Nephrology Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
Dr Ahmed Sokwala, MD, MMed, MRCP
Clinical Associate Professor and Section Head
Dr Ahmed Sokwala, is a Clinical Associate Professor and Section Head of Nephrology at Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa. He earned his medical degree at Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, and did his Internal Medicine Residency at Aga Khan University, Nairobi. He later pursued a Nephrology Fellowship at the University of Toronto, Canada. His current research interests include: epidemiology of renal disease in Kenya with a special interest in the epidemiology of end stage renal disease, glomerulonephritis, and chronic kidney disease. He is an active member of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), Kenya Renal Association (KRA), and Canadian Society of Nephrology (CSN). Dr. Sokwala is also a member of the Royal College of Physicians.
Dr Sokwala is also the Section Head of Nephrology at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Read more about him HERE
Publications
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Varwani MH, Sokwala A. Saudi Treatment of steroid-resistant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with rituximab: A case report and review of literature. Kidney Dis Transpl. 2017 (5):1175-1179. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.215133.PMID: 28937082 Select item 27384362.
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Kirui N, Sokwala A .A case of refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura treated with plasmapheresis and rituximab. S Afr Med J. 2016;106(7):689-91. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ. 2016.v106i7.9856. PMID: 27384362 Similar articles Select item 24606676.
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Lick L, Shamy F, Nash M, Sokwala A, Malavade T, Prasad GR, Zaltzman JS. A prospective cohort conversion study of twice-daily to once-daily extended-release tacrolimus: role of ethnicity. Transplant Res. 2014;3(1):7. doi : 10.1186/2047-1440-3-7.PMID: 24606676 Free PMC Article Similar articles Select item 23849012
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Malavade T, Sokwala A, Jassal SV. Clin Geriatr Dialysis therapies in older patients with end-stage renal disease. Med. 2013;29(3):625-39.
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Dr Joyce Bwombengi, MBChB, MMed
Senior Instructor
Dr Joyce Bwombengi is a nephrologist, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa. She has over 12 years of experience in the medical field.
She obtained her undergraduate medical degree from Moi University, her Postgraduate degree in Internal Medicine from the University of Nairobi, and her fellowship in Clinical Nephrology from the East African Kidney Institute.
She has had a long-standing passion for improving the quality of healthcare for patients with chronic kidney disease. Her areas of interest include patient advocacy, nephrology health care programmes, diabetic Kidney disease, obstetrics, kidney transplant notation and interventional nephrology.
In addition to her clinical practice, she has been co-opted into various medical training programmes and has participated in curriculum reviews for both postgraduate and nephrology fellowship programs.
She is an active member of the international society of Nephrology, Kenya Renal Association and African Association of Nephrology Web & Media Committee.
In her free time she participates in career mentorship talks.
Dr Bwombengi is also consultant physician and nephrologist at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Read more about her HERE
