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Alex Gitau

@alexgitau

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Digital health leader driving data-driven healthcare transformation and clinical informatics.

Kenya

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What I'm looking for

I seek a leadership role where I can drive data-driven digital health programs, improve patient safety, scale interoperable systems, and mentor multidisciplinary teams within a collaborative, impact-focused organization.

I am a digital health leader and senior medical doctor who combines clinical experience with technical program leadership to drive health system strengthening, health data strategy, and digital innovation across hospital and national settings.

At Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital I led digital maturity assessments, transitioned HMIS toward HL7/FHIR interoperability, increased system adoption from 70% to 90%, and launched programs such as Home Afya and surgical training collaborations while managing direct and indirect teams.

I bring expertise in health informatics, AI-enabled supply chain optimization, clinical protocol development, research partnerships, and stakeholder engagement, and I seek roles where I can apply user-centered design and data-driven approaches to improve patient safety, quality of care, and digital health scale-up.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Digital Health Lead

Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital

Apr 2021 - Jun 2025 (4 years 2 months)

Led facility-wide digital health strategy and clinical informatics initiatives, increasing HMIS user adoption from 70% to 90% and enabling HL7 FHIR interoperability as the first Level 6 public facility to align with hospital-based interoperability standards.

Digital Strategy HL7 FHIR HMIS Stakeholder Management Clinical Informatics

Technical Advisor - Health Informatics

Intellisoft Consulting Limited

Jun 2024 - Aug 2024 (2 months)

Advised on digital health strategy and requirements for digital adaptation kits for cardiovascular and NCD care, supporting business analysis, technical documentation, and quality assurance to align solutions with partner needs.

Health Informatics Technical Documentation Quality Assurance NCDs Stakeholder Engagement Business Development Strategic Partnerships

Consultant - eCHIS Launch

Ministry of Health Kenya

Aug 2023 - Nov 2023 (3 months)

Supported national launch and phased rollout of the electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS), facilitating training across primary care networks to ensure effective adoption.

ECHIS Rollout Implementation Support Change Management

Research Associate

Hong Kong Applied Science & Technology Research Institute

Jun 2023 - Sep 2023 (3 months)

Provided clinical expertise for AR/VR and AI medical research, contributing to mixed-reality surgical applications and co-developing an ex vivo organ perfusion product to advance surgical innovation.

AR VR Medical Research Clinical Validation Product Strategy HoloLens R&D

Consultant

Inmisceo

Oct 2022 - Feb 2023 (4 months)

Conducted market research to enable rollout of blended and hybrid learning programs across education, manufacturing, and construction sectors to inform program design and delivery.

Market Research Program Design Stakeholder Analysis Reporting

Health Systems Research Analyst

African Population and Health Research Center

Mar 2022 - Aug 2022 (5 months)

Conducted digital health systems research for multimorbidity projects, developing data science techniques to stratify population risk profiles and mapping digital health infrastructure to support collaborative research hubs.

Digital Health Data Science Epidemiology DHIS2 Stakeholder Engagement literature review Health Systems Mapping Project Coordination

Medical Superintendent

St. Theresa Mission Hospital Kiirua

Oct 2019 - Mar 2021 (1 year 5 months)

Advanced operational efficiency and digitization by rolling out an HMIS and paperless system, achieved 60% procurement cost savings for NCD medicines, and reduced drug shortages by 25% through formulary and inventory controls.

Procurement Performance Management Public Health Surveillance SOP Development

Resident Medical Doctor

Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital

Aug 2018 - Sep 2019 (1 year 1 month)

Managed inpatient, outpatient, and critical care services, implemented performance frameworks that improved operational efficiency by 20%, and led medical outreach delivering 40 major surgeries in a 3-day camp.

Clinical Care Performance Improvement Outreach Coordination Supply Chain Coordination Medical Education Quality Improvement

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Oxford

Master of Science, Applied Digital Health

2022 - 2023

Activities and societies: Strategic Modelling for Public Health Policy (course), Oxford Consulting Strategy Challenge participant and winner; Chevening Scholar.

Completed an MSc in Applied Digital Health focusing on digital health strategy, health informatics, and implementation of digital health solutions.

University of Nairobi

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Medicine

2011 - 2016

Activities and societies: Clinical rotations, participation in medical outreach programs and hospital-based quality improvement initiatives.

Completed the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), training in clinical medicine and patient care with practical rotations across inpatient and outpatient services.