Gastroenterology Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
Dr Christopher Opio, MBChB, MMed
Associate Professor
Dr Christopher Opio is an Associate Professor and Section Head of Gastroenterology and Hepatologist at Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa.
Dr Opio graduated from Makerere University with a MBChB degree in 1997 and earned his MMed degree in Internal Medicine from the same university in 2003. He completed hi fellowship in gastroenterology from Yale University in 2011 and earned the founding fellow, FCP in 2016.
Dr Opio is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, East Central and Southern African College of Physicians, Registered and certified by the Uganda National Medical and Dental Council, European association for study of Liver diseases, American Association for the Study of Liver diseases and African Association for study of liver disease.
He is also a member of the Uganda Medical Association, Uganda Society for Health Scientists, African institute of quality assurance, Uganda Gastro-enterology Society, Uganda Neurological Association, Endocrine Society and the H2U research group.
His areas of interest are in hepatitis B, hepatitis C, liver cirrhosis, metabolic diseases, nutrition, and all digestive diseases.
Dr Opio is also a Section Head and Consultant Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Read more about him HERE
Dr Amos Mwasamwaja, MBChB, MMed Senior Instructor
Dr Amos Mwasamwaja is a Senior Instructor and a Consultant Physician in Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist and Interventional Endoscopist at Aga Khan University Medical College, East Africa.
Dr Mwasamwaja graduated from with a MBChB degree from Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College (KCM-College), Tanzania in 2007. He earned a Certificate of Gl diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy from Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen (The Netherlands) in 2012 before proceeding with an MMed in internal Medicine (Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Tanzania) in 2013. In addition, he earned an MSC in Medical Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania in 2020.
Dr Mwasamwaja is a member of Tanzania Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Society (TAGES), Association of Physician Tanzania (APHYTA), World Endoscopy Organization (WEO), the International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA), the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the African Esophageal Cancer Consortium (AfrECC).
His areas of interest are as follows: screening and prevention, gastrointestinal malignancy, neurogastroenterology, ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound, viral hepatitis and metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD).
Dr Mwasamwaja is also a Senior Instructor and Consultant Physician, Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist and Interventional Endoscopist at The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Read more about him HERE
