Shitsama Nyamweya

thumb|Sylvia 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." "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. External links Category:Surgeons Category:Women from Kenya Category:1985 births Category:Living people