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She did a Master's degree in radiology and joined the radiology department in the same hospital, later developing a keen interest in interventional radiology. When the fellowship opportunity presented itself it was a no-brainer.
"The UoN fellowship came along. I tried and got it. It was the first IR class in Kenya and there were only two students. The fellowship took two years to complete," Dr Wangari says.
"It is a super specialisation since I was already a radiologist specialist. IR is a new frontier in medicine and keeps on expanding."
Dr Wangari likes interventional radiology because it is a dynamic field and she gets to interact with all sorts of patients, with all sorts of diagnostics. "It is nice because most of the time you get to see results fast and see patients responding faster after procedures without going for surgery," she says. "We meet most patients in their very desperate moments and we can offer hope that was not previously there."
Interventional radiology was previously a last resort treatment option, but now specialists can apply it at various stages from the initial diagnosis to management and care.