RobertKalyesubula Makerere, UniversityUganda

Prof Robert Kalyesubula is a nephrologist and head of department Physiology at Makerere University, Uganda. Dr Kalyesubula completed a medical degree and a masters of internal medicine from Makerere University and did part of his residence training in McMaster University in Canada. Kalyesubula completed nephrology training from Yale University in USA and earned a PhD in epidemiology of NCDs from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He has worked on kidney disease and hypertension in resource limited settings for the last 12 years and is a member of the WHO supported NCD working committee in Uganda. He was enacted as Fellow of the Royal College of London (FRCP) in 2023. Dr Kalyesubula is the founder and Emeritus president of Uganda Kidney Foundation, with 130 peer reviewed publications with an H-index of 30. He is the Education Director, for the African Association of Nephrology (AFRAN).