Prof Gunturu Revathi

Gunturu Revathi, the current section head of microbiology in the Department of Pathology, joined Aga Khan University in 2006 to establish PGME programs in pathology. She played a crucial role in building the section of diagnostic microbiology and establishing the teaching programs in clinical microbiology in Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi. Prior to joining this position, she held the position of Head of Department of Laboratory Medicine at the Kenyatta National Hospital and Associated College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi for eight years. She received her MD in Clinical Microbiology in 1984 from Osmania University, India. She was faculty member of Clinical Microbiology at the Maulana Azad Medical College and University College of Medical Sciences of Delhi University in New Delhi, India for 10 years before moving to Kenya. She is a visiting scientist at the Kenya Medical Research Institute where she has active collaborations. She supervised numerous post graduate dissertation projects throughout her career and published 90 papers in peer reviewed journals so far. She is a member of several national and international professional bodies such as ISID, ESCMID, ERS, KACP, APECSA, GARP and KMA. She is currently chairing IPNET Kenya, a multidisciplinary society promoting education and advocacy for infection prevention and control in the region. She is on a number of National Advisory committees such as National committee on Infection prevention and control, National Antimicrobial Stewardship committee and the National technical working group for AMR surveillance of the Ministry of Health, Republic of Kenya.