Shitsama Nyamweya
Shitsama Nyamweya
Sylvia Shitsama Nyamweya is a Kenyan consultant neurosurgeon at the Kenyatta National Referral Hospital. She is the first female neurosurgeon in Kenya and one of a handful of female neurosurgeons in the country.
"When I was studying neurosurgery, I didnt have any women role models to look up to or approach for advice. This was a major challenge. Thats why I want to be there for others now. I want them to know that if I did it, they also can."
"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."
"Whatever you do in life do it to your best because it gives you more opportunities and more doors open.""
