Overview
The majority of my effort is devoted to clinical care of patients with advanced lung disease and teaching.
I spend four months a year in Eldoret Kenya working at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital as part of The Duke Hubert Yeargan Institute for Global Health and AMPATH- a consortium of North American Medical Schools collaborating with Moi University School of Medicine and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. I work primarily in the intensive care unit and medicine wards. I am involved in broad range of research efforts in critical care and pulmonary medicine in resource limited countries.
I spend four months a year in Eldoret Kenya working at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital as part of The Duke Hubert Yeargan Institute for Global Health and AMPATH- a consortium of North American Medical Schools collaborating with Moi University School of Medicine and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. I work primarily in the intensive care unit and medicine wards. I am involved in broad range of research efforts in critical care and pulmonary medicine in resource limited countries.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Medicine
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2021 - Present
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine,
Medicine
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute
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2016 - Present
Duke Global Health Institute,
University Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Tuberculosis Is Associated with Chronic Hypoxemia among Kenyan Adults (CHAKA): A Case-Control Study.
Journal Article Ann Am Thorac Soc · August 2024 Rationale: Data on risk factors for chronic hypoxemia in low- and middle-income countries are lacking. Objectives: We aimed to quantify the association between potential risk factors and chronic hypoxemia among adults hospitalized in Kenya. Methods: A hosp ... Full text Link to item CiteImpact of patient-centered communication on patient satisfaction scores in patients with chronic life-limiting illnesses: an experience from Kenya
Journal Article Frontiers in Medicine · January 1, 2024 Background: Patient satisfaction remains a key area of interest worldwide; utilizing a patient-centered communication approach, particularly with patients with chronic life-limiting illnesses may be one way to achieve this. However, there is a dearth of em ... Full text CitePrevalence and phenotypic trajectories of hypoxaemia among hospitalised adults in Kenya: a single-centre, prospective cohort study.
Journal Article BMJ Open · September 18, 2023 OBJECTIVE: Global medical oxygen security is limited by knowledge gaps in hypoxaemia burden and oxygen access in low-income and middle-income countries. We examined the prevalence and phenotypic trajectories of hypoxaemia among hospitalised adults in Kenya ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteRecent Grants
RAPID: Healthcare Workforce Resilience in the Time of Covid-19
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2020 - 2022Assessment of Obstructive Airway Disease in Western Kenya
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Vanderbilt University · 2016 - 2018View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ·
1985
M.D.