Dr Fareda Jakoet-Bassier

Senior Medical Officer

MBChB
University of Cape Town

CHI research group: General Medicine & Global Health (GMGH)
CHI membership: Affiliate member

Fareda Jakoet-Bassier is a senior Medical Officer. She completed her MBChB at the University of Cape Town. After working at Groote Schuur Hospital and Vredenburg District Hospital, she returned to Cape Town and worked in primary health care for the past ten years. Because she holds a special interest in Infectious Diseases, she has spent the majority of her time, in the Khayelitsha sub-district, focusing on the treatment of TB/MDR-TB and HIV. She joined the Cape Heart Institute as a Research Officer in December 2021. Her research scope is diverse as she participates in multiple research studies on cardiovascular disease, forming part of the Cardiac Disease in Maternity research group.  She also shares her time working with the Global Medicine and General Health (GMGH) research.

Research engagements:

  • Post tuberculosis cardiopulmonary disease
  • Spirometry in Tuberculosis
  • Cardiac disease in Maternity Registry
  • Peripartum Cardiomyopathy