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Stephen E. Takow, MD, MMed (he/him/his)

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital
Eldoret, Rift Valley, Kenya

Dr Stephen Takow, MD, MMed is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya. In 2012, he obtained his primary medical qualification from the University of Buea, Cameroon. In 2017, Dr Takow became the first non-East African national and first Cameroonian to be accepted into the Master of Medicine (MMed) residency program in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Naiobi, Kenya. Shortly after he completed his specialist training in 2023, Dr Takow started working as Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital which serves a population of over 25 million individuals. Dr Takow has demonstrated both keen interest and committment in providiing and improving cardiac surgical care to the most underserved population in western Kenya through collaborative efforts with both local and international partners. With support from Dr Emily Farkas, Dr Robert Neely, Indiana University, Duke University and partners of AMPATH Kenya, Dr Takow has been able to provide life-saving cardiac surgical care to over 60 patients with rheumatic heart disease since late 2023 including but not limited to heart valve replacements and repairs. Together with the international partners of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Dr Takow is involved in the research and development of a registry for rheumatic heart disease and cardiac care at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital which will be valuable in generating the much needed data required to improve cardiac care in the country and possibly in the East African sub-region. In the future, Dr Takow dreams of fostering strategic international partnerships with relevant institutions to promote global capacity building in cardiothoracic surgery in East and Central Africa where access to cardiothoracic surgical care is severely limited.

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