| John Baptist Mukasa | |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Kawolo Hospital, Uganda |
| Death Place: | Mulago National Referral Hospital |
| Education: | Lugansk State Medical University Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
| Occupation: | Neurosurgeon |
| Years Active: | 2007 — 2021 |
| Nationality: | Ugandan |
| Citizenship: | Uganda |
| Consultant Neurosurgeon at Mulago National Referral Hospital | |
John Baptist Nsubuga Mukasa (January 1967 - June 2021), was a Ugandan neurosurgeon, who served as a Consultant Neurosurgeon at Mulago National Referral Hospital. He concurrently served as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Neurosurgery at Makerere University School of Medicine. He died in Kampala, from complications of COVID-19 infection on 29 June 2021.[1]
He was born in the Central Region of Uganda. After attending local primary and secondary schools, he was awarded a scholarship to study human medicine at Luhansk State Medical University, in the Ukraine, graduating with a medical degree from there. Later, he went to the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China, where he specialized as a neurosurgeon. His areas of sub-specialization included (a) neurotrauma (brain and spinal cord) (b) pediatric neurosurgery and (c) spinal cord surgery.[2] [3]
At the time of his death, John Baptist Mukasa was one of only 13 neurosurgeons in Uganda, whose national population was estimated at 47 million then.[2] He is remembered fondly by his colleagues, co-workers, neurosurgeons, residents, medical students that he taught and mentored and the many patient he operated on and/or went out of his way to assist. These include Juliet Sekabunga Nalwanga, Uganda's first female neurosurgeon who was trained by Mukasa.[2] [3] Dr Mukasa also had operating privileges at UMC Victoria Hospital in Bukoto, in the northern part of Kampala, Uganda's capital city.[2]
Dr Mukasa is survived by a widow and two sons.[2]