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Appointment of Prof Komala Pillay as President of College of Pathologists
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| Prof Komala Pillay, head of the Department of Pathology, was subsequently appointed as a member of the senate of the CMSA as well. |
Farewell tea for Prof Adam Bagg
Adam Bagg, who went to medical school and trained in Haematopathology at Wits (a very long time ago) is Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA has been on sabbatical at UCT. For the past 15 years, he was voted by his peers as one of Philadelphia’s “Top Doctors”, the only haematopathologist in the region (which includes five university medical centers) so recognised. In 2012 (and since), he was noted by US News and World Report to be in the top 1% of doctors in the US. Dr. Bagg has lectured extensively nationally in the USA (including at ASH, USCAP, SH, ASCP, AMP and CAP meetings and at prestigious institutions, including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Cornell, Columbia, Mayo Clinic) and internationally (for EA4HP, IAP and ISLH) in over 20 countries. He has over 240 publications, many on the molecular pathology of haematologic malignancies.
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| From L to R: Prof Komala Pillay, Prof Adam Bagg, A/Prof Jessica Opie and Prof Vernon Louw. | From L to R: Prof Adam Bagg, A/Prof Jessica Opie and Prof Vernon Louw. |
Welcome to the Department of Pathology
The Department of Pathology at the University of Cape Town is a large academic department comprising eight divisions: Anatomical Pathology, Chemical Pathology, Haematology, Human Genetics, Immunology, Forensic Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Medical Virology.
The Department hosts the Pathology Learning Centre which holds an extraordinary collection of teaching specimens that have been accumulated over more than 80 years.
The Department provides a comprehensive Pathology service to the Western Cape and South Africa, and undertakes basic & applied scientific research aimed at understanding mechanisms, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases. It contributes to training of undergraduate medical students, and has a large post-graduate teaching and training programme.
The Department is located in the Falmouth Building at the Faculty of Health Sciences, with service facilities located in Groote Schuur Hospital, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and Salt River Mortuary. The Department is supported by the National Health Laboratory Services and Western Cape Government. It has over 80 academic members of staff, and has approximately 200 registered post-graduate students registered for the following degrees: PhD, MMed, MSc, MPhil (Forensic Medicine), MSc (Med) (by dissertation) and BSc(Hons).
Clinical metagenomics transforms disease diagnosis in South Africa
Researchers at UCT have become the first in Africa to successfully operationalize clinical metagenomics, a technique that expedites the diagnosis of infectious diseases.
UCT clinical microbiologists have operationalised clinical metagenomics in SA, transforming the procedure from a complex logistical procedure to a routine test.
In a first for the African continent, researchers at UCT are using a cutting-edge technique to fast-track the diagnosis of disease, ensuring patients receive the correct treatment sooner. Clinical microbiologists Prof Adrian Brink and Dr Gert Marais at UCT’s Faculty of Health Sciences have operationalised clinical metagenomics in SA, transforming the procedure from a complex logistical procedure to a routine test.
