HIGHEST DEGREE AND CONFERRING INSTITUTION:
M.Med. ENT Surgery, University of Nairobi

PRESENT POSITIONS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES
Consultant Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) Surgeon.
· Attending to and treating medically and surgically routine and emergency ear, nose and throat related conditions at
major hospitals and in private practice in Nairobi. Special interest in Ear surgery.  Head of ENT Section, Appointed Consultant and Faculty Member with The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
· Regular outpatient clinics, operations and in-patient care for
hospital patients.
· Teaching/Supervision of Post Graduate Students
· Member of the Minimal Access surgery committee
· Was Chairman of the 2004 International Scientific Conference Committee. Lecturer, Department of Medical Physiology, University of Nairobi.
· Teaching ENT-related Medical Physiology including Special senses, Respiratory, Cardiovascular physiology and
Physiological Control systems.
· Lecturing to and examining Post-graduates in MMed. ENTSurgery, MMed. Surgery, MMed. Maxillofacial Surgery, MMed. Anaesthesia and MMed. Psychiatry.
· Supervision of Post Graduate Students in MSc. Physiology
· Lecturing to and examining undergraduates in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Nursing.
· Supervision of Practicals and tutorials.
· From 1998 to 2002 was the Department Examination officer.
· Involved in Clinical research in Tympanoplasty, Otosclerosis, Brainstem evoked response audiometry and auditory verbal training. Admitting ENT Consultant with:
· Nairobi Hospital, Nairobi.
· M.P. Shah Hospital, Nairobi.
· Gertrude’s Children Hospital, Nairobi. Local Representative of Kenyan Chapter of Paul Chester Children’s Hope Foundation (PCCHF), a International Medical Service Organisation Honorary ENT Consultant
· Crescent Medical Aid (Kenya), a charitable organization.
· GIANTS Hearing Centre, Nairobi Hospital, a WHO/H.I. recognized Hearing Centre. Other:
· Lecturing for various urban and rural continuous medical education foraa.
· Organising and carrying out Rural Otological and other Surgical missions throughout Kenya
· In process of starting a Centre for Cochlear Implants in Kenya. RESEARCH INTERESTS:
· Otosclerosis- pathophysiology, treatment
· Auditory testing: Evoked response audiometry, other objective auditory testing
· Chronic supparative otitis media: pathophysiology and treatment
· Cochlear Implantation
· Rational Antibiotic Usage PUBLICATIONS:
• Editorial on ‘Otosclerosis' in East African Medical Journal May 2005 ABSTRACTS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
· MMed thesis on paragangliomata of jugulotympanic area at Kenyatta National Hospital. (1992).
· Review of Diagnosis of Hearing loss. (1993)
· Otitis externa – a review paper. (1994)
· Review of recent Publications on Functional endoscopic sinus surgery. (1998)
· Review of Physiology of the Nose and Para-nasal sinuses. (1999)
· Review of Acute ENT infections. (1999)
· Review of Acute Otitis Media. (1999)
· Review of Foreign bodies in ENT. (2000)
· Review of Diagnosis of a cervical mass. (2000)
· Surgical management of Otosclerosis (2001)
· Review of Foreign Bodies in Paediatric ENT (2002)
· Surgical technique in tympanoplasty (2003)
· Office Pharyngo-laryngoscopy- How I do it. (2004)
· Prospects of Cochlear Implantation in Kenya. (2005)
· Pathophysiology of Allergic rhinitis- (2006)
· ‘Management of acute upper respiratory infections in children, (2007)
· Office Laryngoscopy- (2007)
· Antibiotics in ENT- (2007)
· Hot tonsillectomy- (2008)
· Rural otology in Kenya- (2008)
· Meniere’s disease- review( 2008)
· Rational Antibiotic usage (2008)
· Cochlear Implantation in Children (2009)
· Respiratory Infections in Kenya (2010)
· Appropriate Antibiotic Usage (2010)
· Tympanoplasty in HIV +ve patients (2011)
· Cochlear Implantation Update (2011)
· Appropriate Antibiotic Usage update (2011)
· Update on Management of Upper Respiratory Infections (2011) Membership to scientific/academic/professional societies
· Kenya Ear, Nose and Throat Society (Past Chairman 2002-2004,  Past member of various sub-committees)
· Kenya Physiological Society
· Kenya Medical Association
· Kenya Society of Deaf Children
· Kenya Antibiotic Consensus- Founding member
· Cochlear Implant Group of Kenya- Founding Member
· Kenya Allergy Society