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Prof. Marcus D. Lance
Professor of Anaesthesiology and Chair, Department of Anaesthesia at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi

Education Qualifications

  • MD,(Berlin Free University Medical School) 1997
  • Dr. med. Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf 2000         
  • PHD (aastricht University, Netherlands) 2013
  • Anaestehsiology (RWTH – Aachen University Hospital) 2002
  • Subspecialty intensive care     RWTH-Aachen 2003
  • Cardiac Anaesthesia (Erasmus University Rotterdam) 2006

Areas of Interest

  • Cardio-thoracic Anaesthesia
  • Intensive care medicine
  • Renal/liver replacement therapy
  • Extracorporeal circulation
  • Coagulation disorders and thrombocyte function

Professional Association

  • European society of anesthesiology (ESAIC) 
  • European society of intensive care medicine (ESICM)
  • European society of Cardiothoracic anaesthesia (EACTA)
  • Kenyan society of anesthesiologists (KSA) 
​Prof.​ Lance is also a faculty of Anaesthesia at Aga Khan University in Nairobi. 
Read more about her HERE​

Dr Angela Ongewe
Consultant Anaesthetist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Qualifications
  • MBChB (UoN) 2009
  • MMed Anaesthesiology (AKU) 2016
  • FAPCA (Fellowship of Adult and Paediatric Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, University of Cape Town) 2018
​Areas of interest
  • Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia
  • Perioperative Medicine, Point of Care Ultrasound
  • Regional Anaesthesia
  • Medical education and training for clinical teaching
  • Simulation training
Professional associations
  • Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists
  • Fellow of the College of Anaesthesiologists of East, Central and Southern Africa (CANESCA)

​Dr David Misango
Consultant Anaesthetist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi & Critical Care at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Qualifications
  • MBChB (UoN) 1993
  • MMed (UoN) 2001
  • Cert ICM (Ben Gurion University of The Negev, Israel) (2005)
Areas of interest
  • Critical care medicine
  • Neuroanaesthesiology
​Professional associations
  • Critical Care Society, Kenya
  • Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists
  • Kenya Medical Association
Dr Misango is also an Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia and Critical Care at Aga Khan University in Nairobi. Read more about him HERE​

Dr David Nekyon
Consultant Anaesthetist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Qualifications
  • MBChB (Makerere University) 1995
  • DA (Makerere University) 1998
  • MMed (Makerere University) 2001
  • Cardiac anasthesia fellowship (university of the Witwatersrand) 2009
  • FCA(ECSA) 2016
Areas of interest
  • Perioperative care
  • Procedural sedation
  • Anaesthesia equipment
Professional associations
  • College of Anaesthesia of East, Central, and Southern Africa
  • Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists
Dr Nekyon ​is also an Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Aga Khan University in Nairobi. Read more about him HERE​

Dr David Odaba
  • Consultant Anaesthetist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi
Qualifications
  • MBChB (UoN) 2005
  • MMed (AKU) 2013
  • FICM (North Cumbria University Hospitals, UK) 2017
Areas of interest
  • Intensive care
Professional associations
  • European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
  • Critical Care Society of Kenya
  • Royal College of Anaesthetists
  • Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists

Dr Dorothy Kamya
Consultant Anaesthetist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Qualifications
  • BSc (Kings College, London, UK) 1991
  • MBBS (University College and Middlesex Schools of Medicine, UK) 1996
  • MSc (Cardiff University) 2011
  • FRCA (2003)
Areas of interest
  • ENT and maxillofacial anaesthesia
Professional associations
  • Royal College of Anaesthetists, FRCA (UK).
  • Higher Education Academy, FHEA (UK).
  • Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME).
  • Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain
  • World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesia
  • Kenya Association of Anaesthetists
  • East African Health Professions Education Association​

Dr Kamya ​​​is also an Assistant Professor ​of Anaesthesia at Aga Khan University in Nairobi. Read more about her HERE​​

Dr Gilbert Mwaka
Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Management Specialist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Qualifications
  • MBChB (Makerere University) 2000
  • MMed - Anaesthesia (AKU) 2010
  • GDPM (University of Sydney, Australia) 2013
  • MMed - Pain Management (University of Sydney, Australia) 2015
  • FIPM (2017)

Areas of interest
  • Interventional pain management
  • Cognitive behavioural therapy
​Professional associations
  • Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists
Dr Mwaka ​is also an Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Aga Khan University in Nairobi. Read more about him HERE

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Dr Rajpreet Bal
Consultant Anaesthetist and Pain Management Specialist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Qualifications
  • BSc, MD (North Eastern Ohio University College of Medicine, USA) 2002
  • MSNA (New York University, New York) 2006
  • DABA (Cornell University, Memorial Sloan Kettering and Hospital) 2007
Areas of interest
  • Obstetric anaesthesia and labour epidurals
  • Joint and spine pain
  • Cancer pain management
Professional associations
  • American Society of Anaesthesiology and American Society of Regional Anaesthesiology
  • Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists
Dr Bal ​​​is also an Assistant Professor ​of Anaesthesia at Aga Khan University in Nairobi. Read more about her​ HERE


Dr Samina Mir
Consultant Anaesthetist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Qualifications
  • BSc, (Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multam, Pakistan) 1988
  • MBBS, (Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multam, Pakistan) 1989
  • MMed, Anaesthesia (UoN) 2001
  • Obstetric Anaesthesia (Ben Gurion Universityof The Negev 2005
Areas of interest
  • Labour Epidural analgesia
  • Obstetric anaesthesia
  • Spine Surgery
  • Regional Anaesthesia
​Professional associations
  • Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists
  • Kenya Medical Association
Dr Mir ​​​is also a Senior Instructor of Anaesthesia at Aga Khan University in Nairobi. Read more about her HERE

Dr Thikra Sharif
Consultant Anaesthetist and Pain Management Specialist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Qualifications
  • MBChB (Baghdad University, Iraq) 1987
  • MMed (Baghdad University, Iraq) 1991
  • GDPM (University of Sydney Pain Management and Research Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia) 2002
  • MSc in Pain Medicine (University of Sydney Pain Management and Research Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital, Australia) 2004
Areas of interest
  • Neuromodulation services
  • The rhino model in pain education
  • Founder of the first multidisciplinary neuroscience-based pain management unit in East, Central and Southern Africanregion.
Professional associations
  • International neurosurgical Missions
  • National Neurosurgical Missions
  • Faculty of Medicine, the University of Sydney, Australia (Honorary)
  • International Association for the Study of Pain.
  • International SPIN Doctors, UK
Dr Thikra ​​​is also an Assistant Professor ​of Anaesthesia at Aga Khan University in Nairobi. Read more about her HERE​

Dr Vitalis Mungayi
Consultant Anaesthetist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Qualifications
  • MBChB (UoN) 1990
  • MMed (UoN) 1998
  • Cert ICM (University of Tel Aviv, Israel) 2002
  • FICM (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) 2006
  • FCA (ECSA) 2016
Areas of interest
  • Perioperative care
  • Medical simulation
Professional associations
  • Scientific committee of the Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists
  • Founding Chair, Critical Care Society of Kenya
  • College of Anaesthesiologists of East, Central and Southern Africa
Dr Mung'ayi ​is also an Associate Professor of Anaesthesia at Aga Khan University in Nairobi. Read more about him HERE​

Dr Wangari Waweru-Siika
Consultant Anaesthetist and Critical Care Specialist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Qualifications
  • MBChB (UoN) 1997
  • MMed (UoN) 2003
  • FRCA (Royal College of Anaesthetists) 2010
  • Certificate, Global Clinical Scholars Research Training, Harvard Medical School 2015
  • European Diploma in Intensive Care 2017
Areas of interest
  • Quality of care in resource-limited countries
  • Sepsis
  • Anaesthesia for orthopaedic surgery
Professional associations
  • Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists
  • Executive Committee member, Critical Care Society of Kenya

Dr Wangui Thangá
Consultant Anaesthetist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi

Qualifications
  • MBChB (UoN)1999
  • MMed Anaesthesia (AKU)2012
  • Fellowships in Paediatric Anaesthesia and Paediatric Intensive Care (UCT, Royal London Hospital - UK,
  • Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children -UK)
Areas of interest
  • Paediatric anaesthesia,
  • Critical care and acute Pain Management,
  • Medical Simulation
Professional associations
  • Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists
  • College of Anaesthesiologists of East Central and Southern Africa
  • Royal College of Anaesthetists​​