Public Health Experience:
June 2013 – Current: Medical Officer In-Charge.
Institution: Nairobi Women’s Hospital, Kitengela Branch
Supervisor: Dr. Njue Gabriel, MD MPH, Chief of Medical Services
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
Assumed responsibility for oversight of all clinical operations of the Hospital Branch.
Coordinate clinical and laboratory services
Attend to all clients/patients, make appropriate diagnosis and plan therapy or referrals.
Develop monthly duty rota for all doctors in the clinic (10 doctors)
Develop monthly payrolls for all the doctors in the Clinic (10 doctors).
Attend weekly hospital progress meetings.
Attend wound rounds to review in-patients.
Help in planning additional instrument.
Help advice on methods of infection control and monitor closely.
Any other duties as assigned by the Chief of Medical Services and the Branch Manager.
2010- May 2013: Director, Laboratory Services
Institution: Africa Infectious Disease Village Clinics (AIDVC).
Supervisor : Ken Bahk, Ann Lurie Investments, Chicago Illinois.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
Assumed responsibility for oversight of all clinical laboratory activities
Coordinated laboratory logistics
Interpreted and reported laboratory results
Oversaw continuing medical education to the team and compile monitoring activity reports
Continued participating in routine diagnostic testing in Microbiology, Molecular biology,
serology, chemistry and haematology assisting the testing personnel
Participated in writing and reviewing standard operating procedures and actively participate in
laboratory investigations and trouble shooting
Attended meetings, advise clinicians and help in developing treatment protocols/guidelines.
Attended to HIV/AIDS patients and their family members in the Mbirikani Clinic and Hospital.
Also involved in epidemiologic basic sciences research
Budget and usage planning for clinical diagnostics for patient care
2010 – current: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) Document
Development Contributor on Point-of-Care Testing for Infectious Diseases (Voluntary
Service to help develop CLSI guidelines on Point-of-Care testing for Infectious Diseases).
Institution: CLSI
Supervisor: CLSI Director of Standards
2008 – 2010 Post-Doctoral Fellow in Medical Microbiology
Institution: University of Utah, Department of pathology
Supervisor: Dr. Mark Fisher, Director of Infectious laboratory, ARUP
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
Developed diagnostic laboratory proficiencies (clinical rotations): bacteriology, virology,
mycology, mycobacteriology, parasitology, molecular infectious diseases
Taught medical and laboratory technology students at the University of Utah (Pathology 6040
and 4510 respectively)
Assumed accountability of laboratory/clinical issues 2 weeks each month with Consultation pager
Presented relevant current cases to technologists twice a week
Attended Infectious Disease (ID) conference once a week
Attended ID grand rounds once a week
Developed Diagnostics and Research: a) Analyzed susceptibility patterns of common causes of
bacteremia in Uganda, completed and presented at the ASM general meeting 2009; b)
Acinetobacter outbreak investigation in the University Hospital (Utah) c) cloning project with
Dr. Fisher; to make sucrose sensitive plasmid constructs, ligate to E. coli and mate with Yersinia
pestis to make library of sucrose sensitive Y. pestis
Attended management meetings and contributed to the QC/QA, review of ARUP consult and
SOPs
Attended daily plate rounds with the attending and contributed to answering questions from the
technologists on the bench
Participated actively in CAP and New York proficiency testing and result reporting
Participated actively in confirming and signing out positive malaria slides
Coordinated CME for Eldoret, Kenya teleconference
Participated as a visiting laboratory expert to Eldoret Kenya
Acted as a laboratory consultant with the malaria research team of Tanzania, PI: Dr. Don Granger
Taught laboratory lessons to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret- Kenya
Attended hospital infection control committee meeting Thursday of each week
2003 – 2008 Laboratory Director
Institution: Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)/Uganda Virus Research Institute.
Supervisor: Dr. Steve Reynolds, Country Director/Scientific Officer NIH, Uganda
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
Assumed responsibility for oversight of all clinical and research laboratory activities
Coordinated laboratory logistics
Interpreted and reported laboratory results
Managed 25 staff and initiated yearly employee performance evaluations
Oversaw continuing medical education to the team and compiled monitoring activity reports
Continued participating in routine diagnostic testing in Molecular biology, serology, chemistry
and haematology assisting the testing personnel
Participated in writing and reviewing standard operating procedures and actively participated in
laboratory investigations and trouble shooting
Attended meetings, advised investigators and helped in developing study protocols.
Attended to HIV/AIDS patients and their family members in the Rakai Health Sciences Program
infectious disease clinic
Also involved in epidemiologic basic sciences research
Managed 11 other non-laboratory (clinical officers and nurses) under seconded to the program by
the Ministry of Health
Attended Ministry monthly meetings on HIV testing and laboratory safety and developed a
protocol for Rapid HIV testing
Served as the secretary to the Laboratory Management Committee of Uganda Virus Research
Institute
Initiated internal (in-country) and external (CAP, VQA, IQAP) QC/QA of laboratory diagnostics
Budgeted and usage planning for clinical diagnostics both for research and patient care
2002 – 2003 Intern Doctor –Obstetrics/Gynaecology and Paediatrics
Institution: Masaka Regional Referral Hospital
Supervisor: Dr. Dan Murokora, OBGYN Specialist and Dr. Kenya-Mugisha, Pediatrician
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
Teamed with consultants and senior registrars to manage various obstetric and gynaecological
conditions
Arranged surgical appointments and prepared patients for operations/surgery
Managed emergency and elective caesarean sections and other obstetric /gynaecological
emergencies to include ruptured ectopic pregnancies, ruptured uteri and post-operative
management of all surgical patients. As the surgeon in charge, I did over 100 caesarean sections
in a period of 6 months and, many minor surgeries like tubal ligation, genital warts surgical
removal etc. Assisted in many vaginal deliveries of twin and singleton pregnancies
Managed paediatric and Obstetrics/Gynaecology out patients’ clinics and design appropriate
management plans for the patients.
Managed both outpatients and inpatients, > 40 patients per day
Prepared daily reports to present to the consultants/attending physician
Taught nursing students on clinical rotation in the wards
1997 – 2002 Full-time medical student
Institution: Makerere University Medical School
Supervisor: Prof. Nelson Ssewankambo, Dean Medical School.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
Actively participated in tutorials, Ward rounds, surgical rooms and community outreach.
Helped the intern doctors in management of patients, setting up intravenous lines, collection of
samples and counselling patients
Training and participation in administration of anaesthesia and life support skills.
Accomplished assignments to follow up 20 patients in each ward (paediatric, medical, surgical,
obstetric/gynaecology wards) from admission to discharge and actively participated in the
management of these patients
Assisting surgeons in the operation rooms with preparation patients and surgical instruments
Pre-operative management of patients, collected samples and participated in laboratory testing.
Participated in blood grouping and cross-matching for trauma patients
Continued helping the Rakai with reading and scoring of the Bacterial Vaginosis slides
Participated in community health practice for 2 months and helped in treatment of patients in the
community
Clerked and presented all admitted patients to the senior house officers and consultants on
admission
1994 – 1997 Laboratory Supervisor
Institution: Rakai Project (Rakai Health Sciences Program)
Supervisor: Dr. Noah Kiwanuka, Director of Field Activities now Executive Director of
IAVI Uganda.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
Coordinated lab logistics
Interpreted and reported lab results
Managed 16 staff and responsible for yearly employee evaluations
Oversaw continuing medical education to the team
Actively participation in sample processing and testing
Drew monthly work plan for the team and planning laboratory audit on QC/QA
Participated in collection of specimen from for the rural community
Participated in qualitative data collection
Served in the civil service as senior laboratory technologist