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Trauma Surgery
Clinical services:
Treatment of about 22000 trauma victims annually, within the unit, or by referral to appropriate surgical divisions.
Current focus areas : Maintenance of a trauma database, selective non-operative management of blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma, selective management of patients with penetrating cervical injuries.
International Trauma Electives:
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Our Team
Head: Prof GVE Oosthuizen
Chief Specialist: Surgery, Tygerberg Hospital
MBChB | FCS (SA) | FACS | PhD | Subspecialist Trauma Surgeon
Tel: +27 21 938 9271
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr Zamira Keyser
Specialist Surgeon: Trauma Surgery
MBChB(Free State), MMed(Surg)(Stell), FCS(SA)
Email: [email protected]
Dr Hendrick Lategan
Specialist Surgeon: Trauma and Emergency Medicine
BSc(UPE), MBChB(Wits), MMed(EM)(UCT), FCEM(SA)
Email: [email protected]
Dr Elaine Erasmus
MBChB(UP), Dip PEC(SA), MMed(EM)(Stell), FCEM(SA)
Email: [email protected]
Dr Chanel Changfoot
MBChB(UP), FCS(SA), MMed(Surg)(Stell), Cert Trauma Surgery(SA)