Timothy Kien Amukele

Assistant Professo
Pathology - Immunopathology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
United States of America

Doctor Pathology
Biography

Dr. Timothy Amukele is an assistant professor of pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also the medical director of the Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University laboratory in Kampala, Uganda; the Laboratory co-Investigator for the Johns Hopkins Malawi Clinical Trials Unit in Blantyre, Malawi; and the associate director for clinical pathology programs for Pathologists Overseas Inc.. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Pathology. His research interests are twofold: the quality and impact of clinical laboratories in developing countries, and chronic diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Amukele earned his MD and PhD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. He completed his residency at the University of Washington Medical Center in clinical pathology and performed a fellowship at the University of Washington Medical Center.

Research Intrest

Non-communicable diseases in sub-Sarharan Africa; Quality of clinical laboratories in sub-Saharan Africa

List of Publications
Amukele TK, Michael K, Hanes M, Miller RE, Jackson JB. External quality assurance performance of clinical research laboratories in sub-saharan Africa. Am J Clin Pathol. 2012 Nov;138(5):720-3.
Elbireer AM, Jackson JB, Sendagire H, Opio A, Bagenda D, Amukele TK. The good, the bad, and the unknown: quality of clinical laboratories in Kampala, Uganda. PLoS One. 2013 May 30;8(5):e64661.
Schroeder LF, Amukele T. Medical laboratories in sub-saharan Africa that meet international quality standards. Am J Clin Pathol. 2014 Jun;141(6):791-5.
Amukele TK, Lee Shroeder, J. Brooks Jackson, Ali Elbireer. Most clinical laboratory testing in kampala occurs in high-volume, high-quality laboratories or low-volume, low-quality laboratories: a tale of two cities. Am J Clin Pathol. 2015 Jan;143(1):50-6
Robert Kaleyesubula, Timothy K. Amukele. A 4-year survey of the spectrum of renal disease at the Mulago Hospital Renal Outpatient Clinic, Uganda Kidney International 2015 Mar; 87:663