Staff | Contact | Unit profile Teaching and training Neurodevelopment Unit Timetable | Research | Publications | Resources

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Staff 


Consultant:
Dr S Moodey

 Dr M Richards
 mark.richards@uct.ac.za
 
 

                   


                   Dr S Moodley
                   sashmi.moodley@yahoo.com

Consultants Part-time:

Dr V Ramanjam
verushka.ramanjam@uct.ac.za
Lecturers/consultants Part-time:

Dr C Thompson
clare.thompson@uct.ac.za
   
   

Dr S Warner
   
Part Time Medical Officers:
Dr Este Sauerman

Dr R Itizokwitz
raphaela.itzokwitz@uct.ac.za
 

 

 

                   


                    Dr Estee Sauerman

 
Dr Chloe Jacobs
Dr Chloe Jacobs
chloe.jacobs@uct.ac.za
 
Dr Sadeeka Williams
Dr Sadeeka Williams
sadeeka.williams@uct.ac.za
   
Sessional Medical Officer:
Dr Serini Murugasen
Dr Serini Murugasen
   
Senior Registrar
Dr Takondwa Chimowa
Dr Takondwa Chimowa
 
Dr Aleya Remtullah
Dr Aleya Remtullah
aleya.remtullah@gmail.com
 
Dr Sonia da Silva
Dr Sonia da Silva
soniadassilva@yahoo.com
  Dr Caroline Nerima
   
Nursing support: Sr Lynnette Krieger
  Sr Andiswa Vanto

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Contact

Location Clinics S6, S13 Ground Floor, MOPD
Neurophysiology S25, 1st Floor, OPD, Wards E2
5th Floor, ICH Building
Patients Referral Guidelines Ideally from paediatricians - faxed referrals accepted, telephonic consultations for doctors can be arranged via the neurology clerk (021) 658-5535
Online Referral Form Coming Soon
Contact Numbers CLINIC BOOKINGS 021-658- 5535
 

CEREBRAL PALSY/HIGH RISK CLINIC

021-658-5033
 

FAX 

021-658-5530
 

Email

kirsty.donald@uct.ac.za

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Unit profile


  • Red Cross Children's Hospital is the largest children's hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa. It provides all levels of multidisciplinary care at an international level whilst taking in to account the limitations of being located in a resource poor country.
  • The Division of Developmental paediatrics sees both commo
    n and rare, complex multisystemic disorders (Autism, genetic syndromes with associated developmental problems, cerebral palsy etc).
  • The vision and mission of the service is directed specifically towards the impact from diseases of poverty, which dominate the service load, i.e.
    • tuberculosis
    • human immunodeficiency virus type 1
    • perinatal injury and disorders of antenatal toxin exposure (FAS, Methamphetamin exposure)
  • The child development service is directed towards building and expanding capacity to manage both complex disorders and the neglected diseases of poverty from vulnerable populations.
  • Dedicated clinics have established large cohorts of children from the Sub-Saharan African population
    • Cerebral Palsy
    • Autism
    • Neurocutaneous disorders.
  • The service operates in the region of 60 clinics a month, with almost 3000 clinic visits a year.
  • There are 6 dedicated paediatric beds which are available to the department should children require admission for diagnostic workup or complex management issues, but many more patients are managed on the "general wards" on a referral / advisory basis.
  • Outreach service operates with regular specialist visits for both training and case assessment.
  • The service assists with establishing government guidelines aimed towards optimal care in a resource poor setting.

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Teaching and Training


The team regard training as an essential way to improve care to children with developmental problems - we are keen to set up links with other centres throughout Africa and to offer training experiences either through attachments to our department or through invited training workshops.

  • Currently one of two centres in South Africa with a dedicated child development/paediatric neurodevelopment training post.
  • The post follows international training guidelines.
  • To date 4 trainees fully completed training (now in consultant posts).


Paediatric Neurodevelopment Unit Timetable
(Clinical activities, outpatient clinics, meetings and teaching)


Day Time Description Venue
       
Monday 08:30 Celebral Palsy Clinic S13
  08.30 Development Clinic S6
  13.00 NeuroDev combined meeting  
  14.00 Neurophysiology  
  15.30 Undergraduate lectures 7th Floor, ICH
       
Tuesday 07:30 Neuroradiology Meeting B3
  08:30 Development Clinic S6
  12.00 E2 Ward Meeting E2
  13:00 Neurology Journal Club S25
  14.00 Student Clinical Teaching  
  14:30 Preparation for reports for
school placements
 
       
Wednesday 08:00 Department Meeting D3
  09:30 Cerebral Palsy Clinic S13
  09:30 Neurodevelopment Clinics S6
  09:30 CP orthopaedic Clinic  
  13:00 Spinal Defects Clinic S13
  14:00 Student Clinical Teaching 7th Floor ICH
  16:00 Neurosurgical/Neurology WR  
       
Thursday 08:30 Development Outreach visits/
Developmental Clinic
S6
  08:30 Combined Neuro/HIV Clinic S27
  13:00 Neurology Research Meeting S25
  14:00 Registrar Lecture/Research 7th Floor ICH
       
Friday 08:30 Ward Round  
  12:00 Case Presentations D3
  13:00 Registrar Supervision  
  14:00 Report preparation  

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Research


Departmental research spans involvement in projects investigation aspects of cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorders as well as the genetic disorders associated with developmental problems. In particular there is specific interest in developmental disabilities as they manifest in resource limited settings such as South Africa. Specific interests include the preventable causes of neurodisability such as alcohol and methamphetamine exposure, organophosphate poisoning and the neurological and neurocognitive complications of HIV.

Active Research Projects

  • A multi-scale approach to characterizing developing executive functions (Khula LEAP)
  • Genetic Characterization of Neurodevelopment Disorders (NeuroDev)
  • Tracking and prediction of early brain-face biomarkers of prenatal alcohol exposure from neonates to children
  • Neurobiological pathways from trauma exposure to child mental health outcomes in a high adversity South African Birth Cohort 

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Publications


Please view an overview of publications http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/kirsty.donald.1/bibliography/49565518/public/?sort=date&direction=descending

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Resources


The African Paediatric Fellowship Programme (APFP)

theapfp.org/

Neuroscience Institute www.neuroscience.uct.ac.za