Internal Medicine

The department of Internal medicine at MRRH/MUST provides quality general medical care to the population of southwestern Uganda and beyond . We offer undergraduate training (junior and Senior clerkships) and postgraduate training which takes place on the general medical wards.  This department is divided into different firms and wards , that include the medical emergency room, oncology clinic, tuberculosis treatment unit, HIV/Immunosuppression  clinic and the general medical outpatients clinic. The department also runs sub-specialty clinics that include neurology, cardiology, respiratory, nephrology and endoscopy clinics.

The postgraduate course is both research and clinical oriented and no doubt our alumni have made the best clinicians and researchers in different parts of the world.

Our team is made up of dedicated specialists that provide both care to patients and  quality education/mentorship programs to students.

The department of internal medicine also runs a charity fund that takes care of homeless patients and buys medicines for patients who cannot afford treatment.

Collaborators

The department has worked with both National and International collaborators some of them include:

• Massachusetts General Hospital, who support our endoscopy, oncology, and respiratory units. MGH has since 2009 supported student oriented research programs, and contribution to the department’s charity fund.
• The University of Virginia, that has greatly contributed to research and capacity building through staff obseverships at the University of Virginia teaching hospital. They have been in close collaborations with MUST since 2010.
• Uganda Cancer Institute which supports our oncology clinic with both human resource and cancer chemotherapy.
• USAID- supports both the HIV/ISSS  clinic, and the TB programs at MRRH
• Epicentre/MSF
• The University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy that is supporting in setting up a Renal histopathology service and improve the dialysis Unit at MRRH/MUST.
• The University of Minnesota and Infectious Diseases Institute, Mulago have supported several research and has laboratory services since 2010.

Mayo Clinic, Mayo, Arizona that supports the neurology department through lectures, tutorials and contribution to the department’s charity fund.

Ongoing research.

• Ambition CM trial. This is a phase three randomised controlled non-inferiority trial. High dose AMBISOME is used on a Fluconazole backbone for Cryptococcal meningitis Induction therapy in sub-Saharan Africa. Mbarara Regional referral hospital is one of the nine sites. The principal investigator is Dr. Muzoora Conrad. https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-018-3026-4
• Prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis and its correlation with apoB/apoA1 ratio and 10 year predicted atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk among patients with type 2 diabetes at Mbarara regional referral hospital. P.I is Dr. KAMBALE Patrick Saasita
• Prevalence of asymptomatic myocardial ischemia and associated factors among HIV positive and matched negative individuals in South Western Uganda. P.I is Dr. Jackob Nkwanga
• Prevalence of asymptomatic deep venous thrombosis and associated risk factors among adult medical patients admitted t Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. P.I is Dr. Senoga Sirage
• Prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy and effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in rural South Western Uganda. P.I is Dr. Rutahaba Elija
• Prevalence and factors associated with tenofovir fumarate induced renal tubular dysfunction among HIV patients attending ISS clinic at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Principal investigator is Dr. Ngumbi John Phillip
• Predictors of delayed sputum culture conversion among patients with pulmonary drug resistant tuberculosis in South Western Uganda Dr. Bwika S. Mwanahamisi