Chief Specialist | Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town | 2006 - present

Professor, Head of Department of Medicine | Faculty of Health Sciences | University of Cape Town
Cape Town | 2006 - present

Consultant Cardiologist | Medicine Department | Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town | 2001 - 2005

Senior Registrar | Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town | 1996 - 1997

Registrar | Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town | 1993 - 1995

Medical Officer | Livingstone Hospital
Port Elizabeth | 1991 - 1992

House Officer | Livingstone Hospital
Port Elizabeth | 1990 - 1991

University of Oxford

Doctor of Philosophy

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Bachelor of Medicinal Science

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery

Order of Mapungubwe in Silver | The Presidency | 2009

For exellent contributions to medical science

Top 25 Influential Leaders in Healthcare in South Africa | South African Institute of Health Care Managers | 2007

Fellowship | American College of Cardiology | 2006

Fellowship | Royal College of Physicians of London | 2006

Membership | Academy of Science of South Africa | 2005

UCt Fellows' Award | University of Cape Town | 2005

Fellowship | European Society of Cardiology | 2004

President's Award (P-rating) | National Research Foundation | 2004

Convocation Award for Young Academic | University of KwaZulu Natal | 2002

Oxford Nuffield Medical Fellowship | Nuffield Dominion Trust | 1998

Observations on the external features of navicular bone of the human foot | University of KwaZulu Natal | 1987

http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/85944543

Clinical characteristics and management of patients with tuberculous pericarditis in Africa in the HIV era: the investigation... | BMC Infectous Disease | 2006

Heterozygous disruption of SERCA2a is not sufficient to impair cardiac performance in man: implications for SERCA2a as a ... | Heart | 2006

Genotype at the -174 G/C polymorphism of the interleukin-6 gene is associated with carotid intimal-medial thickness: family... | Stroke | 2005

Acute Rheumatic fever | Lancet | 2005

Association Between Common Polymorphisms of the proopiomelanocortin gene and body fat distribution: a family study | Diabetes | 2005

A rare variant of the leptin gene has large effects on blood pressure and carotid intima-medical thickness: study on 1428 ... | Journal of Medical Genetics | 2005

Genetic variation at the locus encompassing 11-(Beta) Hydroxylase and Aldosterone Synthase Accounts for heritability... | JOurnal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2005

Lack of adherance to the national guidelines on the prevention of rheumatic fever | South African Medical Journal | 2005

Cardiovascular Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa | Circulation | 2005

Tuberculous Pericarditis | Circulation | 2005

Epidemiology and Etiology of Cardiomyopathy in Africa | Circulation | 2005

Africa's top open access medical journal | South African Medical Journal | 2005

Antibiotics for the primary prevention of acute rheumatic fever: a meta-analysis | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders | 2005

Pentoxifylline for heart failure: a systematic review | South African Medical Journal | 2005

Genetics and molecular diagnosis of cardiomyopathy: what every doctor should know | South African Journal of Continuing Medical Education | 2005

Arrythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: pathogenesis, diagnosis and management | SA Heart | 2004

Adjunctive steroid therapy for managing tuberculosis | The Cochrane Library, issue 3 | 2004

Using best evidence in practice | South African Journal of Continuing Medical Education | 2003

Cardiac involvement in HIV-infected people living in Africa: a review | Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa | 2003

Evidence-based treatmetn of tubercolous pericaditis | eHeart | 2003

Dextrocardia with anterior myocardial infarction | Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa | 2003

Adjuvant corticosteroids for tuberculous pericarditis: promising, but not proven | Quarterly Journal of Medicine | 2003

Utilisation of implantable defibrillators in Africa | Cardiac Electrophysiology Review | 2003

Molecular genetics of cardiomyopathy: changing times, shifting paradigms | Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa | 2003

Measured haplotype analysis of the aldosterone synthase gene and heart size | European Journal of Human Genetics | 2003

Intramuscular penicilin is more effective than oral penicilin for secondary prevention of acute rheumatic fever | South African Medical Journal | 2003

Pericardial disease: an evidence based approach to diagnosis and treatment | Evidence Based Cardiology | 2002

Reserpine for hypertension (Cochrane Protocol). | The Cochrane Library, issue 4 | 2002

Penicilin for the secondary prevention of acute rheumatic fever | The Cochrane Library, issue 4 | 2002

Tuberculous pericarditis treatment | The Cochrane Library, issue 4 | 2002

Electrocardiographic markers of cardiac hypertropyh show greater heritability than echocardiographic left ventricular mass | European Heart Journal | 2002

Genotype at a promoter polymorphism of the interleukin-6 gene is associated with plasma c-reactive protein | Cardiovascular Research | 2002

Evidence of a quantitative trait locus for plasma fibrinogen from a family-based association study | GeneScreen | 2001

A common mitochondrial DNA variant associated with suspectibility to dilated cardiomyopathy in two different populations | Lancet | 2001

Where to practise evidence-based medicine? | Lancet | 2001

Reserpine for hypertension (Cochrane Protocol). | The Cochrane Library, issue 4 | 2001

Dilated cardiomyopathy and the desmin gene | Circulation | 2000

A survey of permanent cardiac pacing in sub-Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa) | East African Medical Journal | 2000

The impact of molecular genetics on clinical cardiology | Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London | 1999

Cardiac and Skeletal actisn gene mutations are not a common cause of dilated cardiomyopathy | Journal of Medical Genetics | 1999

The Outcome of permanent pacing in the first five decades of life | Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology | 1999

The 1995 survey of cardiac pacing in South Africa | South African Medical Journal | 1998

Identification of a new missense mutation in MyPB-C associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | Journal of Medical Genetics | 1998

The diagnosis of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children. | European Heart Journal | 1998

The use of abciximab during percutaneous coronary angioplasty reduces ischaemic events, but the cost is prohibitive | South African Medical Journal | 1998

Pulmonary oedema following electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation | Chest | 1996

Anticoagulation for prosthetic valves during pregnancy | Clinical Cardiology | 1996

The Effect of carbenoxolone on rat uterine contractility | South African Journal of Science | 1990

Hospital-acquired Neonatal bacterial meningitis: the impacts of cefotaxime usage on mortality and amikacin usage on incidence. | Annals of Tropical Paediatrics | 1989

South African Heart Association

Immediate Past President

National Medical & Dental Association,

Member, 1990 - 1991

Azanian Students Organisation, Durban

Member, 1983 - 1989

The College of Physicians of South Africa

President

Pan African Society of Cardiology

Vice President