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Musa Waiswa

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Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)MedicineMcMaster University

Musa Waiswa

Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)

Medicine

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2014

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
No graduate courses on record.
2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.

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waiswam@mcmaster.ca

10 publications.

Management of chronic hepatitis B in Uganda: A five-year experience following the initiation of a national sensitization and care campaign

Seremba E, Ssekitoleko R, Ocanit A, Kagimu MM, Waiswa M, Nankya-Mutyoba J, Akweny E, Bakainaga A, Lawrence MR, Kabugo C

Journal of Virus Eradication20251 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jve.2025.100588

The Onerous task of managing paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria in a Low resource setting: a case report. A hematologist’s experience

Waiswa MK, Sekaggya-Wiltshire C, Seremba E, Ddungu H, Mutyabule R, Kawalya DE, Verhovsek M

African Health Sciences20241 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v24i3.53

Long Term Followup of Sickle Cell Disease Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant from Uganda

Waiswa MK, Kharya G, Bansal D, Jain S, Kasirye E, Ssali FN, Ndawula D, Ddungu H, Verhovsek MM, Munube D

Blood20171 citationsFirst author

Designing a successful capacity-building program in a low-income country: the St. Joseph's Health System–McMaster–Makerere International Outreach Program Collaboration for Uganda

Ddungu H, Waiswa M, Kruisselbrink R, Kagoma P, Crowther M

Blood advances2017Open Access

DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2017gs100057 PMID: W2782198929

Awareness about Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant as Curative Option for Sickle Cell Disease among Physicians: Survey from Sickle Dominated Area in Africa

Kharya G, Pessi K, Kasirye E, Waiswa M

Bone Marrow Transplantation2016Senior author

Acute transfusion reactions at a national referral hospital in Uganda: a prospective study

Waiswa MK, Moses A, Seremba E, Ddungu H, Hume HA

Transfusion201418 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1111/trf.12684

Splanchnic venous thrombosis driven by a constitutively activated JAK2 V617F philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasm: a case report

Waiswa M, Seremba E, Ocama P, Ddungu H, Opio K, Okello C, O'shea T, Verhovsek M, Mutyabule R

African Health Sciences20141 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v14i4.39 PMID: W2102934344

Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting as an acute confusional state: A case report and review of literature

Kibirige D, Wekesa C, Kaddu-Mukasa M, Waiswa M

African Health Sciences201318 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v13i3.47

Non-Invasive Hemoglobin Measurements In Anemic Patients

Goy J, Namazzi R, Hume HA, Ddungu H, Waiswa MK, Malhotra R, Cook DJ, Crowther MA

Blood2013

DOI: 10.1182/blood.v122.21.2970.2970

Hyperlactatemia and concurrent use of antiretroviral therapy among HIV infected patients in Uganda

Waiswa M, Byarugaba BB, Ocama P, Mayanja-Kizza H, Seremba E, Ganguli S, Crowther M, Colebunders R

African Health Sciences20122 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v12i3.4 PMID: W2062462390

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Richelle Kruisselbrink

Anesthesia

1 shared papers, latest 2017

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Musa Waiswa

Management of chronic hepatitis B in Uganda: A five-year experience following the initiation of a national sensitization and care campaign

The Onerous task of managing paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria in a Low resource setting: a case report. A hematologist’s experience

Long Term Followup of Sickle Cell Disease Post Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant from Uganda

Designing a successful capacity-building program in a low-income country: the St. Joseph's Health System–McMaster–Makerere International Outreach Program Collaboration for Uganda

Awareness about Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant as Curative Option for Sickle Cell Disease among Physicians: Survey from Sickle Dominated Area in Africa

Acute transfusion reactions at a national referral hospital in Uganda: a prospective study

Splanchnic venous thrombosis driven by a constitutively activated JAK2 V617F philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasm: a case report

Vitamin B12 deficiency presenting as an acute confusional state: A case report and review of literature

Non-Invasive Hemoglobin Measurements In Anemic Patients

Hyperlactatemia and concurrent use of antiretroviral therapy among HIV infected patients in Uganda

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Henry Ddungu

Madeleine Verhovsek

Mark Crowther

Tim O'Shea

Rebecca Kruisselbrink

Richelle Kruisselbrink