Dr Robert Kalyesubula (MBChB, M.MED INTERNAL MEDICINE, FELLOWSHIP IN NEPHROLOGY, PhD.)

• Senior Consultant and Head of Dialysis Unit, Norvik Hospital Ltd.
• Founder and President of the Uganda Kidney Foundation
• Member of the Non-communicable disease Commission with the Ministry of Health
• Member, Africa Board, International Society of Nephrology, Geneva, Netherlands
• Founder of a community-based organization, ACCESS in Uganda
• Head of Department and Chair, Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University
• Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor, Section of Nephrology, Yale University, Connecticut, USA

Expertise

Kidney diseases, high blood pressure and other urological conditions

Professional Highlights

• Senior Nephrologist with 10+ years of experience
• Currently working as Nephrologist for the dialysis unit and senior physician and advisor at Norvik Hospital Ltd. since 2013
• Collaborates with consultants from India to offer quality treatment for kidney stones and other related conditions
• Set up the Dialysis Unit at Mulago Hospital and was involved with it’s day-to-day operations
• He has been building capacities of medical students from Uganda, USA and Canada for more than a decade now

Awards, Honors and Recognition

• Rotarian Community Award, Kampala Tsese Island, 2020-2021
• International Society of Nephrology Emerging Leader’s Program Award, 2020-21
• Grassroot Award Winner, USA, 2018
• African Visionary Leadership Award, USA, 2017
• Cordes Foundation Fellowship at Opportunity Collaboration, Mexico, 2015
• Outstanding Physician Award, Mulago Hospital, 2011
• Clinical Operations Research Award, NIH – Fogarty Funded, 2004
• Recipient of various research grants mainly focussing on kidney diseases, hypertension, HIV, etc.