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PRIME Profile - Kizito Shisanya Asava

Kizito Shisanya Asava

MBChB, MMed Surgery

Kizito is a Consultant General Surgeon working at Naivasha District Hospital in Kenya. 

He is Senior Assistant Director of Medical Services. He is the Chairman of the Executive Board for Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) Kenya. He has been Director of Training CMF Kenya and been in various other honorary positions. He is an examiner for the Kenya Medical Practitioners & Dentists Board and Kenya Medical Training College. He is a council member of Surgical Society of Kenya coordinating welfare, member of Trauma Committee for SSK and ATLS-Kenya and was previously a member of GMHC Africa Executive Committee and the Advisory Committee. Kizito is also a member of Eastern Africa ICMDA Regional Council. He is an associate member of Oxford Global Surgery. 

Kizito is passionate about quality health care, mentoring, raising the next generation, strategic leadership and organizational development. He has been involved with HESABIKA, KCPF and FOCUS Kenya. 

Kizito is currently a member of the International Strategy Group for PRIME International. He has taught for PRIME in Ethiopia, Norway, Kenya, South Africa and represented PRIME at several international conference. His teaching focuses on whole person care approaches in patient management.