Prof Robert Dyer
BSc (Hons) MBChB (UCT) FFA(SA) PhD (UCT)
Robert was the third incumbent of the Second Chair in Anaesthesia and Deputy Head of the Department, succeeding Prof. Adrian Bösenberg, but is currently a Senior Research Scholar in the Department.
Prof Dyer was head of the obstetric anaesthesia services at GSH with a keen interest in research in this subspecialty.
Rob also did regular cardio-thoracic lists and was in charge of the anaesthesia research programme at UCT.
His interests include squash, golf, fly-fishing, hiking, music and opera.
Over the past 10 years Prof Dyer has contributed to establish our Department, Mowbray Maternity Hospital, and the GSH MK High Care Labour Ward/Unit as truly international players in the Peri-operative/Peri-labour Obstetric field.
His research output and international scientific publications have escalated impressively. In this process he has always been taking young colleagues and registrars with him, developing them as young researchers and authors. On national and international level, Prof Dyer has been involved in setting practice guidelines, to ensure better outcomes for patients in both the developing and developed World.
Prof Dyer is a NRF B2 rated researcher and remains a full working member of our Department for the foreseeable future. The UCT Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Health Sciences Faculty have bestowed Prof Dyer with probably one of the biggest awards any UCT academic can dream of. Because of his academic contributions over the years, and for what he is still going to do to help develop our young researchers, Prof Dyer has received the honor of a Senior Research Scholarship for at least 3 years which was renewed for the 2nd time in 2021. This is a compliment only a few colleagues in our faculty have received over the past many years. That means as an Emeritus Professor he is employed in our Department and will actively be participating in our development and guidance.