Dr. Edward Mairura, a Kenyan orthopedic surgeon based in Dallas, Texas in USA donated a set of surgical equipment to the Department of Surgery on 5th January, 2022.
The donation by the orthopedic surgeon at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center included; Stryker Huffman fixators, endotracheal tubes, vicryl sutures, pulse oximitars, and culture tubes.
Prof. Stanley Khainga led a free cleft lip and cleft palate surgery outreach at Kakamega County General Teaching and Referral Hospital.
The outreach was held from 22nd to 26th November, 2021 in partnership with Kenya Society of Plastic Reconstruction and Aesthetic Surgeons(KSPRAS).
The 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships, also known as the World Junior Championships, was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors, which was held from 18 to 22 August 2021 at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.
Dr. Mutiso the head of the orthopaedic unit led a team of young surgeons, registrars and undergraduate student volunteers in providing orthopedic care at the championships.
Dr. Eyal Melamed a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem who gave an interesting talk on diabetic foot, trained in Orthopedic Surgery in Haifa at the Rambam Medical Center, at the University of Louisville University in Louisville KY and at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate.
Dr. Melamed established the Foot and Ankle Service at the Rambam Health Care Campus, as well as the Foot Pain Multidisciplinary Clinic.
Professor Josephat Mulimba, a renowned orthopaedic surgeon has retired from the University of Nairobi (UoN) after 45 years of service.
He joined the Department of Orthopaedic surgery on 30th January 1976 as a tutorial fellow and rose to the ranks of becoming a professor.
Prof. Mulimba was hosted to a farewell dinner by his colleagues and the 2021 graduating class students on 27th August, 2021.
The Department of Surgery hosted Marius Gûntert, a medical student from University of Basel in Switzerland for a month during his rotation in the thematic unit of Neurosurgery.
Gûntert said he had a nice learning experience during his stay in the department that will go a long way in advancing his medical career.
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UoN Dept of Surgery Lecturer Dr Adan Abdullahi is passionate about prevention of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and reconstruction of deformities resulting from it. He was recently interviewed by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) about his work.
Dr. Michael Magoha, a neurosurgeon and lecturer at the University of Nairobi Department of Surgery has authored a book that illustrates effective study techniques for learners.
The book titled: Study like a surgeon is an illustrated pocketbook of proved, effective study techniques presented in a colourful relaxed format.
