Gloria Shani Kabare

Dr. Shani is an adept medical doctor with a strong focus on global health, research and surgery. She is versatile, hardworking and committed to quality patient care. Solution-oriented and dedicated transformative leader in healthcare.

2021-Present

International Students Surgical Network (InciSioN) International Team & Executive Board

• Alumni Affairs Director (2023-present)
• Advocacy Director (2021-2022)

9th-13thMay, 2022

Facilitator: Rwanda Society of  Obstetricians and Gynecologists(RSOG)/International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) VCAT Training in Kigali, Rwanda

2019- May, 2020

Secretary-External Affairs, Medical Students Association of Kenya

November 2019

Volunteer at the Climate Launchpad (CLP) Global Grand Finals in Amsterdam, Netherlands

January - May 2019

Organizing Committee for IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students Association) Subregional Training (SRT)

October 2018 – 9th Feb 2019: Extended Finance Committee, Kenya Healthcare Students’ Summit

April, 2018: Public Health Leadership Training, Standing Committee For Public Health, IFMSA

2017: Finalist, Climate Launch Pad, Kenya

2015: Selected To Represent Kenya at the World Economic Forum

2012: Delegate, World Youth Alliance, New York

Scientific Presentations

• International

1. Metabolic Syndrome among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa- Paris, France 2023 (FIGO 2023)

2. The Impact of Colonialism on Surgical Training Structures in Africa- Washington DC, 2023 (Equity Institute Initiative, University of Washington)

• Local

1. Perception and challenges of health science students toward e-learning in a Sub-Saharan African country- Surgical Society of Kenya Conference 2022. (Awarded best overall oral presentation)

2. Perceptions and challenges of health science students towards online learning- a multi-institutional study in a Sub- Saharan African country- OHEA 2021

3. Variability in morphology and branching of the internal iliac artery: Implications for pelvic surgery-KOGS 2021

4. Omega 3 deficiency due to maternal high fat diet (western diet) and its effects on fetal neurodevelopment- KOGS 2021

Publications

1. Thango N, Klein AL, Cheserem B, Mahmud MR, Bekele A, Ohonba E, Kabare GS, Umar SA, Iradukunda J, Rosseau GL. The Impact of Colonialism on Surgical Training Structures In Africa Part 1: Contextualizing the Past, Present And Future. World Neurosurgery. 2024 Feb 24.

2. Thango N, Klein AL, Cheserem B, Mahmud MR, Bekele A, Ohonba E, Kabare GS, Umar SA, Iradukunda J, Rosseau GL. The Impact of Colonialism on Surgical Training Structures In Africa Part 2: Surveying Current and Past Trainees. World Neurosurgery. 2024 Jan 18.

3. Kabare G, Muthuuri N, Sarna K, Gwala F, Amuti T, Olabu B, et al. Perception and challenges of health science students toward e-learning in a Sub-Saharan African country: a multi-institutional study. Ann Afr Surg. 2022 Mar 5;19(1):16–22.

4. Ongidi IH, Mombo Amuti T, Yusuf Abdulsalaam F, Kabare Shani G, Peter Ouko I, Harry Otieno E, et al. Variability in morphology and branching of the internal iliac artery: Implications for pelvic surgery. Transl Res Anat. 2021 Jan 1;22:100097.

Projects

• Principal Investigator: Patterns of patients presenting with diabetic foot ulcers at a sub-urban referral hospital in East Africa
• Research Assistant: International collaborative study assessing brain tumor bio-banking

• Basic Life Support/Advanced Cardiac Life Support certificate (Feb 2024)
• Medical Practice License (March 2024)
• IELTS (March 2024)

• Violinist: Nairobi Orchestra, Conservatoire Symphony Orchestra, Kenya National Youth Orchestra

     Safaricom Youth Orchestra (2012-2015)

• Baking business and food blog page (Shani's Delights)

• Professor Anne Kihara

Senior Lecturer, University of Nairobi, Dept. Obstetrics and Gynaecology
President, International Federation of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO)

ruby2medical@gmail.com

• Dr Beverly Cheserem

BM(Hons), FRCS (Neurosurgery)
Assistant Professor and Consultant Neurosurgeon

Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

Beverly.cheserem@aku.edu

• Professor Moses Obimbo

Senior Lecturer, University of Nairobi, Dept. Obstetrics and Gynaecology 

Secretary General, Kenya Obstetrical and Gynecologial Society

obimbomad@gmail.com

• Dr David Ndegwa

Consultant General Surgeon

Kiambu County Referral Hospital

drndegwad@gmail.com