Professor Peter Bazira

Qualifications

• EdD (University of Sheffield)
• MD (Makerere University )
• MSc (Makerere University )

Summary

Peter is Professor of Clinical Anatomy and Medical Education at Hull York Medical School. He is also the Director of the Centre for Anatomical and Human Sciences , an academic centre that brings together Hull York Medical School staff based at the Universities of Hull and York with expertise in clinical, functional and comparative anatomy and physiology.

Peter joined Hull York Medical School in 2009. He was previously Assistant Lecturer in Anatomy at Makerere University, then Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Clinical Anatomy and Head of Anatomy at St George's, University of London before moving to Hull York Medical School as Senior Lecturer in Clinical Anatomy and HTA designated individual.

Peter is a medically qualified clinical anatomist. He completed his basic medical training at Makerere University and undertook his house jobs at Mulago National Referral Hospital. He earned an M.Sc. in Human Anatomy at Makerere University, worked in General Practice and in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Mulago National Referral Hospital, and taught clinical anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine (now the College of Health Sciences) of Makerere University.

Peter earned his doctorate in education from the University of Sheffield and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. As a classically trained anatomist, Peter has been an active teacher of embryology, histology, gross anatomy, comparative anatomy, radiological anatomy and clinically applied anatomy since 1997.