John Wilson Carswell OBE FRCS (born 1937) is a Scottish physician who was one of the first medical researchers to identify HIV/AIDS in Uganda.
[2] He worked as a consultant surgeon at Mulago Hospital, Kampala from 1968 to 1987 where he became a leading AIDS researcher in the country.
[3][4] He later served as medical advisor to the Government of South Africa, and worked in public health in the United States and Asia.
[5] His experiences in Uganda, where he met Idi Amin, were an inspiration for the character Dr. Garrigan in Giles Foden's novel The Last King of Scotland.
[7] His son Douglas Carswell was the first elected UK Independence Party Member of Parliament.