Training

Medical school:University of Witwatersrand

Postgraduate qualifications

• MMed (Neurosurgery) University of Cape Town
• MSc (Neurointervention) University of Paris Sud/ Mahidol
• FCS(SA) Neurosurgery

Year of registration:1995

Further training

• Neurointerventional training under the mentorship of Professor Pierre Lasjaunias, Paris, France and Professor Karel ter Brugge, Toronto, Canada

Areas of interest

• Cerebrovascular surgery
• Neurointervention
• Skull Base surgery
• Radiosurgery

Current positions

• Head of Neurovascular Unit and Head of Firm Groote Schuur Hospital
• Visiting Professor University of the Witwatersrand

Professional affiliations

• Society of Neurosurgeons of South Africa (Secretary)
• South African Neurointervention Society
• World Federation of Therapeutic and Interventional Neuroradiology (Chairman of the 11th Bienniel Meeting, 2011)