Thereza Piloya

Thereza Piloya-Were (also known as Thereza Piloya and Terry Piloya) is an Ugandan paediatrician who specialises in endocrinology and HIV/AIDS. She is Senior Lecturer at the Makerere University Department of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Biography Thereza Piloya was educated at Makerere University, where she got her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree, before getting her Master of Medicine degree in paediatrics in 2010. She started working in the Makerere University Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, where she has worked as a lecturer and a paediatric endocrinologist, and has directed both the Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes Unit and the undergraduate programme. She was originally Assistant Lecturer at the department before she was promoted to Senior Lecturer at sometime after 2021. Among her achievements include improvements on the treatment of paediatric diabetes, including the provision of clinical mentorship.

She is a fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences.