The Makerere University School of Medicine (MUSM ), also known as the Makerere University Medical School, is the school of medicine of
Makerere University ,
Uganda 's oldest and largest public university. The medical school has been part of Makerere University since 1924.
[2] The school provides medical education at diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels.
Location
The school's campus is located on
Mulago Hill in north-east
Kampala , Uganda's capital and largest city. The campus is approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi), north of the city's
central business district .
[3] The pre-clinical disciplines of the medical school are integrated with the
Makerere University School of Biomedical Sciences . The clinical teaching disciplines are integrated with the
Mulago Hospital Complex and the
Makerere University School of Public Health , all of which are also located on Mulago Hill.
Overview
MUSM is one of the schools that comprise the
Makerere University College of Health Sciences , a constituent semi-autonomous college of Makerere University. The college is headed by a
principal and a deputy principal, while each school is headed by a
dean .
[4]
Departments
As of July 2022
[update] , MUSM's departments were:
[5]
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Surgery
Department of Obstetrics & Gynæcology
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Family Medicine
Department of Anæsthesia
Department of Ear Nose Throat
Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Orthopædics
Department of Radiology & Radio Therapy
Medical Research Centre
Reproductive Health Unit
Department of Pædiatrics & Child Health
Undergraduate courses
The following undergraduate courses were offered as of July 2022
[update] :
[6]
Graduate courses
Master of Medicine
A clinical degree awarded following three or more years of instruction and examination in any of the following specialties:
[6]
Master of Medicine
Anæsthesiology and Critical Care
Ear Nose Throat
Family Medicine
Internal Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynæcology
Ophthalmology
Orthopædic Surgery
Pædieatrics & Child Health
Psychiatry
Radiology
Surgery
Emergency Medicine
Master of Science
Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Health Professions Education
Doctor of Philosophy by course work and/or thesis
Notable alumni
Lulume Bayiga - Physician, politician, and member of parliament. Acting secretary general of the
Democratic Party in Uganda .
Kizza Besigye - Physician, politician, and leader of the
Forum for Democratic Change political party in Uganda. Ugandan presidential candidate in 2001, 2006, and 2011.
Gilbert Bukenya - Physician, professor of public health, politician, and farmer. Former
vice-president of Uganda (2003–2011).
Paul D'Arbela - Physician, academic, and
medical researcher . Professor of medicine and dean of postgraduate studies at the
Uganda Martyrs University Postgraduate School of Medicine based at
St. Francis Hospital Nsambya in
Nsambya , Kampala.
Specioza Kazibwe - Surgeon, politician, and women's activist. Vice-president of Uganda from 1994 until 2003.
Maggie Kigozi - Physician, businesswoman, sportswoman, and farmer. A
management consultant at
UNIDO . Former executive director of the
Uganda Investment Authority .
George Kirya -
Academician ,
microbiologist , politician, and diplomat. Former vice-chancellor,
Makerere University . Former Ugandan
high commissioner to the United Kingdom. Chairman, Uganda's Health Services Commission.
Samson Kisekka - Physician, politician, and diplomat.
Prime minister of Uganda (1986–1991) and vice-president of Uganda (1991–1994).
Crispus Kiyonga - Physician and politician.
Minister of defense in the
cabinet of Uganda (since 2006).
Stephen Mallinga - Physician and politician. Former minister for disaster relief and refugees in the cabinet of Uganda (2011–2013). of
Uganda Martyrs University in
Nkozi ,
Mpigi District .
Harriet Mayanja-Kizza - Professor of internal medicine, clinical immunologist, and academic administrator. Dean of the School of Medicine at the
Makerere University College of Health Sciences .
Cissy Kityo Mutuluza - Physician, epidemiologist, medical researcher. Executive director of the
Joint Clinical Research Centre .
[7]
Josephine Nambooze was admitted to Makerere University School of Medicine to study human medicine (the first female in history of the school).
Charles Olweny -
Oncologist , academic, and medical researcher. Former professor of medicine at
Makerere University Medical School and director of the Uganda Cancer Institute,
Mulago ,
Kampala . Vice-chancellor of
Uganda Martyrs University in
Nkozi ,
Mpigi District .
Christine Ondoa -
Pediatrician , administrator, and pastor. Former
minister of health in Uganda (2011–2013). Chairperson of the
Uganda AIDS Commission (since 2014).
Emmanuel Otala - Physician and politician. Former minister of state for labor in the cabinet of Uganda (2009–2011).
Ruhakana Rugunda - Physician, politician, and diplomat. Minister of health in the Ugandan cabinet (since 2013).
David Serwadda - Professor of public health and dean of the
Makerere University School of Public Health (since 2007).
Nelson Sewankambo - Physician, professor of medicine, and medical researcher. Principal, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (since 2007).
Jeremiah Twa-Twa - Physician, politician, and former elected member of parliament for Iki-Iki County,
Budaka District (2011–2016).
Fred Wabwire-Mangen - Physician,
public health specialist, and
medical researcher . Professor of
epidemiology and head of the department of epidemiology and biostatistics at the Makerere University School of Public Health.
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