Emily Levy Kamugisha, M.D.

Biography

Emily Levy Kamugisha, M.D., AAHIVS, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in family medicine, women’s health, and HIV primary care treatment. 

Dr. Levy Kamugisha earned her medical degree at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. She completed a residency in family medicine at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, and received certification as an HIV primary care specialist through the American Academy of HIV Medicine.

Certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2018. 

Dr. Levy Kamugisha’s clinical focus includes newborns, children, adolescents, adults, and prenatal care. She can perform minor skin procedures and joint injections, as well as women’s health procedures such as pap smears, contraception placement, and endometrial biopsies. Her practice is LGBTQ-friendly, and she can prescribe PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection). 

Dr. Levy Kamugisha spent three years working in an international health clinic treating refugees, and she has extensive global health and tropical medicine experience. She is conversant in Spanish and welcomes a diverse array of patients.

She is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Academy of HIV Medicine.