Michael Mwachiro, MD

Location: 

Nairobi, Kenya

Title: 

Consultant General Surgeon and Interventional Endoscopist, Avenue HealthCare

Foundation Role: 

Board member

Dr Michael Mwachiro is a Consultant General Surgeon and Interventional Endoscopist based at Avenue HealthCare in Nairobi, Kenya. He is also the Vice President of the Surgical Society of Kenya and Chair of the Education and Research committee for the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA). Dr Mwachiro is also a Co-Chair of the African Organization for Research and Training (AORTIC) Education and Training committee. He is a founder member of the African Esophageal Cancer Consortium (AfrECC) and The AFrECC Foundation. He is an alumnus of the African Cancer Leaders Institute (ACLI) and the FOGARTY UCSF Global Fellowship program. He is actively involved in mentoring upcoming researchers through the African Cancer STARs Program - The Strategic Training Achievements for Research Success as well as the UCSF CHESA - The Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia Fellowship program. His research interests are focused on surgical education and Gastrointestinal malignancies with an emphasis on esophageal cancer. He carried out the first screening study for esophageal cancer in Africa using Lugol’s Chromoendoscopy in collaboration with the US National Cancer Institute and Tenwek Hospital in Bomet, Kenya. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and an Associate Member of the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators as well as a COSECSA master trainer. He is engaged in endoscopy training in both basic and advanced techniques in the region. Dr Mwachiro has published widely on esophageal cancer palliation, early detection and treatment and is also an author of a book – Reflections on Mentorship. He is the Deputy editor of the East and Central African Journal of Surgery, Assistant editor for the Annals of African Surgery, International editorial board member for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Editorial board member for SURGERY Journal and Associate Editor Diseases of the Esophagus.