He concurrently served as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Neurosurgery at Makerere University School of Medicine.
[2][3] At the time of his death, John Baptist Mukasa was one of only 13 neurosurgeons in Uganda, whose national population was estimated at 47 million.
[2] He is remembered fondly by his colleagues, co-workers, neurosurgeons, residents, medical students that he taught and mentored and the many patient he operated on and/or went out of his way to assist.
These include Juliet Sekabunga Nalwanga, Uganda's first female neurosurgeon who was trained by Mukasa.
[2][3] Dr Mukasa also had operating privileges at UMC Victoria Hospital in Bukoto, in the northern part of Kampala, Uganda's capital city.