My Story

My journey began while at Wits Medical School, where I first began learning about psychiatry. After graduating from medical school, I worked as an intern at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and spent time working in the Psychiatric Department. I later returned to work in Psychiatry during my community service. I then stayed on in the Department as a Medical Officer. Thereafter, I went on to complete the 4 year psychiatry specialist training program through WITS and passed the required exams to graduate as a Specialist Psychiatrist. During this time I also participated in research in the field of Neuropsychiatry.

After qualifying as a Specialist, I stayed on as a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. There, I ran a Psychiatric Ward and a Dual Diagnosis Clinic while also lecturing medical students and doctors involved in the Psychiatry Specialization training through WITS.

After contributing my expertise and time to the public health sector, I decided the time was right to move on into Private Practice. I started out part-time by consulting at Akeso Psychiatric Hospital in Parktown. I work very closely with a team of mental healthcare professionals, including psychologists, neuropsychologists, occupational therapists, nurses, social workers and other medical specialists (neurologists, endocrinologists, gynaecologists etc). I also believe in a holistic approach to mental health, emphasizing lifestyle changes (diet, exercise etc.) as an adjunct to therapy and medication.

I have an interest in the following areas:

My Qualifications

Specialized Psychiatry

MBBCh (WITS), DMH (SA), FCPsych (SA) 

My Clinical Experience

Medicine and Psychiatry

After studying medicine at Wits, I completed a 2 year internship and 1 year community service at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hopsital, during which I spent 3 months and 6 months respectively. I also spent 6 months as a Medical Officer in the Department  of Psychiatry at Baragwanath. Additionally, I spent 4 years as a registrar completing the specialist training programme through WITS and working as a Psychiatrist at various academic hospitals:

Tara Hospital:

I spent 6 months working in a specialised psychotherapy unit focusing on psychotherapy. I also spent 6 months in a general psychiatry ward and out-patient clinic.

Sterkfontein Hospital:

 I spent 6 months in forensic psychiatry which involved management of state patients and included forensic observation.

Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital Department of Psychiatry:

During my time as a specialist in training at Baragwanath Hospital , I worked in male and female acute wards as well as in emergency psychiatry and the out-patients department. In addition, I worked in consult-liason psychiatry where i worked closely with other medical specialities. I also worked in specialised out-patient clinics: a neuropsychaitry and dual-diagnois (addiction) clinic.

Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital Department of Neurology:

I worked in neurology for 6 months, seeing hospital patients and out-patients.

Community Psychiatry:

 For 1 year I worked at various government community psychiatry clinics across Gauteng.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Baragwanath: 

I spent 6 months working in the child and adolescent unit at Baragwanath, seeing both in and out-patients. I then spent a further 6 months working at various child and adolescent clinic across Gauteng.

After completing my specialist exams, I took a post as a Consultant Psychiatrist for 6 months at Baragwanath Hopsital. During this time, I ran a general psychiatry ward as well as a dual diagnosis (substance rehabilitation ) clinic. Concurrently, I worked for Wits University lecturing medical students and psychiatry specialists in training. I also started a private practice at Akeso Parktown, seeing both in and out-patients.