Mentor

Godfrey Zziwa Buuka

Head, Department of Internal Medicine, Masaka Regional Referral Hospital

Godfrey Zziwa Buuka is a Consultant Physician and Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda. He is also the regional adult cardiologist. He completed his residence training from Makerere University. He further did a fellowship in adult cardiology at the Uganda Heart Institute in Mulago. His area of interest is non-interventional cardiac diagnostics and heart failure care. He undertook super- specialized training in advanced heart failure and transplant science at Toronto General Hospital, Canada, with a biased interest on how to maximize non-invasive options for improved outcomes for patients with heart failure. Dr. Godfrey is a member of the Uganda Heart association. He is also a member of Medly Uganda, a group that is pioneering the integration of smart telephone usage in heart failure care.

Research Reports

Uganda

Health Education on Heart Failure in Uganda