Dr Zipporah Gathuya set to join Smile Train global advisory board

Dr Zipporah Gathuya has worked in the private and public sector for 15 years (Photo: Twitter @wagathuya)

Paediatric anaethesiologist Dr Zipporah Gathuya has been appointed to the Smile Train Global Medical Advisory Board. Smile Train is a non-governmental organisation which provides corrective surgery to children with cleft lips around the world. It also works together with local medical personnel and facilities to enable them to carry out cleft surgeries. As an international organisation, it’s global advisory board helps ensure that the cleft treatment programmes provided by Smile Train meet the same safety and quality standards worldwide.

This has become increasingly important in the post-Covid era where the medical landscape is changing rapidly.  Dr Gathuya joins the global board after serving on Smile Train’s African Medical Advisory Council. She has worked in the private and public sector for 15 years. She is a Senior Volunteer with St. John Ambulance, Kenya where she is involved in the training of communities in First Aid. She was also instrumental in initiating the Paediatric Anaesthesia Fellowship program at the University of Nairobi, the first of its kind in East and Central Africa.