Doctor’s biography
Dr. Edwin Otieno is a Senior General, Laparoscopic and Breast Surgeon with a special interest in Breast Surgery. He runs his private practice at The Acacia Surgical and Breast Clinic.
He has a keen interest in diseases of the breast and has researched and published widely in these areas. Some of the breast conditions he treats include but are not limited to: Fibroadenomas (fibrous lump), Benign fibrocystic disease, Inflammation of the breast (mastitis), Breast lumps, Breast cysts, Nipple discharge, Nipple & breast itchiness among others.
Dr. Otieno also lectures at the Department of Medical Physiology at The University of Nairobi.
He has admission rights in the following hospitals: Nairobi Hospital, The Aga Khan Hospital, Mater Hospital, Nairobi West Hospital, Coptic Hospital, Avenue Hospital, MP Shah, Garden Specialist Hospital and Karen Hospital.
Educational and Training
- M.B.Ch.B (UoN)
- M.Med Surgery (Makerere)
- PGDRM (UoN)
Medical Certification Number
A3567
Language Spoken
English and Kiswahili.
Professional Memberships
- Member of Kenya Medical Association
- Member of Surgical Society of Kenya
- Member of Association of Surgeons of East-Central Africa
- Board member of Geographic Information Systems Professional(GISP)
Publications
The Pattern of breast diseases at Kenyatta National Hospital
Otieno, E.S.; Kimende, S. K.; Micheni, J. (2008-06)
Objective: To determine the pattern of breast diseases. Design: Retrospective descriptive study. Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), a University Teaching and National Referral Hospital. Patients: One thousand …
Delayed presentation of breast cancer patients.
Otieno, E.S; Micheni, J.N; Kimende, S.K; Mutai, K.K. (2010)
To determine the extent and nature of delayed presentation of patients treated for breast cancer at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). Prospective cross sectional study Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) which is a tertiary, …
Provider delay in the diagnosis and initiation of definitive treatment for breast cancer patients
Otieno, E.S.; Micheni, J. N.; Kimende, S. K.; Mutai, K. K. (2010-04)
Out of the 500 patient files reviewed a total of 111 (22.2%) were excluded because either whole or part of their diagnostic work-up was done outside KNH (n=66) or they had recurrent disease (n=45), thus leaving 389 eligible …
Early Experience with Stapled Hemorrhoidopexy in Nairobi, Kenya
Otieno, ES; Mutal, KK (2014)
Background: Conventional hemorrhoidectomy (CH) is considered the gold standard in the surgical management of symptomatic hemorrhoids. It is however painful and has a relatively lengthy convalescence period. In the last two …