The team is headed by a Senior Consultant Cardiologist, two consultant Cardiologists and 6 Cardiology fellows who are Physicians training to super specialize in Cardiology.

The Division conducts clinics on daily basis on week days from Monday to Friday with exceptions of public holidays.

In-patients:

Majority of patients admitted at the UHI are adults and various patients are admitted and treated for various cardiac related illnesses. The average length of stay in hospital is 5 days.

Interventional procedures:

This division conducts procedures such as coronary and peripheral arterial angiograms, Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCIs), balloon mitral and valvuloplasties, permanent pacemakers, Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) and Implantable cardioverter defribillator (ICD) implantations. Some of these are emergency procedures which not only save life, but also save money which could have been spent on expensive interventions abroad.

Out-reaches:

The division actively implements its Mandate of providing technical support supervision in regional referral hospitals countrywide and oversee visits in the 13 Regional Referral Hospitals.

Skills transfer camps:

The division hosts and takes part in skills transfer camps with teams from institutions across the world and region for example; Case Western Reserve University in the United States and Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi. These camps are targeted at enhancing the capacity to carry out a variety of services.

Research:

The division is very actively involved in research locally and in collaboration with international partners. Current projects include; the Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (PI Prof Moses Kamya), A better understanding of acute rheumatic fever in Uganda study (PI Dr Emmy Okello), AFROSTREP Uganda study (PI Dr. Emmy Okello), INVCICTUS trial (PI Emmy Okello, Co PI- Peter Lwabi), the Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Registry(PI Juliet Nabbaale) the Myocardial Infarction Registry (PI Elias Sebatta) and cardiac arrhythmias study (PI Joselyn Rwebembera).

International conferences:

Members of the division actively attend and present at local and international conferences aimed at continuing professional education.