Pulmonology 

The section of pulmonary medicine (chest clinic) strives to offer high quality comprehensive care to our patients.  ​

 We offers the following services​


  • Outpatient and inpatient consultation
  • A multidisciplinary approach to ensure excellent patient care and patient safety.
  • ​A daily pulmonary outpatient clinic managing a variety of lung disorders including asthma and persistent cough, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, interstitial lung diseases, chronic respiratory failure, sleep related disorders, unexplained breathlessness, pleural diseases, exercise intolerance and lung cancer.
  • ​A smoking cessation clinic 

Co​ntact us

To book an appointment, please contact:

+254 (0) 111 011 888 / +254 (0) 730 011 888

patient.referral@aku.edu ​

To book an appointment online click HERE​

​Meet our Doctors 

Jumaa Bwika, MBChB, MBA, MRCP, FRCP (Edinburgh)

Clinical Assistant Professor, Section Head and Consultant Pulmonologist at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi


Qualifications

  • FRCP (Edinburgh) 2019
  • MBA (University of Birmingham) 2019
  • CCT - General Internal & Respiratory Medicine (UK) 2014
  • MRCP Respiratory Medicine 2014
  • General Internal & Respiratory Medicine (UK) 2013
  • MRCP (Lon) 2009
  • MBChB (University of Nairobi) 1998

​Areas of Interest

  • Flexible bronchoscopy
  • Sleep studies and non-invasive ventilation
  • Thoracic ultrasonography for pleural procedures
  • Medical thoracoscopy
  • Cardio-pulmonary exercise testing (CPEX) and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)
  • Clinical management pathways
  • New service design
  • Service recovery

Professional Associations

  • Respiratory Society of Kenya
  • Kenya Association of Physicians
  • Pan African Thoracic Society
  • British Thoracic Society
  • European Respiratory Society
Dr Bwika is also a faculty at Aga Khan University. 


 
Wanjiku Kagima

Clinical Senior Instructor and Consultant Pulmonologist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi



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​Qualifications

  • World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, Interventional Pulmonology Institute (WABIP IPI) Fellow, 2025
  • Fellow College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP Edin),  2024
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Clinical Sciences – Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK, 2022
  • American Thoracic Society Fellow (ATSF), 2020
  • Fellow College of Physicians-East, Central and Southern Africa (FCP-ECSA)
  • Consultant Physician and Pulmonologist ​

Areas of Interest

  • Interventional Pulmonology
  • Pleural Diseases
  • Interstitial Lung diseases
  • Lung Cancer
  • Airway Diseases (Asthma, COPD)
  • Post TB Lung Diseases​

Professional associations

  • Kenya Association of Physicians (KAP)
  • Respiratory Society of Kenya (ReSOK)
  • Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS)
  • European Respiratory Society (ERS)
  • American Thoracic Society (ATS)
  • World Association for Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology (WABIP)
  • Women in Interventional Pulmonology (WIIP)​
Dr Kagima is also a faculty of Aga Khan University ​​