• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) – Medicine
• Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC)
• Fellow of East, Central & Southern African College of Physicians
• Master of Medicine in Internal medicine (M.Med)
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)

• 2005-present Director Vitality Uganda Limited
• 2024-present University Council Member, All Saints University, Lira
• 2023-present.  Advisory Board Member, Global Cardiovascular Health Program, the University of Washington (Seattle).
• 2023-present.  Co-chair of the African cardiovascular Working group of PEN Plus
• 2023-present   Member, National Committee on Essential Drugs, NDA.
• 2022-present.  Honorary Professor of Medicine, the University of Cape Town.
• 2021-present.  Chair, Rheumatic heart disease taskforce of the Pan African Society of Cardiology ..2021-present. Senior Consultant Cardiologist, Uganda Heart Institute.
• 2020-present.  Hon Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Makerere Univ.
• 2018-present.  Head Department of Adult Cardiology, Uganda Heart Institute.
• 2018-2022. Member, National Pharmacy Board, Ministry of Health, Uganda.
• 2017-2021  Pan African Society of Cardiology assistant secretary for E. Africa. 2015-present. Director cardiac catheterization laboratory, Uganda Heart Inst.
• 2014 – 2015     Interventional Cardiology Fellow, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
• 2014- 2021     Consultant Cardiologist, Uganda Heart Institute.
•  2013-2014      Specialist Physician and Cardiologist, Uganda Heart Institute.
• 2010-2013     Specialist Physician and Cardiology Fellow, Uganda Heart Institute.

• 2024-2025 Master of Business Administration- Heriot Watt University
• 2019-present Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
• 2016-2018- THRIVE Postdoctoral Fellow- Makerere University
• 2014-2015- Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology- Case Western Reserve University 2010-2014- Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine (PhD)-Makerere University
• 2010-2013- Fellowship in Cardiology – Uganda Heart Institute/ Case Western Reserve Uni 2005-2009- Masters of Medicine in Internal Medicine (M. Med)-Wuhan University
• 1997-2002- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery- Mbarara University of Sci and Technology
• 1995-1997- Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE
• 1991-1994-Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE)

• 2016 THRIVE/DELTAS Africa/ Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral fellow
• 2016 Founding fellow of the East, Central and Southern Africa college of Physicians
• 2019 Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
• 2011 Uganda National Council for Science & Technology/ Millennium Science Initiative PhD fellow

• Currently supervising three PhD Students at Makerere University and the University of Cape Town
• Successfully supervised 12 Master of Medicine Students at Makerere University over the last 5years.
• Internal Examiner for the University of Cape Town
• Internal Examiner for Makerere University
• External Examiner for Case Western Reserve University
• Currently appointed board member, Kauffman World Medicine at Case Western Reserve University

• April 2024 Plenary presentation at the American College of Cardiology Congress, Atlanta, Georgia.
• August 2023 Plenary presentation at the World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Washington DC.
• December 2023 Plenary session at the World Congress of Rheumatic Heart Disease, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• June 2022, American Society of Echocardiography annual conference (Online presentation)
• November 2021, Pan African Society of Cardiology annual congress, Mombasa, Kenya. Plenary presentation of the GOAL
• December 2019, Pan African Society of Cardiology/ South Africa Heart Association joint conference, Johannesburg, South Africa (plenary presentations)
• July 2019, WHO Programme on Essential NCDs review, Kigali, Rwanda (plenary)
• December 2018- World Congress of Cardiology Congress, Dubai, UAE (‘Time for rheumatic heart disease diagnosis, care and management to be decentralised’)
• October 2018- American Heart Association annual conference, Chicago (North-South Collaborations to develop Paediatric Cardiovascular care
• November 2017- Pan Africa Society of Cardiology Conference, Khartoum, Sudan (Rheumatic heart disease control in
• July 2017- World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology Congress, Barcelona, Spain (Increasing access to cardiac catheterization to children in low resource settings)
• June 2017- Kenya Cardiac Society Congress, Mombasa, Kenya (Plenary)
• March 2016- Africa PCR- Presenter and panel discussant, Johannesburg, South Africa(plenary)

Principal Investigator of the Following studies:

• Determining the impact of benzathine penicillin prophylaxis for latent rheumatic heart disease; A randomized control
• Investigation of rheumatic atrial fibrillation treatment using vitamin K, Rivaroxaban or Aspirin studies (Multicenter RCT)
• A better understanding of rheumatic fever in Africa- Prospective cohort study
• Developing a registry for Group A streptococcus in Uganda (Afrostrep-Uganda)
• Ugandan Rheumatic heart disease Registry

1. Beaton A, Okello E, Rwebembera J, Grobler A, Engelman D, Alepere J, Canales, L, Carapetis J, DeWyer A, Lwabi P, Mirabel M, Mocumbi AO, Murali M, Nakitto M, Ndagire E, Nunes MCP, Omara IO, Sarnacki R, Scheel A, Wilson N, Zimmerman M, Zühlke L, Karthikeyan G, Sable CA, Steer AC. Secondary Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jan 20;386(3):230-240.
2. Kumar RK, Antunes MJ, Beaton A, Mirabel M, Nkomo VT, Okello E, Regmi PR, Reményi B, Sliwa-Hähnle K, Zühlke LJ, Sable C; American Heart Association Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; and Council on Clinical Cardiology. Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Rheumatic Heart Disease: Implications for Closing the Gap: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2020 Nov 17;142(20):e337-e357.
3. Einstein AJ, Hirschfeld C, Williams MC, Vitola JV, Better N, Villines TC, Cerci R, Shaw LJ, Choi AD, Dorbala S, Karthikeyan G, Lu B, Sinitsyn V, Ansheles, AA, Kudo T, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Nørgaard BL, Maurovich-Horvat P, Campisi R, Milan E, Louw L, Allam AH, Bhatia M, Sewanan L, Malkovskiy E, Cohen Y, Randazzo, M, Narula J, Morozova O, Pascual TNB, Pynda Y, Dondi M, Paez D; INCAPS COVID 2, Investigators Group. Worldwide Disparities in Recovery of Cardiac Testing 1 Year Into COVID-19. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 May 24;79(20):2001-2017.
4. Dougherty S, Okello E, Mwangi J, Kumar RK. Rheumatic Heart Disease: JACC Focus Seminar 2/4. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Jan 3;81(1):81-94.
5. Lwabi P, Namuyonga J, Lubega S, Oketcho M, Mwambu T, Sebatta E, Okello E, Omagino J, Sliwa K. The Uganda Heart Association. Eur Heart J. 2019 Aug 1;40(29):2396-2397.
6. Rwebembera J, Beaton AZ, de Loizaga SR, Rocha RTL, Doreen N, Ssinabulya I, Okello E, Fraga CL, Galdino BF, Nunes MCP, Nascimento BR. The Global Impact of Rheumatic Heart Disease. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2021 Oct 1;23(11):160.
7. Okello E, Beaton A. Rheumatic Heart Disease Research Collaborative in Uganda. Circulation. 2023 Jun 13;147(24):1785-1787.
8. Longenecker CT, Kalra A, Okello E, Lwabi P, Omagino JO, Kityo C, Kamya MR, Webel AR, Simon DI, Salata RA, Costa MA. A Human-Centered Approach to CV Care: Infrastructure Development in Uganda. Glob Heart. 2018 Dec;13(4):347-354.
9. Minja NW, Nakagaayi D, Aliku T, Zhang W, Ssinabulya I, Nabaale J, Amutuhaire,W, de Loizaga SR, Ndagire E, Rwebembera J, Okello E, Kayima J. Cardiovascular diseases in Africa in the twenty-first century: Gaps and priorities going forward. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Nov 10;9:1008335.
10. Beaton A, Okello E, Steer AC. Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2022 Apr 28;386(17):1673-1674. doi: 056/NEJMc2202301. PMID: 35476663.
11. Beaton A, Kamalembo FB, Dale J, Kado JH, Karthikeyan G, Kazi DS, Longenecker CT, Mwangi J, Okello E, Ribeiro ALP, Taubert KA, Watkins DA, Wyber R, Zimmerman M, Carapetis J; American Heart Association Young Hearts Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease Committee of the Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young; Advocacy Coordinating Committee; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; and Council on Clinical Cardiology. The American Heart Association’s Call to Action for Reducing the Global Burden of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2020 Nov 17;142(20):e358-e368.
12. Dougherty S, Nascimento B, Okello E. Oral anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in rheumatic heart disease. Eur Heart J. 2023 Jul 14;44(27):2440-2442.
13. Zimmerman M, Kitooleko S, Okello E, Ollberding N, Sinha P, Mwambu T, Sable C, Beaton A, Longenecker C, Lwabi P. Clinical outcomes of children with rheumatic heart disease. Heart. 2022 Apr;108(8):633-638.
14. Beaton A, Okello E, Rwebembera J, Grobler A, Engelman D, Alepere J, Carapetis J, DeWyer A, Lwabi P, Mirabel M, Mocumbi AO, Nakitto M, Ndagire E, Nunes MCP, Omara IO, Sarnacki R, Scheel A, Wilson N, Zühlke L, Karthikeyan G, Sable CA, Steer AC. Refining Risk Stratification Among Children With Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease. Circulation. 2023 Jun 13;147(24):1848-1850.
15. Chang AY, Barry M, Bendavid E, Watkins D, Beaton AZ, Lwabi P, Ssinabulya I, Longenecker CT, Okello E. Mortality Along the Rheumatic Heart Disease Cascade of Care in Uganda. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2022 Jan;15(1):e008445.
16. Longenecker CT, Morris SR, Aliku TO, Beaton A, Costa MA, Kamya MR, Kityo C, Lwabi P, Mirembe G, Nampijja D, Rwebembera J, Sable C, Salata RA, Scheel A, Simon DI, Ssinabulya I, Okello E. Rheumatic Heart Disease Treatment Cascade in Uganda. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017 Nov;10(11):e004037.
17. Okello E, Ssemogerere L, Ssinabulya I, Kayima J, Nakanjako D, Sebatta E, Lubega S, Oketcho M, Mwambu T, Lwabi P, Mijumbi C, Omagino J. Makerere University-Uganda Heart Institute collaborative cardiovascular disease training and research since 1988. Afr Health Sci. 2022 Aug;22(Spec Issue):68-70.
18. Okello E, Beaton A. Targeted investment needed to end rheumatic heart disease in Africa. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Jul;9(7):e887-e888.
19. Nalubwama H, Ndagire E, Sarnacki R, Atala J, Beaton A, Kansiime R, Mwima R, Okello E, Watkins D. Community Perspectives on Primary Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Uganda. Glob Heart. 2022 Jan 20;17(1):5.
20. Chang AY, Zühlke L, Ribeiro ALP, Barry M, Okello E, Longenecker CT. What We Lost in the Fire: Endemic Tropical Heart Diseases in the Time of COVID-19. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Feb 6;108(3):462-464.
21. Zhang W, Azibani F, Libhaber E, Okello E, Kayima J, Ssinabulya I, Leeta J, Orem J, Sliwa K. Detecting subclinical anthracycline therapy-related cardiac dysfunction in patients attending Uganda Cancer Institute. Future Oncol. 2022 Aug;18(24):2675-2685.
22. Opara CC, Du Y, Kawakatsu Y, Atala J, Beaton AZ, Kansiime R, Nakitto M, Ndagire E, Nalubwama H, Okello E, Watkins DA, Su Y. Household Economic Consequences of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Uganda. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Jul 30;8:636280.
23. Kwizera A, Kateete DP, Ssenyonga R, Nakiyingi L, Nakibuuka J, Namata C, Mwanje A, Okello E, Kabatoro D, Kiwanuka N, Bollinger RC, Tumwine J, Summers C. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in an African Intensive Care Unit Setting: A Prospective Study of Prevalence and Outcomes. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Apr;19(4):691-694.
24. Rwebembera J, Beaton A, Okello E, Engelman D, Fall N, Mirabel M, Nakitto M, Pereira Nunes MC, Pulle J, Sarnacki R, Scheel A, Zuhlke L, Grobler A, Steer AC, Sable C. Comparison of approaches to determine echocardiographic outcomes for children with latent rheumatic heart disease. Open Heart. 2022 Dec;9(2):e002160.
25. Okello E, Murali M, Rwebembera J, Atala J, Bowen AC, Harik N, Kaudha G, Kitooleko S, Longenecker C, Ndagire E, Omara IO, Oyella LM, Parks T, Pulle J, Sable C, Sarnacki R, Stein E, Zimmerman M, de Klerk N, Carapetis J, Beaton A. Cross-sectional study of population-specific streptococcal antibody titres in Uganda. Arch Dis Child. 2020 Sep;105(9):825-829.
26. Baluku JB, Ronald O, Bagasha P, Okello E, Bongomin F. Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in active tuberculosis in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Rep. 2022 Sep 29;12(1):16354.
27. Okello S, Amir A, Bloomfield GS, Kentoffio K, Lugobe HM, Reynolds Z, Magodoro IM, North CM, Okello E, Peck R, Siedner MJ. Prevention of cardiovascular disease among people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2020 Mar-Apr;63(2):149-159.
28. Okello E, Ndagire E, Atala J, Bowen AC, DiFazio MP, Harik NS, Longenecker CT, Lwabi P, Murali M, Norton SA, Omara IO, Oyella LM, Parks T, Pulle J, Rwebembera J, Sarnacki RJ, Spurney CF, Stein E, Tochen L, Watkins D, Zimmerman, M, Carapetis JR, Sable C, Beaton A. Active Case Finding for Rheumatic Fever in an Endemic Country. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Aug 4;9(15):e016053.
29. Hovis IW, Namuyonga J, Kisitu GP, Ndagire E, Okello E, Longenecker CT, Sanyahumbi A, Sable CA, Penny DJ, Lwabi P, Kekitiinwa AR, Beaton A. Decreased Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease Confirmed Among HIV-positive Youth. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2019 Apr;38(4):406-409.
30. Ndagire E, Kawakatsu Y, Nalubwama H, Atala J, Sarnacki R, Pulle J, Kyarimpa, R, Mwima R, Kansiime R, Okello E, Lwabi P, Beaton A, Sable C, Watkins D. Examining the Ugandan health system’s readiness to deliver rheumatic heart disease-related services. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Feb 16;15(2):e0009164.
31. Peck D, Rwebembera J, Nakagaayi D, Minja NW, Ollberding NJ, Pulle J, Klein, J, Adams D, Martin R, Koepsell K, Sanyahumbi A, Beaton A, Okello E, Sable C. The Use of Artificial Intelligence Guidance for Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening by Novices. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023 Jul;36(7):724-732.
32. Zhang W, Azibani F, Libhaber E, Nankabirwa J, Okello E, Kayima J, Ssinabulya, I, Sliwa K. The role of conventional echocardiographic parameters on detecting subclinical anthracycline therapy related cardiac dysfunction-The SATRACD study. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Nov 18;9:966230.
33. Zimmerman M, Scheel A, DeWyer A, Nambogo JL, Otim IO, Tompsett A, Rwebembera, J, Okello E, Sable C, Beaton A. Determining the Risk of Developing Rheumatic, Heart Disease Following a Negative Screening Echocardiogram. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Feb 12;8:632621.
34. Asiimwe IG, Blockman M, Cohen K, Cupido C, Hutchinson C, Jacobson B, Lamorde M, Morgan J, Mouton JP, Nakagaayi D, Okello E, Schapkaitz E, Sekaggya-Wiltshire C, Semakula JR, Waitt C, Zhang EJ, Jorgensen AL, Pirmohamed M. A genome-wide association study of plasma concentrations of warfarin enantiomers and metabolites in sub-Saharan black-African patients. Front Pharmacol. 2022 Sep 23;13:967082.
35. Gleason B, Mirembe G, Namuyonga J, Okello E, Lwabi P, Lubega I, Lubega S, Musiime V, Kityo C, Salata RA, Longenecker CT. Brief Report: Prevalence of Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease Among HIV-Infected Children in Kampala, Uganda. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Feb 1;71(2):196-9.
36. Okello E, Ndagire E, Muhamed B, Sarnacki R, Murali M, Pulle J, Atala J, Bowen AC, DiFazio MP, Nakitto MG, Harik NS, Kansiime R, Longenecker CT, Lwabi P, Agaba C, Norton SA, Omara IO, Oyella LM, Parks T, Rwebembera J, Spurney CF, Stein E, Tochen L, Watkins D, Zimmerman M, Carapetis JR, Sable CA, Beaton A. Incidence of acute rheumatic fever in northern and western Uganda: a prospective, population-based study. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Oct;9(10):e1423-e1430.
37. Karthikeyan G, Devasenapathy N, Zühlke L, Engel ME, Rangarajan S, Teo KK, Mayosi BM, Yusuf S; Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry (REMEDY) Investigators. Digoxin and clinical outcomes in the Global Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry. Heart. 2019 Mar;105(5):363-369.
38. Scheel A, Ssinabulya I, Aliku T, Bradley-Hewitt T, Clauss A, Clauss S, Crawford L, DeWyer A, Donofrio MT, Jacobs M, Klein J, Moore TE, Okello E, Scheel, J, Shaw R, Sable C, Lwabi P, Watkins DA, Beaton A. Community study to uncover the full spectrum of rheumatic heart disease in Uganda. Heart. 2019 Jan;105(1):60-66.
39. Nabbaale J, Okello E, Kibirige D, Ssekitoleko I, Isanga J, Karungi P, Sebatta E, Zhu ZW, Nakimuli A, Omagino J, Kayima J. Burden, predictors and short-term outcomes of peripartum cardiomyopathy in a black African cohort. PLoS One. 2020 Oct 21;15(10):e0240837.
40. Semulimi AW, Kyazze AP, Kyalo E, Mukisa J, Batte C, Bongomin F, Ssinabulya, I, Kirenga BJ, Okello E. Review of electrocardiographic abnormalities among people living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. PLoS One, 023 Mar 23;18(3):e0283419.
41. Scheel A, Beaton A, Okello E, Longenecker CT, Otim IO, Lwabi P, Sable C, Webel AR, Aliku T. The impact of a peer support group for children with rheumatic heart disease in Uganda. Patient Educ Couns. 2018 Jan;101(1):119-123.
42. Engelman D, Okello E, Beaton A, Selnow G, Remenyi B, Watson C, Longenecker CT, Sable C, Steer AC. Evaluation of Computer-Based Training for Health Workers in Echocardiography for RHD. Glob Heart. 2017 Mar;12(1):17-23.e8.
43. Ndagire E, Ollberding N, Sarnacki R, Meghna M, Pulle J, Atala J, Agaba C, Kansiime R, Bowen A, Longenecker CT, Oyella L, Rwebembera J, Okello E, Parks T, Zang H, Carapetis J, Sable C, Beaton AZ. Modelling study of the ability to diagnose acute rheumatic fever at different levels of the Ugandan healthcare system. BMJ Open. 2022 Mar 22;12(3):e050478.
44. Chica HO, Okello E. Evidence-based medicine practice in Africa: is it feasible? Trop Doct. 2009 Jan;39(1):61-2.
45. Nalubwama H, Pulle J, Atala J, Sarnacki R, Nakitto M, Namara R, Beaton A, Kansiime R, Mwima R, Ndagire E, Okello E, Watkins D. A Qualitative Study of Patients’ Experiences, Enablers and Barriers of Rheumatic Heart Disease Care in Uganda. Glob Heart. 2023 Feb 23;18(1):6.
46. Sanyahumbi A, Ali S, Benjamin IJ, Karthikeyan G, Okello E, Sable CA, Taubert K, Wyber R, Zuhlke L, Carapetis JR, Beaton AZ; American Heart Association. Penicillin Reactions in Patients With Severe Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Mar;11(5):e024517.
47. Okello E, Longenecker CT, Scheel A, Aliku T, Rwebembera J, Mirembe G, Sable C, Lwabi P, Beaton A. Impact of regionalisation of a national rheumatic heart disease registry: the Ugandan experience. Heart Asia. 2018 Jan 13;10(1):e010981.
48. Huck DM, Okello E, Mirembe G, Ssinabulya I, Zidar DA, Silverman GJ, Getu L, Nowacki AS, Calabrese LH, Salata RA, Longenecker CT. Role of Natural Autoantibodies in Ugandans With Rheumatic Heart Disease and HIV. EBioMedicine. 2016 Feb 6;5:161-6.
49. Asiimwe IG, Waitt C, Sekaggya-Wiltshire C, Hutchinson C, Okello E, Zhang EJ, Semakula JR, Mouton JP, Cohen K, Blockman M, Lamorde M, Jorgensen AL, Pirmohamed. Developing and Validating a Clinical Warfarin Dose-Initiation Model for Black-African Patients in South Africa and Uganda. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Jun;109(6):1564-1574.
50.  Liang JJ, Huang H, Huang CX, Yang B, Wan J, Tang YH, Okello E. Same ablation may be used for frequent premature ventricular contractions and supraventricular tachycardia. Med Hypotheses. 2009 Nov;73(5):818-20.
51. Beaton A, Okello E, Scheel A, DeWyer A, Ssembatya R, Baaka O, Namisanvu H, Njeri A, Matovu A, Namagembe I, Mccarter R, Carapetis J, DeStigter K, Sable C. Impact of heart disease on maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes in a low-resource setting. Heart. 2019 May;105(10):755-760.
52. Nunes MCP, Sable C, Nascimento BR, Lima EM, da Silva JLP, Diamantino AC, Oliveira KKB, Okello E, Aliku T, Lwabi P, Colosimo EA, Ribeiro ALP, Beaton AZ. Simplified Echocardiography Screening Criteria for Diagnosing and Predicting Progression of Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Feb;12(2):e007928.
53. Asiimwe IG, Blockman M, Cohen K, Cupido C, Hutchinson C, Jacobson B, Lamorde M, Morgan J, Mouton JP, Nakagaayi D, Okello E, Schapkaitz E, Sekaggya-Wiltshire C, Semakula JR, Waitt C, Zhang EJ, Jorgensen AL, Pirmohamed M. Stable warfarin dose prediction in sub-Saharan African patients: A machine-learning approach and external validation of a clinical dose-initiation algorithm. CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol. 2022 Jan;11(1):20-29.
54. Atukunda M, Kabami J, Mutungi G, Twinamatsiko B, Nangendo J, Shade SB, Charlebois E, Grosskurth H, Kamya M, Okello E. Rationale and design of leveraging the HIV platform for hypertension control in Africa: protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Uganda. BMJ Open. 2022 Dec 8;12(12):e063227.
55. Stehouwer N, Okello E, Gupta V, Bailey AL, Josephson R, Madan Mohan SK, Osman MN, Longenecker CT. Development and Validation of a Teaching Module for Echocardiographic Scoring of Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis. Glob Heart. 2018 Jun;13(2):105-111.
56. Nakalema I, Kaddumukasa M, Nakibuuka J, Okello E, Sajatovic M, Katabira E. Prevalence, patterns and factors associated with hypertensive crises in Mulago hospital emergency department; a cross-sectional study. Afr Health Sci. 2019 Mar;19(1):1757-1767.
57. Longenecker CT, Okello E, Lwabi P, Costa MA, Simon DI, Salata RA. Management of rheumatic heart disease in uganda: the emerging epidemic of non-AIDS comorbidity in resource-limited settings. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Feb 1;65(2):e79-80.
58. Chang AY, Rwebembera J, Bendavid E, Okello E, Barry M, Beaton AZ, Haeffele C, Webel AR, Kityo C, Longenecker CT. Clinical Outcomes, Echocardiographic Findings, and Care Quality Metrics for People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Uganda. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 May 3;74(9):1543-1548.
59. Beaton A, Aliku T, Dewyer A, Jacobs M, Jiang J, Longenecker CT, Lubega S, McCarter R, Mirabel M, Mirembe G, Namuyonga J, Okello E, Scheel A, Tenywa E, Sable C, Lwabi P. Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease: Identifying the Children at Highest Risk of Unfavorable Outcome. Circulation. 2017 Dec 5;136(23):2233-2244.
60. Beaton A, Okello E, Aliku T, Lubega S, Lwabi P, Mondo C, McCarter R, Sable 1. Latent rheumatic heart disease: outcomes 2 years after echocardiographic detection. Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Oct;35(7):1259-67.
61. Forcillo J, Watkins DA, Brooks A, Hugo-Hamman C, Chikoya L, Oketcho M, Thourani VH, Zühlke L; contributors from Namibia, Zambia, and Uganda. Making cardiac surgery feasible in African countries: Experience from Namibia, Uganda, and Zambia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Nov;158(5):1384-1393.
62. DeWyer A, Scheel A, Otim IO, Longenecker CT, Okello E, Ssinabulya I, Morris S, Okwir M, Oyang W, Joyce E, Nabongo B, Sable C, Alencherry B, Tompsett A, Aliku T, Beaton A. Improving the accuracy of heart failure diagnosis in low- resource settings through task sharing and decentralization. Glob Health Action. 2019;12(1):1684070.
63. Machipisa T, Chishala C, Shaboodien G, Zühlke LJ, Muhamed B, Pandie S, de Vries J, Laing N, Joachim A, Daniels R, Ntsekhe M, Hugo-Hamman CT, Gitura B, Ogendo S, Lwabi P, Okello E, Damasceno A, Novela C, Mocumbi AO, Madeira G, Musuku J, Mtaja A, ElSayed A, Alhassan HHM, Bode-Thomas F, Yilgwan C, Amusa G, Nkereuwem E, Mulder N, Ramesar R, Lesosky M, Cordell HJ, Chong M, Keavney B, Paré G, Engel ME; RHDGen Network Consortium†. Rationale, Design, and the Baseline Characteristics of the RHDGen (The Genetics of Rheumatic Heart Disease) Network Study†. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2023 Feb;16(1):e003641.
64. Okello E, Longenecker CT, Beaton A, Kamya MR, Lwabi P. Rheumatic heart disease in Uganda: predictors of morbidity and mortality one year after presentation. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2017 Jan 7;17(1):20.
65. Aliku TO, Rwebembera J, Lubega S, Zhang W, Lugero C, Namuyonga J, Omagino JOO, Okello E, Lwabi PS. Trends in Annual Incidence Rates of Newly Diagnosed Endomyocardial Fibrosis Cases at the Uganda Heart Institute: A 14-Year Review. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2022 Apr 15;9:841346.
66. Salie MT, Yang J, Ramírez Medina CR, Zühlke LJ, Chishala C, Ntsekhe M, Gitura B, Ogendo S, Okello E, Lwabi P, Musuku J, Mtaja A, Hugo-Hamman C, El- Sayed A, Damasceno A, Mocumbi A, Bode-Thomas F, Yilgwan C, Amusa GA, Nkereuwem E, Shaboodien G, Da Silva R, Lee DCH, Frain S, Geifman N, Whetton AD, Keavney B, Engel ME; RHDGen Network Consortium. Data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry in severe rheumatic heart disease (RHD) identifies a proteomic signature showing ongoing inflammation and effectively classifying RHD cases. Clin Proteomics. 2022 Mar 22;19(1):7.
67. Stein E, Pulle J, Zimmerman M, Otim I, Atala J, Rwebembera J, Oyella LM, Harik N, Okello E, Sable C, Beaton A. Previous Traditional Medicine Use for Sore Throat among Children Evaluated for Rheumatic Fever in Northern Uganda. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Dec 14;104(3):842-847.
68. Beaton A, Aliku T, Okello E, Lubega S, McCarter R, Lwabi P, Sable C. The utility of handheld echocardiography for early diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2014 Jan;27(1):42-9.
69. Okello E, Jiang X, Mohamed S, Zhao Q, Wang T. Combined statin/coenzyme Q10 as adjunctive treatment of chronic heart failure. Med Hypotheses. 2009 Sep;73(3):306-8.
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