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Michael Kawooya
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Uganda
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Alma materMakerere University
(Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)
(Master of Medicine in Radiology)
(Doctor of Philosophy)
University of Tübingen
(Fellowship in Radiology)
Thomas Jefferson University
(Fellowship in Ultrasound)
European Society of Radiology
(Honorary Member)
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
(Honorary Fellow)
Occupation(s)Physician, Radiologist, Researcher and Academic
Years active1990 — present
Title1. Director of ECUREI and
2. Professor emeritus of at Department of Radiology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Spouse(Mrs Kawooya)

Michael Grace Kawooya (born 1958) is a Ugandan physician, academic, researcher and academic administrator, who serves as Director at the Ernest Cook Ultrasound Research and Education Institute (ECUREI). He is a Professor (emeritus) of Radiology at Makerere University College of Health Sciences.[1]

Background and education

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He was born in the Buganda Region of Uganda circa 1958. After attending local elementary and secondary schools, he was admitted to Makerere University Medical School in 1978.[2]

He graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree, in 1983. He went on to obtain a Master of Medicine degree in Radiology from the same university, in 1988.[2]

He followed that with a two-year fellowship in radiology from the University of Tübingen in Tübingen, Germany. In 2001, he studied at the Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in a fellowship in ultrasound.[1]

Career

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He started his teaching career in the Department of Radiology at Makerere University Medical School, as a lecturer to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Over the years he was promoted and given more responsibilities, as his experience increased and broadened. He has supervised over forty radiologists at the Master of Medicine level and above. He attained full professorship in radiology at Makerere University.[3]

Professor Kawooya’s area of super-specialization is ultrasound. He has in excess of fifty-five published articles in peer-reviewed journals, and five chapters in books on different topics, including imaging of tropical diseases. He has many professional awards including as an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, awarded in 2015, and as an Honorary Member of the European Society of Radiology, awarded in 2019.[4]

Other considerations

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In 2002, with the support of Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, Professor Kawooya, with other Ugandan radiologists, founded the Ernest Cook Ultrasound Research And Education Institute (ECUREI), based at Mengo Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city.[2][5]

ECUREI, which also receives partial funding from the Fontys University of Applied Sciences, in the Netherlands trains students for the Diploma in Ultrasound qualification. Trainees come from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Vision Reporter (28 February 2019). "Ugandan Radiologist Gets International Honour". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c WFUMB2017 (2017). "Michael Grace Kawooya, MBChB, MMed (Radiology), PhD, FAIUM: Ernest Cook Ultrasound Research and Education Institute (ECUREI), Mengo, Uganda" (PDF). Taipei: The 16th World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB2017). Retrieved 8 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ SA2017 Imaging Conference (2017). "About Prof. Michael Kawooya, MBChB, MMed, PhD: Director, Ernest Cook Ultrasound Research & Education Institute (ECUREI), Mengo Hospital, Kampala, Uganda". Durban, South Africa: South Africa 2017 Imaging Conference. Retrieved 8 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ European Society of Radiology (November 2018). "Honorary Members: Michael Grace Kawooya, Kampala, Uganda". Vienna, Austria: European Society of Radiology. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. ^ Thomas Jefferson University (2019). "Ernest Cook Ultrasound Research And Education Institute, Kampala, Uganda". Philadelphia: Thomas Jefferson University. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  6. ^ Ssempogo, Herbert (7 November 2005). "Radiology Institute Opened". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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