Critical Care Faculty

Full-Time Faculty



 Dr Martin S. Musumbi, MD, BSc RT​​​
 Assistant Professor, ICU Director and Section Head Critical Care

Dr Musumbi is a Clinical Assistant Professor, ICU Director and Section Head, Critical Care Service at the Department of Internal Medicine, Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa. He completed a Bachelor of Sciences in Respiratory Therapy at the University of Kansas and a Doctor of Medicine at the same institution completed in 2008. This was followed by a Residency in Internal Medicine at the St Louis University School of Medicine and a fellowship Training in Critical Care Medicine at Mercy Medical Center completed in 2013.

He has worked in several institutions in the US including St Elizabeth’s Hospital in Illinois where he was an Intensivist and Medical Director for Critical Care. He has also trained and practiced in Telehealth, specifically TeleICU.​

His clinical interests include invasive and non-invasive ventilatory management, hemodynamic management of the critically ill, extracorporeal oxygenation strategies, therapeutic hypothermia following cardiac arrest and TeleICU management of patients.

​Dr Musumbi is also the ICU Director, Section Head - Critical Care Services and Consultant Critical Care Specialist at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Read more about him HERE


Dr Demet Sargin, MD, MMed
Senior Instructor

Dr Demet Sargin is a Senior Instructor and Consultant Critical Care at Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa. Dr Sargin graduated from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkiye in 1999 with a Doctor in Medicine (MD). She then earned her MMed degree in Anaesthesia from Baskent University in Ankara, Turkiye in 2005 after which she completed her MMed in Critical Care from the Ministry of Health in Ankara, Turkiye in 2012. 

Dr Sargin is a member of the Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists, Critical Care Society of Kenya, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, International Anaesthesia Research Society, European Respiratory Society. She is also a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Turkish Society of Anaesthesiology & Reanimation Specialists and Turkish Society of Physicians.

Her areas of interest are in ARDS, mechanical ventilation strategies, smart ventilation and quality and outcome improvement in critical care.

Dr Sargin is also a Consultant Critical Care Specialist​ at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Read more about her HERE​​


Dr Ali Chandani, MD
Senior Instructor

Dr Ali Chandani is a Senior Instructor and Consultant Critical Care at Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa. Dr Chandani graduated from the Amherst College, Amherst, MA, USA in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry he then proceeded to earn his Doctor of Medicine (MD) at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA. He did his internship in Internal Medicine at the University of California San Diego, CA, USA then his residency in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

Dr Chandani is a member of the American Society of Anaesthesiologist, Kenya Society of Anaesthesiologists, and the Critical Care Society of Kenya.

His areas if interest includes Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), quality assurance and quality improvement and curriculum development.

Dr ​Chandani is also a Consultant Critical Care Specialist​ at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Read more about him HERE​​