Shitsama Nyamweya

Dr Shitsama Nyamweya born (1985 is a Kenyan consultant neurosurgeon at the Kenyatta National Referral Hospital. She is one of a handful of women neurosurgeons in the country.

Quotes

• "When I was studying neurosurgery, I didn't have any women role models to look up to or approach for advice. This was a major challenge. That's why I want to be there for others now. I want them to know that if I did it, they also can."
  • As quoted in the article titled Top Forty Under Forty Women by Boniface Otieno on 16 Sep 2016.

• "Whatever you do in life do it to your best because it gives you more opportunities and more doors open." ^{[citation needed]}

• "Seeing people lose lives in the course of my field of work has given me a totally different outlook on death and acceptance and learning to live in the moment, learning to do what needs to be done now, because tomorrow is not assured."
  • As quoted in the radio station interview titled Catch Up Radio with neurosurgeon Dr. Beverly Cheserem and Dr. Sylvia Shitsama #DriveInn by Davina & Fareed on 31 Aug 2021.