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Zaheer Bayat (Head of Department: Internal Medicine at University of the Witwatersrand)

Zaheer Bayat

Head of Department: Internal Medicine at University of the Witwatersrand

https://www.semdsa.o...

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 6Presentation Topic: My Sweet HeartDr Zaheer Bayat is a specialist physician and endocrinologist working in Gauteng.He is the Head of Department of Inter...

Zaheer Bayat

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 6
Presentation Topic: My Sweet Heart

Dr Zaheer Bayat is a specialist physician and endocrinologist working in Gauteng.

He is the Head of Department of Internal Medicine at Helen Joseph Hospital, a tertiary academic hospital attached to the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. In addition, he is the Acting Academic Head of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Wits University. He is also a clinician in private practice at the Centre for Integrative Health based in the Sandton Medi-Clinic and the Ahmed Kathrada Private Hospital. Dr Bayat is also a director at the Lenasia Clinic Trial and Research Unit (LCTC).

Dr Bayat is the current chairperson of the Society for Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes of South Africa (SEMDSA) and was part of the International Congress of Endocrinology organizing committee in 2018. He is a contributor and part of the editorial panel of the South African Type 2 Diabetes Guidelines as well as the South African Thyroid Guidelines.

Dr Bayat is well known locally and internationally, having been an invited speaker and chair to the World Internal Medicine Congress (2018), International Congress of Endocrinology (2018), EASD symposium (2018, 2017) as well as having been part of the Diabetes Education Program in Sub Saharan Africa. He is an invited reviewer to multiple National Internal Medicine and Endocrinology Journals. In addition, Dr Bayat sits on several Regional and National Drug Advisory Boards as well as Diabetes and Thyroid Advisory Panels.

Dr Bayat’s research interest is in diabetes, thyroid and adrenal diseases.

Bilal Bobat (Gastroenterolgist at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre)

Bilal Bobat

Gastroenterolgist at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre

https://www.bobatmed...

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 6Presentation Topic: Management of NASH: Current & Future OptionsDr Bilal Bobat is based at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre Liver Unit where he ...

Bilal Bobat

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 6
Presentation Topic: Management of NASH: Current & Future Options

Dr Bilal Bobat is based at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre Liver Unit where he is a transplant hepatologist. His interests include Autoimmune liver disease and specifically Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. He is an honourary lecturer at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and serves on regional and international Gastroenterology and Hepatology committees.

Ziyaad Dangor (Research Director: Wits VIDA I Paediatric Pulmonologist: Department of Paediatrics & Child Health at University of the Witwatersrand)

Ziyaad Dangor

Research Director: Wits VIDA I Paediatric Pulmonologist: Department of Paediatrics & Child Health at University of the Witwatersrand

https://www.ncbi.nlm...

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 3Presentation Topic: Pathways for Clinician ResearchersAssociate Professor Ziyaad Dangor is the clinical research director at the world-renowned Vaccines an...

Ziyaad Dangor

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 3
Presentation Topic: Pathways for Clinician Researchers

Associate Professor Ziyaad Dangor is the clinical research director at the world-renowned Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit (VIDA) at the University of the Witwatersrand. He also works as a paediatric pulmonologist at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. As a researcher, Ziyaad completed his doctoral thesis on the clinical and immunological epidemiology of Group B Streptococcal (GBS) disease. Over the past decade, his primary research focus has been on the burden of invasive GBS disease in young infants, and he serves on the WHO Technical Advisory Group on GBS Vaccine Development. In addition, his research interests include paediatric lung health, health advocacy and medical education. Ziyaad is a National Research Foundation Y1-rated scientist, and has undertaken investigator-initiated, original research using a range of clinical, epidemiological, and laboratory-based research techniques to establish a successful research output, including the publication of cited papers in high-impact factor journals in the field. For a complete list of published work, visit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1tsJ8pHeTx1AO/bibliography/public/.

Ziyaad is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at the University of Witwatersrand. He is the president of the South African Paediatric Association, and an examiner in the College of Paediatricians of South Africa. He is also an instructor with the Advanced Paediatric Life Support Group.

Georgia Demetriou (Academic Head of Division – Medical Oncology – Internal Medicine at University of the Witwatersrand)

Georgia Demetriou

Academic Head of Division – Medical Oncology – Internal Medicine at University of the Witwatersrand

https://www.sasmo.co...

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 1Presentation Topic: An Update on Lung CancerProf Georgia Demetriou is a Medical Oncologist in Johannesburg South Africa. She is the Academic Head of Medi...

Georgia Demetriou

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 1
Presentation Topic: An Update on Lung Cancer

Prof Georgia Demetriou is a Medical Oncologist in Johannesburg South Africa. She is the Academic Head of Medical Oncology at the University of the Witwatersrand and acting head of the Division of Medical Oncology at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital as well as a Medical Oncologist in Private Practice at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre in Parktown Johannesburg.

She previously ran a general medicine teaching unit from 2007 to 2018 for the University of the Witwatersrand at the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital and is a senior lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa.

Prof Demetriou has served as the intern and community service medical officer curator at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital overseeing the junior medical staff at the hospital since 2008.

She has been involved as an examiner, moderator and convenor in the sub-speciality certificate of Medical Oncology for the College of Medicine of South Africa and has acted as an examiner for the College in the examinations for Internal Medicine. She is a Director of the South African Oncology Consortium (SAOC) and is the Chairperson of the Board.

She has been an Executive Committee member of the South African Medical Oncology Society since 2009 and served as the treasurer of the Society until 2022 when she was elected as Chairperson of the Society. She is a founding member of the organising committee of the Wits Multidisciplinary Biennial Oncology Meeting and the General Practitioner Oncology Meeting believing in the improving of oncology patient care by improving the multidisciplinary approach to patient care.

Her areas of professional interest include Breast Cancer, GIST, Neuroendocrine tumours and Colorectal Cancer and she takes part in various weekly multidisciplinary patient review meetings in these disease areas of oncology.

She has been involved in numerous pivotal clinical trials in the area on Oncology as a Principal Investigator in especially breast cancer and serves on local and international Advisory Boards.

Raquel Duarte (Associate Professor at University of the Witwatersrand)

Raquel Duarte

Associate Professor at University of the Witwatersrand

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Plenary SessionPresentation Topic: Internal Medicine’s Translational Research: Embracing the Era of Precision MedicineRaquel Duarte is a research scientist ...

Raquel Duarte

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Plenary Session
Presentation Topic: Internal Medicine’s Translational Research: Embracing the Era of Precision Medicine

Raquel Duarte is a research scientist with more than 20 years’ experience in molecular bioscience.

In 2006 she completed post-doctoral training at Cancer Research, UK, and returned to her alma mater, the University of the Witwatersrand. She now heads Internal Medicine Research, School of Clinical Medicine, where her and her team drive the molecular and applied research of the largest clinical training department in South Africa. Her research focuses on elucidating the mechanisms underlying disease, especially cancer and kidney disease.

Anita Graham (Department of Pulmonology at University of the Witwatersrand)

Anita Graham

Department of Pulmonology at University of the Witwatersrand

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 5Presentation Topic: Pleural Infections - An UpdateConsultant Specialist Physician & Pulmonology FellowAnita Graham currently works at the Department ...

Anita Graham

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 5
Presentation Topic: Pleural Infections - An Update

Consultant Specialist Physician & Pulmonology Fellow

Anita Graham currently works at the Department of Pulmonology, University of the Witwatersrand. She is the centre director for The Lung Laboratory - Research and Intervention Centre - Gauteng and Head of Pulmonology at Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg. Her special interests include interventional pulmonology, lung cancer, COPD and HIV related lung diseases. Anita does research in lung cancer and interventional bronchoscopy.

Claudia Ickinger (Specialist Rheumatologist at University of the Witwatersrand)

Claudia Ickinger

Specialist Rheumatologist at University of the Witwatersrand

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 3Presentation Topic: Systemic Sclerosis: A Vascular SnapshotRheumatologist at Division of Rheumatology Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic HospitalDr. Claudi...

Claudia Ickinger

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 3
Presentation Topic: Systemic Sclerosis: A Vascular Snapshot

Rheumatologist at Division of Rheumatology Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital

Dr. Claudia Ickinger is Internist and affiliated with medical facilities such as University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences, Parktown.

Dr Ickinger is a Rheumatology Consultant, Principal Specialist and Head of Clinical Unit in the Department of Internal Medicine at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg. She is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand.
She obtained her BPharm, BSc(Hons), MSc(Med) and MBBCh degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand. She holds a Fellowship of the College of Physicians (SA) and Certificate in Rheumatology. Dr Ickinger is actively involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate training and education.

Her main clinical and research interests include vascular aspects of autoimmune diseases, particularly systemic sclerosis, and connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension. She is a member of the European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) Study Group on Microcirculation in Rheumatic diseases.

Shabir Madhi (Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences at University of the Witwatersrand)

Shabir Madhi

Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences at University of the Witwatersrand

https://www.samrc.ac...

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 3Presentation Topic: Advances in Adult Vaccination Against Respiratory PathogensShabir Madhi is Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Va...

Shabir Madhi

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 3
Presentation Topic: Advances in Adult Vaccination Against Respiratory Pathogens

Shabir Madhi is Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; and co-founder and co-Director of the African Leadership Initiative for Vaccinology Expertise (ALIVE). Professor Madhi completed his undergraduate and postgraduate training at the University of the Witwatersrand, qualifying as paediatrician in 1996 and obtaining his PhD in 2003.

He currently also holds the positions of Director of the South African Medical Research Council Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytical Research Unit (VIDA). He currently serves as the deputy- Chair of the World Health Organisation Scientific Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE and is a member of the National Advisory Group on Immunization in South Africa.

Shabir has co-authored over 650 scientific publications since 1997, and has an H-index of 103. His research has focused on the epidemiology, and clinical development of lifesaving vaccines against pneumonia and diarrheal disease. Over the past decade, he has focussed on vaccines being developed for immunization of pregnant women for the benefit of the women and their young infants. He led the first two COVID-19 vaccine studies undertaken in Africa, and was also involved in multiple clinical and serology epidemiology studies on COVID-19.

Pravin Manga (Emeritus Professor & Cardiologist at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre)

Pravin Manga

Emeritus Professor & Cardiologist at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre

https://www.wits.ac....

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 2Presentation Topic: Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation & ToolsProf Pravin Manga has been honoured with the status of Emeritus Professor for his outstandin...

Pravin Manga

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 2
Presentation Topic: Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation & Tools

Prof Pravin Manga has been honoured with the status of Emeritus Professor for his outstanding contribution to the University.

After more than 40 years of service to the University of Witwatersrand, Prof Pravin Manga has been honoured with the status of Emeritus Professor for his outstanding contribution to the University.

Academic Head of Internal Medicine, Professor Pravin Manga, spent the majority of his 40 years post qualification in the public service. He completed his internship at the then Coronation Hospital and subsequently did his Registrar training in internal medicine at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital.

He was attracted to cardiology and gained a fellowship position to train at Tulane University in the United States of America. On his return to South Africa, he was appointed Head of Cardiology at the Hillbrow Hospital. With a passion for interventional cardiology, he completed his PhD in this area, pioneered the first program of balloon valvuloplasty for the treatment of rheumatic mitral stenosis in the country and became an international expert on this subject.

In 1995 he was appointed Chief Specialist, Professor and Academic Head of Cardiology and later Academic Head of the Department of Internal Medicine in the School of Clinical Medicine until his retirement in 2016. In this time, he was known for running a patient focused unit, launching the only 24-hour cardiac cath lab service in a public hospital in South Africa.

He has had the distinction of being the past President of the South African Cardiac Society and still serves/ served on the board of the South African Heart Association. His research focused on valvular and ischemic heart disease, and he still serves as the Deputy Editor of the Journal of American College of Cardiology, the number one rated cardiovascular journal in the world.

Prof Manga will continue to pursue his research interests and teaching; staying on in the Division of Cardiology. In addition, he will also start a new journal for the School of Clinical Medicine.

The Faculty would like to thank Prof Manga for his service and congratulates him on his Emeritus Professor appointment.

Collen Masimirembwa (Biomedical Pharmacologist at University of the Witwatersrand)

Collen Masimirembwa

Biomedical Pharmacologist at University of the Witwatersrand

https://www.edctp.or...

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Plenary SessionPresentation Topic: Pharmacogenomics in Personalised Medicine - from Research Bench to Patient Bedside in AfricaProf Collen Masimirembwa has founde...

Collen Masimirembwa

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Plenary Session
Presentation Topic: Pharmacogenomics in Personalised Medicine - from Research Bench to Patient Bedside in Africa

Prof Collen Masimirembwa has founded and leads the African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (AiBST). Currently, he is the President of the African Pharmacogenomics Consortium (APC). His research focuses on pharmacogenetics and clinical pharmacology. He demonstrated the clinical relevance of Africa’s genomic diversity, especially with respect to the safe use of anti-retroviral drugs.

He is a Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences (Witwatersrand University, South Africa), and a Fellow of the Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences and the African Academy of Sciences. He received many awards including the HUGO Africa Award (2018). Prof Masimirembwa studied at the University of Zimbabwe and the Karolinska Institute, Sweden (PhD). After having worked for AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Company as a Principal Scientist for about 10 years, he returned to Africa.

André Mochan (Academic Head of Division: Neurology at University of the Witwatersrand)

André Mochan

Academic Head of Division: Neurology at University of the Witwatersrand

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 3Presentation Topic: CNS Autoimmune DisordersProf André Mochan is an Associate Professor in the Division of Neurology and has been Clinical Head of N...

André Mochan

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 3
Presentation Topic: CNS Autoimmune Disorders

Prof André Mochan is an Associate Professor in the Division of Neurology and has been Clinical Head of Neurology at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital since 2009. He has now been appointed Academic Head of Neurology in the Department of Neurosciences in the School of Clinical Medicine.

After completion of his medical undergraduate training at LMU Munich, Germany, he spent his internship year at Baragwanath Hospital, and thereafter never turned back, completing all postgraduate and specialist neurology training and further education there and at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Prof Mochan has been awarded several prizes as student, Registrar and Consultant, including the Neurology Association of South Africa Novartis award. He has a wide portfolio of completed graduate and postgraduate supervision, including several MMeds, BTechs and MTechs. Prof Mochan is a senior examiner/convener/moderator for the Fellowship of the College of Neurology in the CMSA; he is the WITS representative on the College of Neurology Executive Committee and heads the examinations portfolio. He is the current Secretary of the College of Neurology.
Prof Mochan is also an executive member and recent office bearer of the Neurology Association of South Africa (NASA).

His early academic career has been largely influenced and shaped by the HIV epidemic, leading to an interest in the wide variety of its neurological manifestations. This has led to numerous publications to ultimately characterise and improve diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients with HIV related neurological diseases in our setting. He was part of the initial description of the late Efavirenz induced ataxia-encephalopathy syndrome.

In 2014 he established a dedicated multidisciplinary Motor Neuron Disease / Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (MND/ALS) Clinic at Chris Hani Bara, the only such clinic outside Cape Town in the country.
Through the MND/ALS clinic he participates in the drive for yet non-existent genomic research on African ALS patients and is Co-Principal Investigator of the newly launched ALS-Africa NET study employing cutting edge WGS techniques, performed locally, to characterise uncharted genes in ALS. He also is the initiator and Principal Investigator of the South African Neurology COVID-19 database.

Prof Mochan is a regular reviewer for many prestigious journals and has been invited to write editorials, most recently for the Journal of Neurological Sciences.

Jeremy Nel (Academic Head of Division – Infectious Diseases - Internal Medicine at University of the Witwatersrand)

Jeremy Nel

Academic Head of Division – Infectious Diseases - Internal Medicine at University of the Witwatersrand

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 5Presentation Topic: How to Screen & Treat Cryptococcal Meningitis in 2023Jeremy graduated with an MBChB from University of the Cape Town in 2006, and...

Jeremy Nel

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 5
Presentation Topic: How to Screen & Treat Cryptococcal Meningitis in 2023

Jeremy graduated with an MBChB from University of the Cape Town in 2006, and thereafter specialized in internal medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he later also completed a fellowship in infectious diseases. He was awarded a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the Royal College of Physicians with distinction in 2017 and recently completed a fellowship in transplant infectious diseases at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is an active member of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society and has been involved in several guidelines' committees including the adult antiretroviral therapy guidelines, cryptococcal meningitis guidelines and transplant HIV guidelines. He has published research in the fields of tuberculosis, nontuberculous mycobacteria, HIV and cryptococcal meningitis. Jeremy is a member of the South African Ministerial Advisory Council on COVID-19 and is the national co-PI of WHO’s Solidarity Therapeutics Trial in South Africa.

Mashudu Nethononda (Specialist Cardiologist at University of the Witwatersrand)

Mashudu Nethononda

Specialist Cardiologist at University of the Witwatersrand

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 6Presentation Topic: Use of Cardiac MRIFellow of the South African College of Medicine [FCP(SA)].Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC).Fello...

Mashudu Nethononda

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 6
Presentation Topic: Use of Cardiac MRI

Fellow of the South African College of Medicine [FCP(SA)].
Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC).
Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (FSCMR).

Prof Nethononda is an Associate Professor & Clinical Head of Cardiology, Consultant in Cardiology & Cardiac MRI at the
Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and the University of Witwatersrand.

Research Interests:
Cardiac Imaging
Heart Muscle Conditions
Aortic Disease Conditions
Coronary Artery Disease
Cardiac Conditions in Pregnant Mothers

Graham Paget (Specialist Nephrologist & Adjunct Professor at University of the Witwatersrand)

Graham Paget

Specialist Nephrologist & Adjunct Professor at University of the Witwatersrand

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 1Presentation Topic: High Dose vs Recommended Dose Antibiotics in the ICU - Evidence from a Nephrology vs Critical Care PerspectiveProfessor Graham Paget is...

Graham Paget

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 1
Presentation Topic: High Dose vs Recommended Dose Antibiotics in the ICU - Evidence from a Nephrology vs Critical Care Perspective

Professor Graham Paget is currently the Head of the Renal Division at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. His research interests include viral infections in renal disease, and he is currently undertaking his PhD in these potential aspects of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. He was the President of the South African Renal Society from 2016 to 2020 and was the Academic Head of Nephrology at the University of the Witwatersrand from 2013 to 2019. He is actively involved in postgraduate degree supervision and marking and has convened and examined for the Certificate in Nephrology subspecialty exams for the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa. He has mentored many Fellows in Nephrology, including the International Society of Nephrology sponsored candidates from our African neighbours. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in the UK.

Vinitha Philip (Academic Head of Division – Clinical Haematology - Internal Medicine at University of the Witwatersrand)

Vinitha Philip

Academic Head of Division – Clinical Haematology - Internal Medicine at University of the Witwatersrand

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 1Presentation Topic: An Approach to Immune Thrombocytopenia PurpuraDr Vinitha Philip received her MD degree from University Centre for Health Sciences, Ya...

Vinitha Philip

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 1
Presentation Topic: An Approach to Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura

Dr Vinitha Philip received her MD degree from University Centre for Health Sciences, Yaounde, Cameroon and moved to South Africa in 1991.

She qualified as a Clinical Haematologist in 2002 and has been practising at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital from 1991, coming up the ranks to be Acting Head of the Clinical Haematology unit. Her main areas of interest are TTP, Haemophilia and especially acquired Haemophilia as well as
Haematological Malignancies. She has 14 publications on HIV and lymphomas and HIV and TTP.

Mpho Ratshikana-Moloko (Division of Palliative Care at University of the Witwatersrand)

Mpho Ratshikana-Moloko

Division of Palliative Care at University of the Witwatersrand

https://www.wits.ac....

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 4Presentation Topic: Palliative Care: Needs & Impacts on Quality of Life of Cancer PatientsDr Ratshikana is the Director for the Gauteng/Wits Centre o...

Mpho Ratshikana-Moloko

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 4
Presentation Topic: Palliative Care: Needs & Impacts on Quality of Life of Cancer Patients

Dr Ratshikana is the Director for the Gauteng/Wits Centre of Excellence for Palliative Care, based at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and Wits Medical School, which has been providing palliative care services for more than 20 years. Her responsibilities include clinical care, training, palliative care research and advocacy. She had an opportunity to serve in the National Steering Committee for Palliative Care that developed the Palliative Care Policy, under the leadership of the current Deputy Minister Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo.

As part of advocacy, Dr Ratshikana has been instrumental in sourcing funding for national implementation of the Palliative Care Policy, expanding palliative care to other hospitals, establishing the new comprehensive adult oncology unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital She has developed short courses to upskill health professionals and others to meet the unique needs of palliative care patients and their families to improve their quality of life. Dr Ratshikana have a special interest in spiritual care, a neglected component in palliative care, and is currently working towards integrating this important intervention as part of holistic patient centered palliative care in the public sector.

Guy Richards (Emeritus Professor of Pulmonology and Critical Care at University of the Witwatersrand)

Guy Richards

Emeritus Professor of Pulmonology and Critical Care at University of the Witwatersrand

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 1Presentation Topic: High Dose vs Recommended Dose Antibiotics in the ICU - Evidence from a Nephrology vs Critical Care PerspectiveProf Guy Richards is curr...

Guy Richards

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 1
Presentation Topic: High Dose vs Recommended Dose Antibiotics in the ICU - Evidence from a Nephrology vs Critical Care Perspective

Prof Guy Richards is currently an Emeritus Professor of Pulmonology and Critical Care at the University of the Witwatersrand. He retired from his posts as Academic Head of Critical Care at the University, and as Director of Critical Care at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, at the at the age of 65. He remained on as a consultant for an additional year and was subsequently employed by the University to teach and mentor research, in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Emma Sadleir-Berkowitz (Social Media Law Expert at The Digital Law Company)

Emma Sadleir-Berkowitz

Social Media Law Expert at The Digital Law Company

https://www.thedigit...

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 2 (ETHICS)Presentation Topic: Social Media in Medicine: The Legal, Disciplinary & Reputational RisksFounder & CEO at The Digital Law CompanyEmma i...

Emma Sadleir-Berkowitz

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 2 (ETHICS)
Presentation Topic: Social Media in Medicine: The Legal, Disciplinary & Reputational Risks

Founder & CEO at The Digital Law Company

Emma is the continent's leading social media law expert, established the company to meet the needs of the hundreds of thousands of people she has encountered in her role as public speaker, media lawyer, author and thought leader.

John Tilley (Specialist Physician & Intensivist at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre)

John Tilley

Specialist Physician & Intensivist at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre

http://www.dgmc.co.z...

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 2Presentation Topic: How to Perform Perioperative EvaluationsDr John Tilley is a specialist physician and intensivist. He is currently the Director of the M...

John Tilley

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 2
Presentation Topic: How to Perform Perioperative Evaluations

Dr John Tilley is a specialist physician and intensivist. He is currently the Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the Donald Gordon Medical Centre. Dr Tilley completed his undergraduate degree at Wits University, followed by his specialisation in internal medicine and completed his sub-specialist training in critical care. He has a special interest in clinical informatics and decision support systems.

Brent Tipping (Academic Head of Division of Geriatrics & Specialist Physician WDGMC - Internal Medicine at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre)

Brent Tipping

Academic Head of Division of Geriatrics & Specialist Physician WDGMC - Internal Medicine at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre

http://www.dgmc.co.z...

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 4Presentation Topic: Clinical Tips to Improve Your Assessment & Care of Complex Older PersonsGeriatrician and Specialist PhysicianDr. Tipping is a sub...

Brent Tipping

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 4
Presentation Topic: Clinical Tips to Improve Your Assessment & Care of Complex Older Persons

Geriatrician and Specialist Physician

Dr. Tipping is a sub-specialist Geriatrician and Specialist Physician in full-time private academic practice at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre (WDGMC), as well as Head of the division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. He completed all of his training in South Africa at the University of Cape Town. Dr. Brent Tipping heads up our Geriatric Medicine Unit, that has been part of the WDGMC since 2007. The unit provides comprehensive geriatric assessments and assists patients in the management of various complex physical and cognitive problems associated with the frail older person.

Francois Venter (Executive Director of Ezintsha)

Francois Venter

Executive Director of Ezintsha

https://www.ezintsha...

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 4 (ETHICS)Presentation Topic: Should We Lock Up XDR-TB Patients?Prof WD Francois Venter, MD, FCP, PhD is the Executive Director of Ezintsha at the Universit...

Francois Venter

Sunday, 22 October 2023 - Session 4 (ETHICS)
Presentation Topic: Should We Lock Up XDR-TB Patients?

Prof WD Francois Venter, MD, FCP, PhD is the Executive Director of Ezintsha at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, where he received most of his training. He has an active interest in public sector access to HIV and chronic care services. His work involves health systems research that directly translates into national programmes, most recently involving the antiretrovirals, dolutegravir, TAF, rilpivirine and cabotegravir, as well as COVID-19 antivirals.

Jeffrey Wing (Specialist Physician - Internal Medicine at University of the Witwatersrand)

Jeffrey Wing

Specialist Physician - Internal Medicine at University of the Witwatersrand

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 6Session ChairPresentation Topic: Introduction to Cardiometabolic MedicineProf Jeffrey Wing has been in clinical practice since 2002 at the Wits Donald Go...

Jeffrey Wing

Saturday, 21 October 2023 - Session 6
Session Chair
Presentation Topic: Introduction to Cardiometabolic Medicine

Prof Jeffrey Wing has been in clinical practice since 2002 at the Wits Donald Gordon Faculty Practice with three sessions per week and River Park PHC in Alexandra once weekly (as part of the international Cities Changing Diabetes program). He is also the Chief Editor (since 2017) of the Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes South Africa (JEMDSA).

He currently holds the following positions:
- Project Leader (PI) Equivalent Equity Investment Program (2021 – present)
- Enterprise Development (Department of Trade and Industry)
- Implement and Integrate aspects of universal health care (Department of Health)
- Establish Cardio-Metabolic-Renal Medicine / integrated service and training (Novo-Nordisk Pty LTD) and collaborate with other Universities (Wits-UP-SMU to date) and stakeholders (Provincial, Local Health Departments, NGOs and private companies) to implement the program.
- He is also a member on the UJ Faculty Committee (since 2020) to enrol medical students in 2026 to the newly establish Medical School, University of Johannesburg. His roll is to establish a new clinical academic health platform for UJ.
- Member of the Clinical Risk Committee at the Clinix Hospital Group.

Prof Wing remains an active clinician, teach and train and initiate new projects.
He spends quality time with his family (partner, two daughters, extended family members and importantly, all the pets) every weekend.

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Password must be a minimum of 8 characters and contain at least one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one number, and one special character(@$!%*?&).

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・8 characters minimum
・one upper case letter
・one lower case letter
・one number
・one special character (@$!%*?&)
New Password
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Please make sure this password matches the password above
New Password
If you input more than 0 characters your New Password may not display properly

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