Body Cross-Sectional Imaging Faculty

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dr-ombati.jpgDr Kevin Onyinkwa Ombati  
Senior Instructor, Section Head and Programme Director 

Dr Kevin Ombati is a Senior Instructor, Section Head and Programme Director at the Aga Khan Medical College, East Africa. He completed his MBChB from the University of Nairobi in 2011 and MMed in imaging and diagnostic radiology from the Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa in 2017. Dr Ombati has interests in cardiothoracic imaging and is actively involved in the application of new techniques in Cardiac MRI and CT. 

He has a certificate in cardiac imaging from the European Society of Cardiac Radiology (ESCR) and is interested in pursuing a fellowship in Cardiac Imaging. Dr Ombati is currently working on completing his FRCR examinations. He is a corresponding member of various international organizations including: Society for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (SCMR), European Society of Cardiac Radiology (ESCR) and the European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI). 

He is the radiology lead in Cardiothoracic multidisciplinary meetings with other clinicians. He served as the chief resident radiologist at AKUHN in 2016 and received the Best Resident Award from the Kenya Association of Radiologists in 2017. His research interests are in the development of novel imaging biomarkers in Cardiothoracic imaging and assessment of cardiac imaging findings in patients with HIV.

Dr Ombati is also a Consultant in ​​Cardiothoracic Imaging ​at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi.​

Publications

  1. May 24th – 26th 2018: Comparison of image quality in high pitch free breathing versus standard pitch breath-holding CTPA – Joint European Society of Thoracic Imaging and European Society of Cardiac Imaging meeting, Geneva.

  2. June 1st – 3rd 2017: Performance of CT Calcium score – Kenya Association of Radiologists Annual Scientific conference, Mombasa.

  3. 18th – 19th November 2016: Sonographic fetal cardiac anatomy – Kenya Society for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (KESUMB) conference.