Prof Everisto Opondo is an Orthopaedic Surgeon with subspecialty training in Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy. He earned his Medical Degree and Master of Medicine in Surgery from the University of Nairobi and is a Fellow of the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA). He subsequently completed fellowship training in arthroscopy and arthroplasty form Ahmedabad in India. Prof Opondo also hold a PhD in Public Health from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).

Prof Opondo has an extensive academic portfolio, having authored peer-reviewed publications and delivered presentations and served as a key trainer in multiple scientific meetings. Prof Opondo has served on the ILRI IREC for the last ten years where he reviews many research protocols annually.

Prof Opondo is a founding member of the East African Arthroscopy Association in 2012. Alongside his academic engagements, Prof Opondo serves as the Chair of the Scientific committee and Secretary General of the East African Arthroscopy Association (EAAA). He is also in Private practice as well and he focuses on trauma, arthroplasty and arthroscopy. He is an associate member of ISAKOS and ISHA.

He served as the founding chair of the department of Surgery at the JKUAT Medical School and is the current Dean of the Medical School.