Dr Opio Martin Otyek (MBChB, M.Med-Internal medicine)

• Consultant Physician, Norvik Hospital Ltd.

Expertise

Oversee patients in inpatient department, outpatient department, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), High Dependency Unit (HDU) and Accident & Emergency (A&E)

Professional Highlights

• Practising physician for more than a decade overseeing the operations of ICU and HDU
• Currently heading the COVID clinical management team along with the functioning of ICU at Norvik hospital
• Prior experience of working with Medipal International Hospital where he has headed the COVID management team, Nakasero Hospital, International Hospital, Kampala and Kitovu healthcare complex.
• Treated over 250 COVID patients during the first and second wave
• Headed the critical care unit and supervised the rapid response team while managing the OPD & IPD patients at the hospital at Nakasero hospital.
• Developed standard operating protocols for the ICU, HDU and A & E
• Headed the Kitovu healthcare complex and International Hospital Kampala in the capacity of a medical director
• Supervised and trained doctors at Kitovu healthcare complex and Gulu University Medical School
• Headed the AIDS Care and treatment program funded by CDC while at Kitovu healthcare complex
• Conducted continuous professional development sessions on various medical topics

Awards, Honours & recognition

• Club colour and University Colour for outstanding service to the Makerere University Impis