Prof. Paul Nyongesa
Associate Professor of Maternal Health & Consultant Obstetrician-Gynaecologist
Paul J. O. Nyongesa is Associate Professor of Maternal Health in the Department of Reproductive Health at Moi University School of Medicine, and a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with clinical duties in the Directorate of Reproductive Health at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. He qualified as a medical doctor (MBChB, University of Nairobi, 1983) and as an obstetrician-gynaecologist (MMed ObGyn, University of Nairobi, 1991), earned a Certificate in Maternal Health from Uppsala University, Sweden (1997), and holds a PhD in Anthropology from Moi University's School of Arts and Social Sciences (2022). He joined Moi University in 1992 after serving as a Senior Medical Officer with Kenya's Ministry of Health, was Senior Lecturer until September 2023, and was appointed Associate Professor in October 2023. He is the department's Undergraduate and Postgraduate Coordinator and leads curriculum development in Reproductive Health, having helped establish the Master of Medicine in Reproductive Health and the clinical fellowships in Gynaecologic Oncology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine run jointly with the University of Toronto. He has published over 45 peer-reviewed articles and supervised 30 postgraduate students to graduation, with three more nearing completion.
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