Dr. Patricia Okiro is a Paediatric Pathologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomic Pathology at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Dr. Okiro graduated with an MBChB degree from the University of Nairobi in 2003. After her internship, and two years serving as a Senior House Officer at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi’s Accident and Emergency Department, she joined the Department of Anatomic Pathology as a Resident. Following her 4 years training and obtaining a Master of Medicine in Anatomic Pathology (MMed Anat Path) degree, she remained at the University, serving as resident Pathologist at the Aga Khan Hospital, Mombasa for one year, and Senior Instructor at AKUH, Nairobi, the following year. She subsequently trained at the University of Cape Town, South Africa for two years, receiving a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Degree in Paediatric Pathology, that encompasses placental and perinatal pathology. Her research interest is in perinatal and paediatric pathology in the region, to improve maternal and foetal outcomes. She is an active member of several local and international pathology societies.
Ethnicity and breast cancer characteristics in Kenya. Sayed S, Moloo Z, Wasike R, Bird P, Oigara R, Njoroge FW, Shaikh AJ, Prasad SV, Vinayak S, Gierach GL, Dawsey SM, Palakal M, Fan S, Mullooly M, Chauhan R, Okiro P, Gakinya S, Nzioka A, Kyobutungi C, Mohamed S, Haregu T, Mussajee M, Bonass B, Mariwa C, Sherman OA, Mohammed A, Gachii A, Githaiga J, Karanu J, Nyagah R, Njoroge R, Muramba I, Otieno JO, Raburu DO, Mwachiro EB, Abayo I, Saleh M. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2018 Jan;167(2):425-437.
Okiro P, Wainwright H, Spranger J, Beighton P. Autopsy observation in the Lethal Short-rib Polydactyly Syndromes. Pediatr and Dev Pathol, 2015 Vol 18:40-48.
Gimbel DC, Sohani AR, Busarla SVP, Kirimi JM, Sayed S, Okiro P, Nazarian RM: A static-image telepathology system for dermatopathology consultation in East Africa: the Massachusetts General Hospital Experience.J Am Acad Dermatol. 2012 Nov;67(5):997-1007.
Okiro P, Oigara RO, Ndonga AK, Gachii AK: Gastrointestinal Choriocarcinoma: A Case Report Annals of African Surgery 2011 Jan Vol 7:40-43
Kumar N, Okiro P, Wasike R: Cytological diagnosis of molluscum contagiosum with an unusual clinical presentation at an unusual site – Journal of Dermatological Case Reports 2010 Dec 31;4(4):63-5
Migowa AN, Murungi CW, Gatinu W, Mbithe J, Kimani E, Okiro P, Rana FS, Ochieng R, Nduati R: Casereport: Harlequin Ichthyosis in an African child East African Medical Journal Vol. 87 No. 9 September 2010.
Kumar N, Busarla SVP, Sayed S, Kirimi JM, Okiro P, Gakinya SM, Moloo Z, Sohani AR: Telecytology in East Africa: a feasibility study of forty cases using a static imaging system J Telemed and Telecare –Jan 2012 18:7-12
