Nelson Sewankambo

Nelson Sewankambo
Born	1952 (age 65–66) Mulago Hospital, Uganda
Residence	Kampala, Uganda
Nationality	Ugandan
Citizenship	Uganda
Alma mater	Makerere University (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery) (Master of Medicine in Medicine) McMaster University (Master of Science in clinical epidemiology) (Honorary Doctor of Laws) Royal College of Physicians (Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians)
Occupation	Physician, researcher, academic administrator
Years active	1978 — present
Known for	Medical research, academic administration
Home town	Kampala
Title	Principal Makerere University College of Health Sciences

Nelson K. Sewankambo, MBChB, MMed, MSc, FRCP, LLD (Hon), sometimes spelled as Nelson Ssewankambo, is a Ugandan physician, academician, medical researcher, and medical administrator. He is a professor of medicine and principal of the Makerere University College of Health Sciences, a semi-autonomous constituent college of Makerere University.

He was born at Mulago Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda's capital city, in 1952.

Sewankambo was educated at Namilyango College, an all-boys residential middle and high school (grades: eight to thirteen) located in Mukono District, from 1965 until 1970. In 1971, he entered the Makerere University School of Medicine, where he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, graduating in 1976. He went on to obtain the Master of Medicine degree, specializing in Internal Medicine, also from Makerere in the early 1980s. He later obtained a Master of Science degree in Clinical Epidemiology, from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He was later awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by McMaster University.