Doctors

Director, Founder MBChB, MMED (Int.Med), 43 years of experience

Nairobi, Kenya.

• Dr. Dan Gikonyo is one of the most coveted Cardiologists in Kenya. He is both an interventional and non-invasive adult cardiologist.
• He has a thriving practice of over 43+ years.
• He has been instrumental in mentoring and training of the majority of adult cardiologists in the country and in the region.
• With over four decades of experience, Dr. Gikonyo has attended thousands of patients drawn from various parts of the world.
• He is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Adult Cardiology from the University of Minnesota, USA.
• Dr. Gikonyo is a member of the American College of Cardiology and previously lectured at the Faculty of Medicine (University of Nairobi).
• He is also a member of the Kenya Medical Association and Kenya Cardiac Society.
• He has attended several international conferences and written numerous papers touching on cardiac and other topical health matters.

Interventional Cardiologist, The Karen Hospital, Nairobi.

Director, MBChB, MRCP – 18 years of experience.

• Dr. Antony Gikonyo is an interventional and non-invasive adult cardiologist in Kenya.
• He performs Surgical and Interventional, Coronary artery and aortic procedures and actively participates in continuous medical education through seminars and workshops at The Karen Hospital.
• He graduated from Howard Medical School in 2001 and then became a member of the Royal College of Physicians UK in 2007. He completed his cardiology training in 2011, South Africa.
• For the past four years, he has been in charge of the medical internship program at The Karen Hospital, Nairobi.
• He is part of the Heart Team which performs regular coronary and artery bypass grafts at The Karen Hospital.
• Dr. Antony Gikonyo has published a Retrospective Review of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery at The Karen Hospital, Kenya among other research papers.

Chief Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon – The Karen Hospital, Nairobi

MS, Mch, FIACS, FICS, FCCP, FICA – 25 plus years of experience.

• Dr. Premanand has been a Cardiac surgeon for more than 25 years.
• He has performed more than 15,000 surgeries since he started practicing.
• At The Karen Hospital, he has been able to perform over 150 open heart operations since he joined the institution.
• Premanand performs CABG surgeries on “beating hearts” which means, the heart is not stopped. In other similar operations, the heart is usually stopped and then a heart-lung machine takes over the functions of the heart.
• He attended a Fellowship in heart and lung transplantation at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland OR, USA.
• Dr. Premanand holds a Bachelor of Medicines-Bachelor of Surgery, Nalanda Medical College, Patna Bihar, India.
• He has served in reputed cardiothoracic centres in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. He has also done a fellowship in heart and lung transplantation at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States.
• He has attended numerous international conferences and written numerous articles on cardiac and other health topics.