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Peter R Kisenge

Dar Es Salaam

Summary

Interventional Cardiologist and Executive leader with experience in driving organizational success and fostering collaborations. Skilled in strategic planning and stakeholder engagement. Known for innovation, adaptability, resilience, and delivering results in evolving environments. Strong interpersonal skills, effective communicator, and results-driven approach.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Director

Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute
2022 - Current


  • Worked closely with organisational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy, including expansion of the JKCI to become a chain of hospitals having five branches in Dar es Salaam, i.e. JKCI Upanga, JKCI Oyster Bay, JKCI Kawe, JKCI Dar Group.


  • Pioneered Mentoring of Cardiac Programs in Africa including those in Zambia, Rwanda, Burkina Faso and Cameroon.

Head of Research and Training

Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute
2021 - 2022

Personal Physician to the President of Tanzania

State House
2018 - 2021

I was also the Personal Advisor on Health matters to the 05th President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Hon. Late John Pombe Magufuli

Interventional Cardiologist and Director of Cardio

Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute
2015 - 2018

One of the core team members trained to establish the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute

Cardiologist and Head of Cardiology Department

Muhimbili National Hospital
2010 - 2015

Physician

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre
2007 - 2009

Worked in the Internal Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department

Medical Officer

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre
2002 - 2002

Education

Master of Science - Cardiology

Haukeland University, Christian Medical College Vellore India and Muhimbili University and Allied Health Science
01.2010

Master of Medicine - internal medicine

Tumaini University KCMC
01.2007

Doctor of Medicine (MD) - Medicine

Tumaini University KCMC
01.2002

Skills

  • Executive Director, Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute
  • Personal Physician and Health Advisor to the 05th President of the United Republic of Tanzania
  • Founder and Chairman, General Assembly of the Heart Team Africa Foundation
  • Founder of the CARDIO TAN International Congress, Tanzania
  • Chairman of the National Medical Tourism Committee - Tanzania

Affiliations

  • Full registered as Medical Practitioner Specialist by Medical Council of Tanganyika
  • Member of Medical Association of Tanzania (MAT)
  • Member of the Tanzania Heart Association
  • Member American College of Cardiology
  • European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
  • Board Member at the Madaktari Africa - NGO

Proffesional Title

Interventional Cardiologist and Physician

Interventional Skills

  • Performed thousands of procedures in Interventional Cardiology, including TAVI
  • Diagnostic and Therapeutic procedures, complex PCI, CRT-D, ICD, Pacemaker Dual, and Single Chamber, Ep Studies, and Ablation

Poster Presentations

  • 2007, Cryptococcal Meningitis in Northern Tanzania, Weekly Neuroscience Meeting, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 2007-06-11
  • 2008, Infectious Disease Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, Sponsored by America Austria Foundation
  • 2007, Clinical features, etiology, treatment, and outcome of 102 cases of non-traumatic myelopathy in Northern Tanzania, Irish Neurological Association, Belfast, 2007-05-01
  • 2007, Aetiology, Treatment and Outcome of Non-Traumatic Myelopathy in Northern Tanzania, Association of British Neurologists, Cambridge, UK, 2007-04-01
  • 2006, Seizure and epilepsy classification, and antiepileptic drug use in Northern Tanzania, Irish Neurological Association, Galway, Ireland, 2006-05-01
  • 2005, Tuberculous pleuritis diagnosed by pleural biopsy in a teaching hospital in Northern Tanzania, 8th Congress of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany, 2005-06-09
  • 2005, African histoplasmosis - a rare cause of cervical lymphadenopathy. A case report, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), Medical Department and Department of Pathology, Moshi, Tanzania

Verification

I Dr. Peter Richard Kisenge declare that this is my own Curriculum Vitae written to the best of my knowledge, truthfully and honestly. All information found on this Curriculum Vitae explains the reality of my personal academic and career life., Signature………………….., Date……………………...

Other Personal Information


  • Date of Birth: 23th May 1972
  • Nationality: Tanzanian
  • Marital Status: Married

Publications

  • Rationale, design, and protocol of a cross-sectional study on pregnancy-related cardiovascular diseases in Tanzania (PRECARDT): burden, characterization, and prognostic significance at delivery, Makubi, A., Chillo, P., Mutagaywa, R., Balandya, B., Kisenge, P., Tarimo, V., ..., Sliwa, K., BMJ Open, 2021, 11, 12, e04997
  • Intronic variants in the long non-coding RNA CDKN2B-AS1 are strongly associated with the risk of coronary artery disease in Northern Tribe Tanzania, Gokce Akan, Peter Kisenge, Tulizo Shemu Sanga, Fatmahan Atalar
  • Heart failure in Tanzania and Sweden: Comparative characterization and prognosis in the Tanzania Heart Failure (TaHeF) study and the Swedish Heart Failure Registry (SwedeHF), Abel Makubi, Camila Hage, Ulrik Sartipy, Johnson Lwakatare, Mohamed Janabi, Peter Kisenge, Ulf George Dahlstrom, Lars Ryden, Julie Makani, Lars Lund
  • Association of Chromosome 9p21.3 Region with increased risk of coronary artery disease in Northern Tanzania Patients, Gokce Akan, Peter Kisenge, Tulizo Shemu Sanga, Fatmahan Atalar
  • Osteosarcoma of the lower limb metastasized to the septum and right side of the heart. Case Report, Elisha Osati, Alice Kaijage, Peter Kisenge, Reuben Mutaganywa, Mohamed Janabi, Delilah Kimambo, Juma Nyangasa, Pedro Pallangyo, Peter Muhoka, Merkris Mango
  • Total Proximal Left Anterior Descending Artery Occlusion Presenting as Right-Sided Chest Pain with a Misdiagnosis of Costochondritis: A Case Report, Khuzeima Khanbhai, Peter Kisenge, Pedro Pallangyo, Reuben Mutaganywa, Zahra Nuhu, Frederick Lyimo, Yona Gandye, Tulizo Shemu, Tatizo Waane, Policarp France, Kulindwa Kasubi, Naiz Majani, Sara Shali Matuja, Faraji Lydege, Mohamed Janabi
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in Tanzania: 5 Years of Experience at Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute, Mohamed Janabi, Evarist Nyawawa, Bashiri Nyangasa, William Ramadhani, Peter Kisenge, Goswin Sharau, Viviane Mlawi, Sulende Kubhoja, Delila Kimambo, Engarasia Kifai, Tatizo Waane, Henry Mayala, Khuzeima Khanbhai, Boniface Wandwi, Angela Muhozya
  • Burden and correlates of atrial fibrillation among hypertensive patients attending a tertiary hospital in Tanzania, Smita Bhalia, Pedro Pallangyo, Abuu Dalidali, Saada Salum, Richard Kawajika, Edna Kajuna, Happiness Kusima, Engarasia Kifai, Tatizo Waane, Peter Kisenge, Mohamed Janabi
  • A Case of Wellens Syndrome in a 30-Year-Old Woman From Sub-Saharan Africa: A Perplexing Clinical Entity With Invaluable Lessons, Pedro Pallangyo, Smitha Bhalia, George Longopa, Kawajika Mwinyipembe, Jalack Milinga, Nsajigwa Msidai, Happiness Swai, Zabela Mkojela, Naairah Hemed, Rydiness Mulashani, Policarp Seraphine, Regan Masawe, Alice Kaijage, Peter Kisenge, Mohamed Janabi
  • Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictors of Obstructive coronary artery disease among patients undergoing coronary angiogram in tertiary Hospital Tanzania, Khuzema Khanbhai, Pedro Pallangyo, Smita Bhalia, Regan Massawe, Mazen Albaghdadi, Peter Kisenge, Tulizo Shemu, Tatizo Waane, George Longopa, Nino Mihatov, Maarten Hoek, Peter O’brien, Mohamed Janabi
  • Challenges in the management of peripartum cardiomyopathy with diuretic resistance, hypoalbuminemia, and hypothyroidism, Hanee Mehboob, Henry Mayala, Peter Kisenge
  • A community-based study on the prevalence of erectile dysfunction among Kinondoni District Residents, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Pedro Pallangyo, Peter Kisenge, Paulina Nicholaus, Henry Mayala
  • Common SNP-based haplotype analysis of the 9p21.3 gene locus as predictor coronary artery disease in Tanzania population, Gokce Akan, Peter Kisenge, Tulizo Shemu Sanga, Fatmahan Atalar
  • Cardiorenal Anemia Syndrome and Survival among Heart Failure Patients in Tanzania: A Prospective Cohort Study, Pedro Pallangyo, Francis Fredrick, Smita Bhalia, Paulina Nicholaus, Peter Kisenge, Benjamin Mtinangi, Mohamed Janabi, Stephan Humphrey
  • A new source of non profit neurosurgical funding, Amali Fernando, Joyce Nicholas, Peter O’ Brien, Hamisi Shabani, Peter Kisenge, Mohamed Janabi, Dillantha Ellegala, Daniel Bass
  • Prevalence and prognostic implications of anemia and iron deficiency in Tanzanian patients with heart failure, Abel Makubi, Camilla Hage, Johnson Lwakatare, Peter Kisenge, Lars H Lund, Lars Rydén, Julie Makani
  • Contemporary etiology, clinical characteristics and prognosis of adults with heart failure observed in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: the prospective Tanzania Heart Failure (TaHeF) study, Abel Makubi, Camilla Hage, Johnson Lwakatare, Peter Kisenge, Julie Makani, Lars H Lund, Lars Rydén

Timeline

Master of Medicine - internal medicine

Tumaini University KCMC

Doctor of Medicine (MD) - Medicine

Tumaini University KCMC

Executive Director

Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute
2022 - Current

Head of Research and Training

Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute
2021 - 2022

Personal Physician to the President of Tanzania

State House
2018 - 2021

Interventional Cardiologist and Director of Cardio

Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute
2015 - 2018

Cardiologist and Head of Cardiology Department

Muhimbili National Hospital
2010 - 2015

Physician

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre
2007 - 2009

Medical Officer

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre
2002 - 2002

Master of Science - Cardiology

Haukeland University, Christian Medical College Vellore India and Muhimbili University and Allied Health Science
Peter R Kisenge