COUNCIL MEMBERS OF

THE SOUTH AFRICAN THORACIC SOCIETY (2008/2009)

 
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
President:
Prof Elvis Irusen		 Professor and Principal Specialist, Co-chairman and Clinical Director of Lung Unit: Tygerberg Academic Hospital and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Stellenbosch
Vice-President and President Elect:
Prof Heather Zar

Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, Head: Division of Paediatric Pulmonology, School of Child and Adolescent Health, Red Cross Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town
Immediate Past President:
Dr John O'Brien		 Pulmonologist in private practice, Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, Cape Town
Treasurer:
Dr Coenraad Koegelenberg

Senior Specialist: Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Stellenbosch and Tygerberg Academic Hospital

Part-time private practice: Kuils River Private Hospital 
Honorary Secretary:
Prof Michelle Wong		 Principal Specialist and Head: Respiratory Unit, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand

REPRESENTATIVES OF SUBGROUPS
Private Practice representative:
Dr Sabs Abdool-Gaffar		 Pulmonologist in private practice, Kingsway Hospital, Amanzimtoti
Thoracic Surgery representative:
Prof Marc de Groot		 Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town
Clinical Technology representative:
Mr Francois Swart		 Chief Clinical Technologist, Lung Unit and Paediatric ICU, Tygerberg Hospital, University of Stellenbosch

ELECTED MEMBERS
Prof Abolade Awotedu    

Chief Specialist and Head: Department of Medicine, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital and Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha

 
Dr Pierre Goussard Paediatric Pulmonologist, Tygerberg Children's Hospital, Stellenbosch
Dr Refiloe Masekela Paediatric Pulmonologist, University of Pretoria
UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVES
University of Cape Town:
Prof Keertan Dheda

Associate Professor, NRF Chair of Pulmonology Infection and Immunity

Head of Diagnostics and Immunology in Centre for Tuberculosis Research Innovation, UCT Lung Institute
University of Kwazulu-Natal:
Prof Umesh Lalloo

Professor and Chief Specialist, Head of Respiratory & Critical Unit & Adult HIV Programmes, School of Clinical Medicine, Nelson R Mandela Medical School, University of KwaZulu-Natal
University of Limpopo:
Dr Akhtar Goolam Mahomed

Pulmonologist in private practice, Louis Pasteur Private Hospital and Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital, Pretoria

Part-time consultant, Dept of Internal Medicine and Pulmonology, George Mukhari Hospital and University of Limpopo
University of Pretoria:
Prof Robin Green

Associate Professor and Principal Paediatrician, University of Pretoria

Director of Paediatric Pulmonology and Paediatric Intensive Care Services, New Pretoria Academic Hospital

Executive member of NAEP and ALLSA
University of Stellenbosch:
Dr Coenraad Koegelenberg

Senior Specialist: Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Stellenbosch and Tygerberg Academic Hospital

Part-time private practice: Kuils River Private Hospital 
University of the Free State:
Dr Michiel Prins

Head: Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
University of the Witwatersrand:
Dr Andrew Black

Senior Specialist and Pulmonologist, Respiratory Unit, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand
Walter Sisulu University:
Prof Patrick Oluboyo

Professor and Head: Pulmonology, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, Walter Sisulu University of Science and Technology, Mthatha

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
CME Committee:
Prof Mervyn Mer

Principal Specialist and Intensivist, Johannesburg Hospital and the University of the Witwatersrand
Credentials Committee:
Prof Umesh Lalloo

Professor and Chief Specialist, Head of Respiratory & Critical Unit & Adult HIV Programmes, School of Clinical Medicine, Nelson R Mandela Medical School, University of KwaZulu-Natal
NAEP Representative
Dr Michael Levin

Head: Paediatrics, New Somerset Hospital, University of Cape Town
SA Respiratory Journal Editor:
Dr John O'Brien

Pulmonologist in private practice, Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, Cape Town

Scholarship Selection Committee:
Prof Gillian Ainslie

Specialist Physician and Acting Head: Respiratory Clinic, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town

Executive Council member of NAEP and Alpha1-antitrypsin International Registry

 

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