Robert Ssentongo, is a

consultant A consultant (from "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as ''expert'', ''specialist'', see variations of meaning below) who provides advice or services in an area of specialization (generally to medium or large-size corporations). Cons ...

plastic surgeon in the

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, who serves as the deputy executive director of

Kiruddu General Hospital Kiruddu General Hospital, also known as Kiruddu General Referral Hospital, is a hospital in Uganda. It is an urban, public, general hospital. It cost an estimated US$10.3 million (about USh37 billion) plus about $350,000 in supervisory fees to ...

, in

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, in southern

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, the capital and largest city of

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. He was appointed to that position on 9 August 2018.

Background

Ssentongo was born in the Buganda Region of Uganda. He attende
Bishop’s Primary School Mukono West
for his elementary schooling. He transferred t
Bishop Senior School Mukono
for his secondary education. He was admitted to

Makerere University Medical School The Makerere University School of Medicine (MUSM), also known as the Makerere University Medical School, is the school of medicine of Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. The medical school has been part of Makerer ...

, graduating with a

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(MBChB). He went on to obtain, from the same medical school, a

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(MMed) degree in

Surgery Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery s ...

. Later, between 2001 and 2003, he spent two continuous years attending a residency in plastic surgery at the

Manipal Academy of Higher Education The Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) is a private deemed university in the Udupi district of Karnataka, India. The school has campuses in Mangaluru, Bengaluru, and Jamshedpur in India, as well as global campuses in Dubai and Malaysi ...

, in

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Career

For at least 15 years, since 2003, Dr. Ssentongo has worked as a plastic surgeon at Mulago National Referral Hospital, rising to the rank of Senior Consultant, by 2015. In that capacity, he served as the lead consultant plastic surgeon at the hospital’s burns unit. He has concurrently worked with the international

non-profit A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

, SmileTrain. He also maintains privileges at

Nakasero Hospital Nakasero Hospital Limited, commonly referred to as Nakasero Hospital, is a private, for-profit hospital in Kampala, the capital city, capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country. The hospital is one of five private upscale hospitals ...

, a private hospital, as the sole plastic surgeon on staff, as of August 2018. In August 2018, the Uganda Ministry of Health, appointed Dr. Robert Ssentongo as the deputy executive director of

. He will deputize Dr. Charles Kabugo, a senior consultant physician.

References

External links

Website of SmileTrain International
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ssentongo, Robert (surgeon) Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Ganda people Makerere University alumni Manipal Academy of Higher Education alumni People from Central Region, Uganda

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Career

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