Local Faculty

Wendy is a missionary surgeon, a passionate educator and coordinator of the Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons’ (PAACS) Surgical Residency Program in Arusha, before moving on to Nkinga to do the same there. She now organizes the EDE introductory POCUS courses for the 40 incoming surgical residents at the annual PAACS conference in Limuru.

Following his residency in Arusha, Limbe returned to his native Malawi where he is a Consultant General Surgeon at Nkhoma. He continues to team teach with us at the PAACS conference in Nairobi introducing the new residents to POCUS.

Lemanuel was one of the early participants in the Arusha training program when he was a surgical resident at Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre (ALMC). Now as a consultant in general surgery he continues to use and teach POCUS at the bedside.

Erick was born in Arusha where he now works as a Consultant General Surgeon. He earned his IP certification during his residency, when it was integrated into the program there and has continued to pay-it-forward in instruction with the team.

Elirehema became certified as an independent practitioner in 2019 and then apprenticed as an instructor. He is a Consultant Surgeon at Selian Hospital in Arusha where he teaches at the bedside and also joins the team in Nairobi for the PAACS conference introductory courses.

Benson is a consultant General Surgeon at ALMC hospital in Arusha

Collins certified as IP and apprenticed as instructor in 2019. He was able to use his pocus skills while working as a flight doctor with the Flying Medical Service in Arusha and then with the Italian NGO CUAMM. He came to Nairobi as part of the team to instruct at the first Bootcamp there.

Maneno used ultrasound for vascular access, learned from visiting faculty, long before he became entranced by all the other applications and became a valuable team addition. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Mbarara University, Uganda.

Peter worked in ALMC Hospital in Arusha before going to Dar es Salaam for his Emergency Medicine Residency. By the time he returned to Arusha CPoCUS training had arrived and he quickly joined the team. He spread the word to his colleagues at Muhimbili University which sparked the expansion to that site.

Anne is a Critical Care Physician and Head of Medical ICU at Kenyatta National Hospital A founder member of the Nairobi POCUS interest group, she works tirelessly to ensure smooth running of our courses and can find a half a dozen beds on an hours notice.

Jaci is a Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist at Kenyatta National Hospital. Her interest sparked when she was exposed to our introductory EDE course at AMREF Flying Doctors, so she certified as AC CORE IP in Arusha, and then became our local champion in Nairobi where she spearheaded the development of our site there.

Sheila is a RN and began as a coordinator for us in 2019. Not only is she an expert at wrangling models but she went on to train as an instructor for basic applications and is also certified as Resuscitation IP. She has shared her skills working with GUSI projects in Kenya.

Grace is an Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine in the Global Health Division of Brown University, USA. She works clinically at Kenyatta National Hospital and Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi and her interests are the development of Emergency Medicine in Kenya and use of POCUS in RLS.

Andrew is a consultant physician in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care at Kenyatta National Hospital. He has been with the team since 2019 and brings a valuable contextual perspective on the value of lung POCUS in resource limited settings.

Ismael Ahmed is a Consultant Pediatrician at The Nairobi Hospital. He is an original member of the Nairobi POCUS interest group and a real ultrasound junkie and even trained in 3OB so he can look at babies before birth.

Ikol is a consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist at Kenyatta National Hospital. Following certification in basic AC Core applications in 2019 he traveled to Arusha, Tanzania to train in our first Third Trimester (3OB) course so that we could bring that course also to Nairobi.

Philemon is an Emergency Physician in Nairobi. He is an instructor for AC Core and AC Core Plus courses and instructs at the Nairobi and Limuru courses.

Diana certified in AC Core at our COVID compliant course in 2021 and became an instructor. She then certified in the ACCORE Plus modules and began instructing the expanded course in 2023.

Malcolm is a Internist who specializes in Nephrology who been on the team since 2019 and has advanced through our training program.

Charles became interested in POCUS while in his OB/GYN residency and traveled to Dar es Salaam to attend our course there. He was then able to coordinate the first 3OB course in Nairobi and to apprentice as an instructor there. He is especially appreciated for following up with the positive findings we inevitably discover in our third trimester models.

Kay came to the Nairobi 2019 course to become an AC Core IP and Instructor, returning to Dar es Salaam as one of our Local Champions to develop a program at Aga Khan Hospital there. She coordinated courses from 2022 to 2024.

Irene is an Emergency Physician at Muhimbili National University Hospital. She trained with us in Arusha before returning home as one of our Local Champions to develop the site program.

Umi certified as an IP in Arusha and taught with us there. She credits the program with influencing her career choice of radiology. Now based in Dar es Salaam she is a master instructor and brings valuable insights from her radiology experience.

Janet certified as AC Core IP in Nairobi and was perfectly placed to help in Dar es Salaam when she became an EM resident. She found her credentials helpful when participating in POCUS research projects. Now back in Nairobi as an emergency physician, she will rejoin the team there.

Elly is a Consultant Emergency Physician at Age Khan Hospital in Dar es Salaam and hasn’t missed an opportunity to teach since becoming certified. She continues to develop her teaching skills as Master Instructor.

Muz is the Program Director for Ob/GYN Residency at AKU Dar and our Local Champion for 3OB POCUS. She would like to develop capacity to teach in outlying areas and is using our Butterfly iQ system on loan to the department to mentor residents in longitudinal training.

Moiz is a a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Head of Department, Shifa Pan African Hospital Dar.

Masuma is an emergency medicine physician at Muhimbili National Hospital and a coordinator for our Dar site.

Hanifa is a Consultant in Internal Medicine and Assistant Program Coordinator at Aga Khan University Hospital, Dar es Salaam and a member of the team since 2022

Catherine is a Specialist with the Muhimbili University Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) Department of Emergency Medicine and coordinator for our Dar site.

Shweta is a Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Aga Khan Hospital and instructs in the basic applications course as well as joining our expanding 3OB faculty.

Nicki works at Saifee Hospital and joined the team in 2022 and has instructed for each of our courses.

Vicky spent her internship in Arusha where she certified as AC Core IP before she moved to Dar es Salaam to start an OB/GYN residency. Now an instructor in both AC Core Plus applications and 3OB, she has taught in all three of our sites.

Farida first took an introductory EDE course in Arusha, certified as AC Core IP in Dar es Salaam while training in Emergency Medicine and although again based in Arusha, takes part in all our training camps in Dar es Salaam.

Daudi is a resident in OB/GYN at Aga Khan Hospital. He trained as AC Core IP and Instructor but his main focus now is as member of the new 3OB course faculty.

Gregory is a resident in the OB/GYN department of Age Khan Hospital and a core member of the Instructing team for 3OB

AC Core Plus Instructor

Samuel was displaced by war to Cuba where he went to medical school before moving to Canada for additional training and then returning to his home in South Sudan. Following his IP training in Dar es Salaam, he returned to Bor as an instructor and Local Champion with a Butterfly iQ system. Our plan was to follow up with training in Bor. This has been deferred due to war in neighbouring Sudan but remains a goal.