Our Team

Dr Seka Kiyingi

General Practitioner

MB ChB, PhD, FRACGP

An experienced GP/Family Physician of 23 years practice in Townsville, North Queensland, Australia. Seka originally moved to Australia from Uganda, where he graduated in medicine in 1977 at the prestigious Makerere University Medical School. He pursued post-graduate studies at The University of Sydney, Australia leading to a PhD in Pharmacology. He spent 6 years in Papua New Guinea working in hospitals there as well as lecturing at the University of Papua New Guinea. He returned to Australia and settled in Townsville in 1991, where he obtained his fellowship in general practice/family medicine (FRACGP) in 1996.

Dr Seka Kiyingi has worked in several general practices around Townsville, including: Hyde Park Medical Centre, Mundingburra Medical Centre, Stuart Medical Centre(Wulguru), My Family Doctors ( Urban Quarter) before joining Rosslea Medical Centre.

Dr Seka is a full time generalist but who has a special interest in the field of Asthma. He has in the past done extensive research in the pathophysiological mechanisms of asthma as well as its rational treatment. He is also very much interested in Adolescent health, the health of the aged and that of new Migrants into Australia. He regularly performs minor surgical procedures and skin cancer excisions.

Seka’s hobbies include gardening, choral singing, riding a push bike on the odd morning for physical fitness, playing African drums and rhythms, and writing books on the history and culture of the Baganda of Uganda.