Executive Committee

The executive committee leads the association between annual general meetings. Its members are practising pathologists who give their time to setting professional standards, running our education programme and speaking for laboratory medicine nationally.

Current executive committee

Dr. Cyrus Matheka

Dr. Cyrus Matheka

Chairperson

Clinical pathologist at Aga Khan University. Clinical microbiologist and antimicrobial resistance champion, and a haematopathology trainee.

Dr. Waithera Njenga

Dr. Waithera Njenga

Vice Chairperson

Consultant pathologist. Co-founder and chief executive of Adpath Laboratories.

Dr. Nyachira Gicheru

Dr. Nyachira Gicheru

Secretary

Clinical pathologist. M.Med (Aga Khan), MBChB (Nairobi). Interested in precision medicine and patient outcomes.

Dr. Lilian Kerubo

Dr. Lilian Kerubo

Vice Secretary

Consultant pathologist. Founder and director of MELK Pathology Labs. M.Med Human Pathology (Nairobi), MBChB (Nairobi).

Dr. Isabella Mengich

Dr. Isabella Mengich

Treasurer

Consultant clinical pathologist. M.Med (Aga Khan), MBChB (Nairobi). Laboratory diagnostics expert championing precision healthcare.

Dr. Teresa Lotodo

Dr. Teresa Lotodo

Council Member

General pathologist and haematology specialist. Head of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, lecturer in pathology, PhD candidate at Moi University.

Dr. Patrick Mugaine

Dr. Patrick Mugaine

Council Member

Consultant clinical pathologist. M.Med Clinical Pathology (Aga Khan), MBChB (Nairobi).

Dr. Abubakar Abdillah

Dr. Abubakar Abdillah

Council Member

Clinical pathologist at Aga Khan University Hospital. Haematology and apheresis specialist who pioneered red blood cell exchange services in Mombasa.

Former executive members

Those who served before, and whose work shaped the association as it stands today.

Dr. Noelle Orata

Dr. Noelle Orata

Immediate Former Chairperson

Trustee and consultant pathologist. Health systems specialist working in laboratory systems strengthening.

Dr. Serah Kaggia

Dr. Serah Kaggia

Immediate Former Vice Chairperson

Trustee and consultant pathologist. Health systems specialist working in laboratory systems strengthening.

Dr. Nancy Okinda

Dr. Nancy Okinda

Former Treasurer

Senior consultant in haematology and blood transfusion at Aga Khan University. Former pathology programme director.

Dr. Jonathan Wawire

Dr. Jonathan Wawire

Former Secretary

Consultant pathologist at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi.

Dr. Beatrice Kabera

Dr. Beatrice Kabera

Former Council Member

Consultant clinical pathologist at Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital. M.Med Pathology (Aga Khan), MBChB (Moi).

Dr. Lilian Bosire

Former Council Member

Consultant pathologist. M.Med Human Pathology (Nairobi), MBChB (Nairobi).

Prof. Emily Rogena

Prof. Emily Rogena

Former Council Member

Professor and Head of Anatomic Pathology at JKUAT. Director of Diagnostic and Medico Legal Laboratories, and a forensic pathology specialist.

Dr. Simon Onsongo

Dr. Simon Onsongo

Former Council Member

Head of Pathology and acting medical director at Aga Khan Hospital Kisumu. Molecular diagnostics specialist.