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Dr GEORGE W. O. MUGENYA

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Designation
SENIOR LECTURER
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Job Category
Teaching
Phone Number
0733884906
Alternative Phone No.
0707182974
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Health Sciences
Directorate / Dept
DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY
Section
NAKURU TOWN CAMPUS
Address
P. O. BOX 4093 NAKURU
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
  • 1995: Master of Medicine in General Surgery (M.Med. [Surg]) — University of Nairobi.
  • 1986: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) — University of Nairobi.
  • 1979: East Africa Advanced Certificate of Education (EAACE)—Shimo-La-Tewa School, Mombasa.
  • 1977: East Africa Certificate of Education (EACE)—Aquinas High School, Nairobi.
  • 1973: Certificate of Primary Education (CPE)—SSD Primary School, Nairobi.

      SOME SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SHORT COURSES ATTENDED

  • June 2016  ROCHE Breast Surgical Preceptorship Program => Nairobi Surgical Skills Centre (NSSC) / KNH—Nairobi, Kenya
  • October 2015: The Hernia Mesh Repair Course => Nairobi Surgical Skills Centre (NSSC) / 1Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)—Nairobi.
  • May 2014: Endoscopy and Colonoscopy Intermediate Level Hands on Training Workshop => MP Shah Hospital, Nairobi.
  • January 2013: Multidisciplinary Approach to Cancer Management. => Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH)/ American Society of Clinical Oncologist (ASCO) / Asian Institute of Oncology (AIO)—Eldoret, Kenya
  • February 2012: Multidisciplinary Approach to Cancer Management => Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH)/ American Society of Clinical Oncologist (ASCO) / Asian Institute of Oncology (AIO)—Eldoret, Kenya
  • October 2008: Hospital Administration and Health Services Management. => National Institute of Public Health and Hygiene—Tokyo, Japan
  • December 2003: First Orthopaedic Education Program. => South African Orthopaedic Association & American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons — Kampala, Uganda
  • January 2003: Training for First Responders to Weapons of Mass Destructions (WMD). => Anti-terrorism Assistance Training [USA]—Nairobi, Kenya
  • November 2002: International Course on Developing and Organizing a Trauma System. => Rambam Medical Centre —Haifa, Israel
  • May 2000: Primary Trauma Care Management => World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists—Nairobi, Kenya
  • August 1999: Advanced Life Support. => KNH / Resuscitation Council of Kenya / MASHAV (Israel Agency)—Nairobi, Kenya.
  • August 1999: Basic Life Support => KNH / Resuscitation Council of Kenya / MASHAV (Israel agency)—Nairobi, Kenya.
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

• General Surgery

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• 2002: Fellow of the College of Surgeons of East, Central & Southern Africa [FCS (ECSA)]: - The College of Surgeons of East, Central & Southern Africa (COSECSA)
• 1999: Specialist in General Surgery: - Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC)
• 1987: Medical Practitioner: - Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC)

WORK EXPERIENCE

• September 2022 to date: Post retirement contract as a Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences – Egerton University.
• 2018 to 2023: External examiner in Surgery at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) School of Medicine.
• July 2011 to September 2022: Full-time Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Egerton University and Consultant General Surgeon, Nakuru Level 5 County Referral and Teaching Hospital
• 2010 to June 2011: Part-time Lecturer, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Egerton University and Consultant General Surgeon, Nakuru Level 5 County Referral and Teaching Hospital.
• February 2007 to December 2009: Medical Superintendent and Consultant General Surgeon, Nakuru Level 5 County Referral and Teaching Hospital.
• 2005 to 2007: Consultant General Surgeon, Kisii Level-5 County Referral Hospital (formerly Kisii District Hospital).
• 1996 to 2005: Consultant General Surgeon, Nakuru Level 5 County Referral and Teaching Hospital (formerly Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital—Nakuru).
• 1995 to 1996: General Surgeon, Gaichanjiru Mission Hospital, Murang’a, Kenya.
• 1989 to 1995: Registrar, Department of Surgery; Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
• 1988 to 1989: Medical Officer In-Charge, Nandi-Hills Sub-County Hospital, (formerly Nandi-Hills Sub-District Hospital), Nandi County.
• 1987 to 1988: Medical Officer, Nandi County Hospital, Kapsabet, and Nandi-Hills Sub-County Hospital, Nandi County (formerly Kapsabet District and Nandi-Hills Sub-District Hospitals).
• 1986 to 1987: Medical Officer-Intern, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, (formerly New Nyanza Provincial General Hospital), Kisumu.

KEY PROJECTS

Tittle: INTUSSUSCEPTION IN KENYA: INCIDENCE, PATHOLOGY AND PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS.
• Setting: Multicentric
• Co-participants:
Dr. Stanley Mugambi Machoki (AKUH-Nairobi), Dr. Mugenya (PGH-Nakuru), Dr. Saula (MTRH-Eldoret), Dr. Maganga (PGH-Mombasa), Dr. Ong’ong’a (PGH-Kisumu), Dr. Osawa (KNH-Nairobi),
• Funding: CDC & WHO /AFRO
• Project duration:
o Retrospective arm July to December. 2013.
o Prospective arm July 2014 to June 2016

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Surgical Oncology and Palliative Care
• Trauma Care and Management
• Paediatric Surgery

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1. K Nyamai, GWO Mugenya, PW Kituyi
Jungle Juice: Knowledge and Usage Among Kenyan Surgical Teams.
Annals of African Surgery Vol. 12 No. 2 (2015): 65 - 69.
2. Kituu N, Mugenya G.W.O., Werunga K. P
CNS Lignocaine Toxicity In An Infant Following VP Shunt And Spina Bifida Repair: A Case Report.
East African Medical Journal Vol. 89 No. 3 March 2012
3. van Kooij E, Schrever I, Kizito W, Hennaux M, Mugenya G, Otieno E, Trelles M, Ford NP, Chu KM.
Responding to major burns disasters in resource-limited setting: Lessons learned from an oil tanker explosion in Nakuru-Kenya
Journal of Trauma, Sep 2011; 71(3):573-6

CONFERENCES & INVITED PRESENTATIONS

1. Paediatric Splenic Flexure Volvulus: Case Report => 17th COSECSA Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference: December 2016, Mombasa, Kenya.
2. Can’t Die, Won’t Die: Is palliative Surgery Justified? => 14th Surgical Society of Kenya Scientific Conference: March 2014, Watamu, Kenya.
3. Responding to major burns disasters in resource-limited setting: Lessons learned from an oil tanker explosion in Nakuru-Kenya => 39th Kenya Medical Association Scientific Conference: April 2011, Nakuru, Kenya.

HONORS, PRIZE AND AWARDS

Egerton University Best Achiever 2013 / 2014 => Surgery Department, Faculty of Health Sciences.

TEACHING AREAS

1. Undergraduate General Surgery => Egerton University

2. Postgraduate General Surgery => College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA).

OTHER SOCIETIES

MEMBERSHIP AND AFFILIATION TO PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
1. The College of Surgeons of East, Central & Southern Africa (COSECSA)
2. Surgical Society of Kenya (SSK)
3. Kenya Medical Association (KMA)

COMMUNITY SERVICE
2017—2024: Member of the Board of Management of Our Lady of Mercy Mission Hospital, Nakuru, (Catholic Diocese of Nakuru).

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