Discipline of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BIOSKETCH

1. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

• 1992 Internship, Moroka Hospital
• 1993 Medical Officer, Department of Medicine, King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban
• 1994 Casualty Officer, McCords Hospital, Durban
• 1995 Medical Officer, Dept of Community Health, King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban
• 1996 Registrar, Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban
• 2000 to 2002 Specialist/Junior Lecturer, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal; King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban
• 2003 – 2006 Research Fellow – Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UKZN
• 2006-2010 Principal Specialist – Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology / King Edward VIII Hospital
• 2010 (Sept) – to date – Chief Specialist / Senior Lecturer – Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal + King Edward VIII Hospital
• 2014 – Acting Head / Academic Leader – Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• 2016 – Head of Department (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) & Associate Professor/Chief Specialist

1. Membership of Professional Bodies

• Registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as a specialist
• South African Medical Association
• South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists – Council member (2006 – 2008)
• South African HIV Clinicians Society
• Member of international Research bodies – AACTG** and IMPAACT** (involved locally in the in research activities of these bodies)
• Member of FIGO (Federation of International Gynaecologists and Obstetricians). Member of the Ethics subcommittee (2012 – 2015)
• Also member of the WHISC** subcommittee in IMPAACT (July 2010 – 2012)

(**AACTG= Adult Aids Clinical Trials Group; IMPAACT = International Maternal Paediatric and Adolescent Aids Clinical Trials Group; WHISC = Women’s Health Interagency Sub-Committee)

1. OTHER NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT:

• Member of Provincial PMTCT and ARV task teams (2001 – 2006) Consultant of the National guidelines for management of HIV in pregnancy Member of the Pharmaco-vigilance team dealing with ARV use in pregnancy and children – Interim chairperson (2005 – 2006) Committee member of the University’s Clinical Research Organisation (2003 – 2004) Organizing committee member for the following conferences: Ethics in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2000– Durban Royal Hotel SASOG* Congress 2003 – Durban ICC (co-chaired a session and presented a paper) Obstetrics and Gynaecology Update – AUG 2007 (Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital) SASUOG** 2008 – April 2008, Durban ICC (co-chaired a session (*SASOG=South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists / **SASUOG=South African Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology)

International involvement:

• Committee Member – FIGO “Ethical aspects of Human Reproduction and Women’s health” Committee (2013– 2015) Member of WHISC subcommittee (IMPAACT international committee member 2010 – 2012) of ACTG** and IMPAACT*). Also investigator in the different research protocols. Invited participant – Maternal Health and HIV/AIDS – examining research through programmatic lens – meeting organized by Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA, 10 – 11th June 2013 Invited participant in WHO Technical Advisory Consultation on “Hormonal contraception and HIV”, Geneva Feb 2012 Participated in 1week seminar “Reproductive rights and Ethics”. November 2010, Austria (AACTG= Adult Aids Clinical Trials Group; IMPAACT = International Maternal Paediatric and Adolescent Aids Clinical Trials Group; WHISC = Women’s Health Interagency Sub-Committee; WHO = World health organization; FIGO – International Federation of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians)