Dr Chege Macharia
Dr Macharia is a Head and Neck Oncologic and Trauma surgeon, and currently the Head of Department, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at AIC Kijabe Hospital.
He earned his medical degree at the University of Nairobi, then a fellowship in General Surgery with COSECSA and PAACS, and subsequently and Fellowship in Head and Neck Surgery with PAACS/Johns Hopkins.

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Cancer Policy in Action
2022-05-12 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Dr Felipe Roitberg
Felipe Roitberg is a clinical oncologist at the Hospital Sirio Libanes in São Paulo, Brazil, and a WHO Consultant for Cancer Management and Control.
Dr Roitberg completed his clinical oncology fellowship at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, in 2011. He also had the opportunity to educate himself in the public health field while following courses in Healthcare Management, Quality for Healthcare Services and Economics for healthcare organizations at Harvard School of Public Health.
He has worked in clinical research in the ICESP/University of Sao Paulo for 10 years, and is currently involved with economics for healthcare analysis, including an ongoing systematic review on financial toxicity for cancer patients in partnership with the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC). He is also an active member and alumni of the UICC Young Leadership Program and a member of the Brazilian Society of Clinical Oncology International Affairs Board.
Dr Roitberg has presented at international conferences and workshops and has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals. He works as a peer reviewer for high-impact scientific journals such as the Journal of Global Oncology and Frontiers in Oncology, and his latest achievements in this field came when he was asked to serve as a reviewer of the 2020 WHO Report on Cancer and to join the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cancer Policy.
Dr Roitberg is an active and engaged ESMO member, including his activities as a member of the ESMO Global Policy Committee and the ESMO Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale (ESMO-MCBS) extended Working Group.
Dr Mary Nyangasi
Dr. Mary Nyangasi is a public health specialist/epidemiologist with interests in Non-Communicable Disease especially Cancer. She earned her medical degree from the University of Nairobi and a Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology and Disease Control from Kenyatta University. She holds postgraduate certificates in Non-Communicable Diseases and Diplomacy from Graduate Institute Geneva and Leadership and Management in Health from the University of Washington.
She has experience spanning over 15 years in clinical practice and public health with 7 years of specialist oncology practice and currently working in the area of cancer control programming and policy. She is a member of the African Cancer Coalition and has contributed to the development of NCCN harmonized guidelines for head and neck cancers as well as the conceptualization and implementation of Chemosafe project in Kenya.
Dr. Nyangasi is the Head of the National Cancer Control Programme in the Ministry of Health within the Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, the arm within the Ministry that coordinates the implementation of cancer control activities on behalf of the Ministry.
Her main interests are in breast, cervical and colorectal cancers prevention and control, research, innovations in public health for strengthening the health systems and implementation science.
She enjoys cooking especially trying out healthy menus, travelling, meeting new people, networking, and sharing ideas. She is also an avid reader.
Dr. Nyagasi mentors women in her community and participates in community awareness and sensitization on health topics of interest.
Dr Alfred Karagu
Alfred Karagu is a public health specialist with over 16 years’ experience in clinical care, health services management, monitoring and evaluation, training and public health research. He holds a Bachelors degree in Medicine and Surgery and a Master of Science in Health Systems Management and is a graduate of the Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, a competency-based training by the Ministry of Health and United States Centre for Disease Control.
He has a vast experience in program management in both the infectious and non-communicable disease prevention spheres having worked in the public health sector across the national and county government levels. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Cancer Institute of Kenya, a statutory body established under the Cancer Prevention and Control Act of 2012 to coordinate and regulate cancer prevention and control activities. He is thus spearheading the development of policies, guidelines and standards to enhance access to cancer treatment, quality improvement initiatives for better treatment outcomes and improved cancer data management to inform policy and practice.
Dr. Karagu has a keen interest in health system research with a number of publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at local and international conferences. He is passionate about strengthening health systems to respond to the rising burden of non-communicable diseases through innovations and effective partnerships
Moderator: Dr 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), the Chairperson for the Kenya Society of Hematology and Oncology (KESHO) and on the board of directors of the Union for 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 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.

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Ovarian Cancer
2022-05-19 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Dr Vineet Talwar
Vineet Talwar is a Medical Oncologist. He currently serves as the Director, Department of Medical Oncology at RGCIRC, New Delhi, India a position he has held since May 2002. He holds a Doctorate of Medicine in Medical Oncology from the Cancer Institute, Adyar, in Chennai.
His areas of interest include: Ovarian Cancer, Breast, Cervical, Pancreatic, Lung, Urinary Bladder, Gallbladder, Stomach, Renal, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Lymphoma and Testicular Cancer.
Professional Associations:

Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) EDINBURGH (U.K).
Fellow of Indian College of Physicians (FICP )
Fellow of International Medical Sciences Academy (FIMSA)
Member European Society of medical Oncology (ESMO)
Member American Society Of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Life Member India Society of Oncology (ISO)
Life Member Breast Cancer Foundation India (BCFI)
Life Member Indian cooperative Oncology Network (ICON) Group

Dr Vineet has published widely in peer reviewed journals. He has received numerous national awards in recognition of his work.
Dr Khadija Warfa
Khadija Warfa is a Consultant Gynecologic Oncologist, who completed her gynaecological oncology fellowship at the University of Calgary, Canada.
Currently Dr. Warfa is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Aga Khan University Hospital, where she had done her Obstetrics and Gynecology residency training. She is involved in the training and supervision of postgraduate students.
Dr. Warfa is a member of the African Cancer Coalition and European society of gynecologic oncology (ESGO). She is involved in the Harmonized NCCN guidelines and is a technical advisor to the Kenya National cancer treatment protocols with the objective to reduce mortality related to Gynecologic Cancers in Kenya.
Moderator: Dr Benjamin Odongo Elly
Benjamin Odongo Elly is a Senior Lecturer, Obstetrician/Gynaecologist and Gynecologic Oncologist with over 20 years of experience in clinical practice and programmatic leadership of public health initiatives.
He previously served as the Head of Department of Gynaecologic Oncology at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) Eldoret, a position he had held since completion of Clinical Fellowship Training in Gynaecologic Oncology (Moi University/University of Toronto) including International Gynecologic Cancer Society(IGCS) Global Mentorship Program.
Prior to his current engagement, Dr. Elly was The Technical lead of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/Maternal and Child Health (PMTCT/MCH) at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Dr. Elly has held various teaching positions, balancing lectures with clinical duties and student mentorship. He is a published researcher and in the process of developing multiple protocols. He has presented at International and local conferences and participated in various reproductive health discussion forums.
Dr. Elly is the former President of The Kenya Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (KOGS).

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The Economics of Cancer Care
2022-05-26 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Prof Nazik Hammad
Nazik Hammad is a Professor at the Division of Medical Oncology, Queen’s University, Kingston Health Science Center, Ontario, Canada. She is the Chair of the Education and Training Committee of the African Organization in Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC). Prof. Hammad is a visiting professor at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She is the co-chair of the Network for Advancing Black Learners (Medical Students and Residents) in Ontario. She is the former Director of Global Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University. She is an executive member of the Global Oncology Program at Queen’s University. She treats GI, breast and brain tumours.
Prof. Hammad has a keen interest in medical education, in particular health professions education in low and –middle-income countries (LMIC) and cancer workforce development. She has a Master degree in Medical Education in the Health Professions (MEHP) from Johns Hopkins University. She teaches regularly at the Clinical Oncology Training Program in Khartoum, Sudan and as a visiting professor at the Medical Oncology Fellowship Training Program, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Her areas of expertise include training program development and evaluation, accreditation, curriculum development, mentoring and innovations in education. Her work on education has been presented at international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals. She is a recipient of several grants in education including the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada International Development, Aid and Collaboration Grant in 2020 for Faculty Development among African Oncologists. Her other areas of interest include value in cancer care. Together with colleagues in African she led the first Choosing Wisely Africa that was recently published in the Journal of Global Oncology.
Prof Fredrick Chite Asirwa
Fredrick Chite Asirwa M.D. is the CEO of International Cancer Institute, an organization whose main purpose is to expand Education, Clinical Care and Training opportunities in cancer control and research across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) through multi-sectoral collaborations and partnerships with relevant organizations both governmental and NGOs.
He is a Medical Oncologist & Hematologist, PD/PI of several access to personalized cancer care and research initiatives including Blueprint Program, Shining Tower Program, Clinical Trials Program-all geared towards enhancing early detection, promoting primary HPV screening, providing SOC diagnostics, therapeutics cancer research. He has developed several training programs including SSA Oncology Preceptorship training, Digital Pathology Program, Telemedicine Program, Oncology training for Physician assistants (Clinical Officers), development of Oncology Nursing training program in Kenya, Medical Oncology Fellowship Program and assisted in the development of gynecologic oncology program. . He also conducts Clinical Trials in SSA.
He was previously (2011-2019), the Director of Academic Model Providing Access to Health Care (AMPATH Oncology & Hematology Consortium) in Kenya. In this role he developed infrastructure for telemedicine at AMPATH, created a robust hematology & oncology outreach program in rural Kenya and participated in the development of the Kenya National Cancer Control policies, strategic plans and guidelines by the National MOH. As PI to various clinical and research programs he established Multiple Myeloma program, Lymphoma Program, functional tumor registry, Breast Cancer screening & treatment program, Hemophilia and Sickle cell diagnostics, treatment & research, EMR for Oncology care and screening, a multinational Lung Cancer Control Program, MLCCP (Kenya, South Africa, Lesotho, Tanzania, and Eswatini). He also teaches at various Universities in SSA and participates in Scientific Review Committees (SRC) of various Oncology Clinical Trial Centers in SSA.
He has also been an active ASCO member through ASCO’s Multidisciplinary Cancer Management Course (MCMC), International Affairs Committee (IAC), Education Council, ASCO‘s Academic Global Oncology Task Force and as a Peer reviewer to ASCO Journals. He is currently a member of ASCO-ESMO Global Oncology Curriculum committee and was recently elected by ASCO membership to serve on the Board of Directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) as the designated International Oncologist for 2022-2026.
He has been recognized for his work to increase access to cancer control for the underserved through various awards including the United States’ National Cancer Institute’s Pearline Global Cancer Research Humanitarian Award, 2020; The Children’s Place International‘s 2018 Hero Award for his pioneering work in treating children and adults with cancers in Kenya. He is the current Interim President of the College of Oncology of East, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA-CO) and a senate member for ECSA Health Community. He is also a distinguished Faculty speaker in both local, regional and International professional conferences and events including ASCO, AORTIC, KESHO, Africa Cancer ECHO, APCA amongst others.
He did his Undergraduate training (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) in Kenya and Post-graduate/specialty training (Internal Medicine Residency & Heme/Onc Fellowship) in the United States.
Dr Solomon Matiko Riro
Matiko Riro is a Medical Doctor and a Health Economist, currently supporting a number Sub-Saharan African countries in health financing reforms towards achieving UHC. He has been involved in several advisory and research initiatives focusing on optimizing health outcomes, specifically on cost-effectiveness and budget impact of healthcare interventions in low- and middle-income countries.
Moderator: Dr Mohammed Ezzi
Mohammed Ezzi is a Lecturer and Consultant Medical Oncologist in the Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the Treasurer for the Kenya Society of Hematology and Oncology (KESHO) and also the Chair for the Educational subcommittee in the same Society.
He did his Internal Medicine residency at the University of Nairobi and subsequently did a two-year fellowship in Medical Oncology at the same university. He is currently a fellow at the College of the European School of Oncology and pursuing a Certificate in Competence in Breast Cancer by the European School of Oncology.
His academic focus is in medical education and is passionate about teaching across the spectrum of medical learners with an interest in enhancing oncologic knowledge among non-oncologist. He has presented at several symposia, workshops and conferences both locally and internationally. He has several publications in peer reviewed international journals. Dr. Mohammed Ezzi is a member of KESHO, ASCO, ESMO, AORTIC and KAP. His key areas of interest include breast cancer, malignant hematology and clinical pharmacology.

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Cancer Survivorship
2022-06-02 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Dr Kelli Gross
Kelli Gross, MD, is a fellowship-trained urologist specializing in Male Infertility and Men’s Health. She completed her undergraduate work at the University of Texas at Austin, graduating with a BA in Studio Art and a BS in Psychology and. She earned her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch and completed her residency at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Dr. Gross elected to pursue an additional year of training at the University of Utah focusing on Male Infertility and Men’s Health.
She had extensive training in microsurgery, including Microdissection Testicular Sperm Extraction (microTESE), microscopic varicocelectomy, microsurgical spermatic cord denervation and Vasectomy Reversal. She also received additional training in men’s health procedures such as placement of inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) and Peyronie’s disease. Her practice consists of Male Infertility, Men’s Health, Erectile Dysfunction, Peyronie’s disease and surgical management of Testicular Pain and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
Prof Daniela Wittmann
Daniela Wittmann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at Michigan Medicine. She is also a certified sex therapist and sex therapy supervisor. Her clinical practice is focused on couples coping with sexual problems after prostate cancer as well as on patients with other sexual problems.
Dr. Wittmann’s research interests center on sexual recovery after urologic cancer treatment. Her research employs mixed methods study design. Dr. Wittmann lectures nationally and internationally on sexual health in chronic illness, she supervises of Michigan Medicine certified sex therapists, mentors trainees and colleagues on mixed methods research and is engaged in education about sexual health topics for patient support groups.
She has published widely on her research topics and is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Dr Jane Machira
Jane Machira is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist with a passion for fertility treatment. She is the co-founder of Gynacare and also works as a specialist Obstetrician/Gynecologist at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).
Dr. Machira holds a Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery, a Masters of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology degree from the University of Nairobi and a Master degree in the Biotechnology of Human Assisted Reproduction and Embryology from the Universitat De Valencia in Spain.
In addition, she has done extensive training both locally and abroad in the areas of gynecology, fertility and laparoscopic surgeries, having attended training in infertility medicine in Gujarat, India and the International School of Medicine in Kiel, Germany, among others.
With over 15 years of experience in reproductive health. She has also lectured at various institutions, including Kenyatta University’s School of Medicine and is currently a consultant Gynecologist at Kenyatta National Hospital and an honorary lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Nairobi’s School of Medicine.
She is certified by the Kenya Medical and Practitioners Board and is a member of the Kenya Obstetrics and Gynecology Society. She is also a member of the Infertility Committee at KNH, where she is currently involved in setting up an assisted reproductive department that will provide affordable intrauterine insemination (IUI) and IVF services for the public.
Moderator: Muthoni Mate
Muthoni Mate is a professional epidemiologist with over 15 years’ experience in health research and health systems strengthening within the African Continent. Her experience with end-to-end implementation of medical research programs and her aptitude for community-rooted solutions lend themselves very strongly to the type of solutions that Africa is moving towards. This involves the designing and implementing of innovative African health solutions with a global mindset.
Muthoni is a person living with Cancer and her experience crystalized the realities of lack of reliable information, under resources and a fragmented healthcare system on the outcomes of a cancer diagnosis. This redefined her world view and reaffirmed her contribution in the battle against all types of cancer which lead to the establishment of The Cancer Café (www.cancer-cafe.org) – an innovative nonprofit organization that tailor- makes solutions for people living with cancer by linking them to resources and simplified, holistic, credible, consistent information about cancer prevention, management and rehabilitation.
Muthoni has been involved in the generation and implementation of key governance in cancer prevention and management -The Kenya Cancer Policy 2019-2020 and the Kenya National Cancer Control Strategy 2012 – 2020 among others.
She also seats on various technical advisory forums, The National Cancer institute of Kenya and the Non-Communicable Disease ICC Monitoring, Evaluation and Research. She is also a Rotarian – a humanitarian institution with the mission of service above self.

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Immunotherapy
2022-06-16 19:00 - 20:30
PEAKER PROFILES:
Dr Joseph Abuodha
MBCHB (MOI), MMED-INTERNAL MEDICINE (AKU), MRCP-UK (EDIN) FELLOW MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
Dr 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.
He 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.
Dr Amina Kidee (Moderator)
Dr Amina Kidee is a Medical Oncologist at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Mombasa.
Her interests are in breast cancer, GI malignancy, and translational research.

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Hodgkin's Lymphoma
2022-06-30 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Dr Justin Du Toit
Justin Du Toit is a Clinical Haematologist who trained at UCT and now works in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre.
He is currently working with his colleagues to implement quality management systems in adult and paediatric bone marrow transplantation that will be JACIE-FACT accredited.
Dr Du Toit’s main focus and passion is in bone marrow transplant. He is actively involved in research on haematopoietic stem cell mobilisation, haploidentical stem cell transplantation and donor specific antibodies. Through his research efforts, Dr Du Toit strives towards creating best care algorithms to improve patient outcomes.
Moderator: Dr Beatrice Jepngetich Melly
Beatrice Melly is a Clinical Haematologist at Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine and Surgery from Moi University and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Haematology from Alexandria University, Egypt.
Dr Melly is also the Section Head for Haematology at the Haemato-Oncology Directorate at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.
She has over 8 years’ experience in treatment of both benign and malignant Haematological conditions.

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Palliative Care
2022-07-07 19:00 - 20:30
SPEAKER PROFILES:
Dr Christian Ntizimira
Christian Ntizimira is the Founder/Executive Director of the African Center for Research on End-of-Life Care (ACREOL), a non-profit organization to bring socio-cultural equality through “Ubuntu in End-of-life Care” in Africa.
He is a Fulbright Alumni and graduated from Harvard Medical School, department of Global Health and Social Medicine. Dr Ntizimira is the winner of the prestigious Tällberg-Stervos Niarcos Foundation-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize 2021, for his passionate advocacy for palliative care in Rwanda and elsewhere in Africa, based on his deeply held belief that dignified end-of-life care is a human right.
He pioneered integration of palliative care and end of life care into health services rendered to Rwandan cancer patients and in the community settings. Through his leadership more than 1500 health care providers and community health workers have learned the principles of cancer prevention control & palliative care leading to a five-fold increase in prescription of morphine, an essential pain medication. In 2016 Dr Ntizimira was awarded as a young cancer leader and world cancer Regional, lead in 2018 for his outstanding contributions in cancer control in Rwanda and in Africa.
He was a member of the scientific Advisory Committee for the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control published in 2018 and commissioner for the Lancet Oncology Commission on Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa published in 2022. In 2018 he became the first advocacy/policy champion among extraordinary individuals who are making a significant contribution to developing palliative care in low- and middle-income countries for World Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA). From 2010–13, he was the director of Kibagabaga Hospital in Kigali.
Mackuline Atieno
Executive Director, Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA)
Mackuline is a Palliative Care Nurse and Medical Anthropologist with over 12 years’ experience in palliative care development. She is passionate about improving health outcomes through research and evidence based practice; and use of technology.
Before Joining KEHPCA, Mackuline worked with the African Palliative Care Association. She has provided technical support and management for more than 10 multi-partnership and multi-country projects in African countries including Botswana, Eswatini, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe as well as Kenya.
She has been involved in palliative care policy reviews and development, research and development of palliative care information, education and communication materials and e learning at national and regional levels.
Mackuline holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, Diploma in Palliative Care, and is completing a Masters in Medical Anthropology.
Moderator: Dr Zipporah Ali
MD, MPH, MPC, HonDUniv
Chair of Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance Kenya
Technical Advisor/Consultant/Researcher
Zipporah Ali has recently retired from the position of Executive Director of Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA), a position she held for 15 years. She serves on the board of several organizations including; Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association, International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN), City Cancer Challenge, Alzheimer/Dementia Kenya, Public Health and Palliative Care International and Kenya Network of Cancer Organizations (KENCO). She has previously served on several other global, regional and national boards.
Dr. Ali has been and continues to be involved in advocacy and creating awareness on pain relief and palliative care in Kenya for children and adults as well as Universal Health Coverage. In her leadership role as the Executive Director for KEHPCA, she was very instrumental in fostering strong relationships with the Ministry of Health to integrate palliative care into government hospitals. She was also instrumental in advocating for palliative care to be included in the undergraduate medical and nursing schools in Kenya. She is a strong advocate for cancer prevention, control and treatment and was instrumental in developing the first National Cancer Control Strategy and the National Guidelines for Cancer Management-Kenya. She has also advocated for palliative care to be integrated in other non-communicable diseases as well as infectious diseases.
Dr. Ali has been involved in a number of activities at the World Health Assembly (Geneva) and the UN High Level Meetings on Non-communicable diseases. She is a strong advocate for right to health for all and a supporter of the movement on meaningful involvement of persons living with serious health conditions and leaving no one behind.
Dr. Ali holds an MD from Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Nairobi, a Higher Diploma in Palliative Care from Oxford Brookes University and a Masters in Palliative Care from the University of Dundee. She has completed the International Pain Policy Fellow program with the International Pain Policy Studies Group (WHO Collaborating Centre for Policy and Communication in Cancer Care, University of Wisconsin) as well as Higher Diploma in the International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative at The Institute of Palliative Medicine at the San Diego Hospice.
She has received a number of awards in recognition of her work nationally and globally. These include:

Doctor of Law Honoris Causa-University of Dundee (2018)
International Humanitarian Award-Women4Africa (2018)
Social Impact Award for the Sub-Saharan Africa region-British Council (2018)
Honorary Doctor of the University by Oxford Brookes University (2012)
Individual Advocacy Award by the African Palliative Care Association and Open Society Foundations (2013
African Palliative Care Award –(In recognition for being on the interim board and later serving on the board for 2 terms) -2007

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