Richard Kanyerezi

Richard Bwogi Kanyerezi, FRCP, is a Ugandan physician and academic. He is the current Chairman of the Board of Kampala Hospital, a private medical establishment in Uganda's capital, Kampala. He has served in the past as Professor of Medicine and Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at Makerere University School of Medicine. He is a consultant physician, specializing in the field of Rheumatology.

He was born in Central Uganda, in 1932, to Asanansio Masembe and Manjeri Masembe. He attended Mityana Primary School, before transferring to Mityana Secondary School for his O-Level studies, graduating in 1952. In 1953, he joined Kings College Budo for his A-Level education, graduating in 1954. In 1955, at the age of 21, he entered Makerere University to study human medicine, graduating in 1963, with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. He later studied for and was awarded the postgraduate degree of Doctor of Medicine. He studied in the United Kingdom and was awarded the degree of Member of the Royal College of Physicians, specializing in Rheumatology. Later, he was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He also studied at Harvard University, as a Fulbright Scholar.

Following his return from further studies in the United Kingdom in 1967, Richard Kanyerezi was appointed Lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine at Makerere University. He is credited with being a member of the team that started the Master of Medicine program at the university. He later was appointed Senior Lecturer and in 1976, Professor of Medicine. For a period of time starting circa 1980 until 1981, he served as the Head of the Department of Internal Medicine at the university. He went into a period of forced exile from 1981 until 1986. Following his return, he and others built Kampala Hospital, a state-of-the art health facility on Kololo Hill in central Kampala.

Richard Kanyerezi was married to the late Gibwa Kanyerezi and together are the parents of four children, one of whom, Nandawula Kanyerezi Mutema is a successful Internal Medicine specialist, practicing in Kampala, Uganda.