Having completed specialist training in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology in the United Kingdom, Dr Devani returned to Kenya 25 years back to establish the Gastroenterology and GI Endoscopy Service at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi.

She served the University’s Department of Medicine, Gastroenterology Section as its first Head in the position of Senior Lecturer, while also working in private practice at the same institution.

She also played a key role in setting up the Gastroenterology and GI Endoscopy Service at the recently opened Jalaram Medical Services, a low-cost and community philanthropic healthcare institution.

Dr Devani has also served the Gastroenterology Society of Kenya (GSK) in various capacities for more than two decades.

She has over the years developed a special clinical, academic and research interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and has had several peer-reviewed publications and keynote lectures published and presented in the field of IBD.