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Co-Founder & CEO, The Karen Hospital
Dr. Betty Muthoni Gikonyo (born 27 May 1950) is a Kenyan paediatric cardiologist, hospital founder, and health-sector leader. She earned her MBChB (1975) and MMed in Paediatrics at the University of Nairobi, completed a post-doctoral fellowship in paediatric cardiology at the University of Minnesota, and later an MBA at Daystar University. In 2006 she co-founded The Karen Hospital in Nairobi, which opened as a 102-bed multi-specialty facility and has since grown through satellite branches; she served as CEO from 2006 to 2020 and now chairs the hospital’s board.
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Dr. Betty Muthoni Gikonyo (born 27 May 1950) is a Kenyan paediatric cardiologist, hospital founder, and health-sector leader. She earned her MBChB (1975) and MMed in Paediatrics at the University of Nairobi, completed a post-doctoral fellowship in paediatric cardiology at the University of Minnesota, and later an MBA at Daystar University. In 2006 she co-founded The Karen Hospital in Nairobi, which opened as a 102-bed multi-specialty facility and has since grown through satellite branches; she served as CEO from 2006 to 2020 and now chairs the hospital’s board. Beyond clinical practice and hospital leadership, Gikonyo co-founded the Heart to Heart Foundation in 1993 to fund cardiac care for children and popularised the annual Heart Run charity drives; her autobiography, The Girl Who Dared to Dream (MvuleAfrica, 2013), chronicles this journey. Profiles also note state honours (SS, MBS) and decades of mentorship that helped establish paediatric cardiology locally.
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Co-founder and CEO of The Karen Hospital (opened 2006)
One of Kenya's first female pediatric cardiologists
Authored autobiography 'The Girl Who Dared to Dream'
Served on boards of several state corporations
Recipient of multiple awards for entrepreneurship and healthcare
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Pediatrician, Kenyatta National Hospital
Lecturer, University of Nairobi
Private Practice (Cardiologist)
Co-Founder & CEO, The Karen Hospital (2006-Present)
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Dr. Betty Muthoni Gikonyo (born 27 May 1950) is a Kenyan paediatric cardiologist, hospital founder, and health-sector leader. She earned her MBChB (1975) and MMed in Paediatrics at the University of Nairobi, completed a post-doctoral fellowship in paediatric cardiology at the University of Minnesota, and later an MBA at Daystar University. In 2006 she co-founded The Karen Hospital in Nairobi, which opened as a 102-bed multi-specialty facility and has since grown through satellite branches; she served as CEO from 2006 to 2020 and now chairs the hospital’s board.
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