Jovan Kiryabwire
Ugandan neurosurgeon (1928-2004)
Jovan William Mabudo Kiryabwire (28 October 1928 – 17 January 2004) was a Ugandan neurosurgeon, who served as a consultant neurosurgeon at Mulago National Referral Hospital. He concurrently served as a Professor and Head of the Department of Neurosurgery at Makerere University School of Medicine. He died in January 2004 from stomach cancer. He is reported to be the first indigenous African to qualify as neurosurgeon in the countries of East and Central Africa.
Background and education
He was born on 28 October 1928, in Butebo county, Pallisa District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. He attended Butebo Primary School followed by Kamuge Primary School. He then transferred to Nabumali High School outside the city of Mbale, where he obtained the equivalent of a high school diploma.
In 1952, he was admitted to Makerere University Medical School. He graduated in 1957 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Later he studied in England and Scotland, earning both the Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) and the Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the FRCS(Ed).
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