Our Team
Head: Division of Physiotherapy
Assoc. Prof Conran Joseph
Bsc Physiotherapy, Summa Cum Laude (UWC); MSc Physiotherapy (UWC); PhD (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
+27 21 938 9618
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Room: 4096B
Conran Joseph is an Associate Professor and Head of the Physiotherapy Division. He has been involved in undergraduate and post-graduate teaching for the past 10 years and his teaching interests include I) applied neurological physiotherapy, II) functioning and disability, and III) global health competencies. Prof Joseph's research
Senior Lecturer
Dr Yolandi Brink
BSc Physiotherapy 2002; MSc Physiotherapy 2008, PhD (Physiotherapy) 2012
+27 21 938 9301
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Room: 4093
Dr Yolandi Brink is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Physiotherapy. She teaches Human Biomechanics and other themes in neuromusculoskeletal health and is involved in clinical supervision. She supervises both undergraduate and postgraduate research projects. She is the co-chairperson for the Undergraduate Programme Committee and holds the Quality Improvement
Senior Lecturer
Dr Marlette Burger
BSc Physiotherapy 1990; BSc Honnours Physiotherapy (Pediatric Neurology) 1993; MSc Physiotherapy 2007
+27 21 938 9303
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Room: 4098
Mrs Marlette Burger is senior lecturer at the Division of Physiotherapy at Stellenbosch University. Her main research interest is paediatric neurology with a special interest in early human neurodevelopment and the assessment of high-risk infants. She is currently a final year PhD student in the field of maternal mental health and infant
Lecturer
Dr Marisa Coetzee
+27 21 938 9617
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Room: 4082
Marisa Coetzee is a lecturer at the Division of Physiotherapy since. She teaches undergraduate students in modules related to neuromusculoskeletal assessment and treatment as well as provide clinical supervision. She is currently in the process of completing her PhD on the topic of supported self-management of individuals awaiting total knee replacement surgery at Tygerberg Hospital. She has a keen interest in return to work
Senior Lecturer
Assoc. Prof Dawn Ernstzen
BSc Physiotherapy (Cum Laude) (SU); MPhil (Higher Education) (SU); PhD Physiotherapy (SU)
+27 21 938 9304
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Room: 4101
Dawn Ernstzen is a Associate Professor and Postgraduate Coordinator at the Division of Physiotherapy at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She previously chaired the Physiotherapy Undergraduate program committee, clinical portfolio, and student support portfolio. Dawn worked as a physiotherapist in South Africa and in the United Kingdom
Professor
Prof Susan Hanekom
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Room: 4087
Susan Hanekom is Associate Prof within the Division of Physiotherapy. She previously served as Undergraduate programme chair, Postgraduate programme chair and Head of the Division. She currently serves as chair of the Clinical Services and Social Impact portfolio. She is rated as an established researcher by the National research foundation of South Africa and was appointed as a member of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19 in
Lecturer
Dr Toughieda Ismail
BSc Physiotherapy 2011 (UCT); MSc Physiotherapy 2016 (UWC)
+27 21 938 9502
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Room: 4095
Toughieda Ismail is a Physiotherapist with a clinical background in working with musculoskeletal and orthopedic injuries. She is currently a lecturer at Stellenbosch University. Prior to this, she was running an outpatient department which served members of the South African National Defence Force, in particular, members of the South African Navy and their dependents. She
Professor
Prof Quinette Louw
+27 21 938 9667
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Room: 1008
Prof Louw has been an academic in South African universities for over 20 years. She is a Distinguished Professor in the Division of Physiotherapy (Stellenbosch University), National Research Foundation Research Chair in Innovative Rehabilitation and head of the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Her specialist field is evidence-based, innovative rehabilitation that is fit for local context. She has more than
Senior Lecturer
Dr Alison Lupton-Smith
BSc(Physio) (UCT); PhD (Paediatrics) (UCT)
+27 21 938 9084
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Room: 4086
Alison Lupton-Smith is a full-time lecturer in the Division of Physiotherapy (SU). Alison qualified as a physiotherapist from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2007 and went on to obtain her PhD at UCT in 2017. She is currently enrolled in the MPhil (Health Professions Education) programme at SU. Prior to joining SU, she worked as a clinician in private practice. Alison currently serves
Lecturer
Mr Cameron Reardon
BSc Physiotherapy (UCT); MSc Physiotherapy (UCT)
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Room: 4082
Cameron Reardon is a lecturer in the division of Physiotherapy (SU). Before entering academia Cameron worked in clinical practice, primarily in a rural context. In his work with the division, he oversees undergraduate clinical training across a wide range of distributed clinical training sites (including a network of rural training sites). His clinical, teaching and research interests
Lecturer
Mrs San Schmutz
BSc Physiotherapy 1997; MPhil in HPE 2017
+27 21 938 9084
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Room: 4086
San Schmutz is a full-time lecturer across the Division of Physiotherapy and the Centre for Health Professions Education at SU. She graduated as physiotherapist from SU in 1997 and obtained her MPhil in HPE (SU) in 2017. She is involved in both UG and PG teaching and the clinical coordinator for the final year physiotherapy students. She does research in both areas with a main interest in clinical
Lecturer
Mr Adnil Titus
BSc Physiotherapy 2001 (UWC); M Physiotherapy 2015 (SU)
+27 21 938 9083
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Room: 4102
Adnil Titus is currently a lecturer in the Physiotherapy Division at Stellenbosch University, He joined the world of academia at the end of 2009. During this time, he expanded his knowledge in the field of education and adult neurology to effectively teach undergraduate students as well as presenting courses to already qualified physiotherapists. Part of this role as lecturer entails
Associate Professor
Prof M Unger
BPhysT 1988; MSc Physiotherapy 2004; PhD Physiotherapy 2011; PGDip International Research Ethics 2009; PGDip Educational Technologies 2017
+27 21 938 9302
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Room: 4084
Passionate senior lecturer in physiotherapy offering 25 years’ experience, having served and chaired various committees including undergraduate program- and research ethics committees. I have a PhD degree in pediatric neurology with a special interest in better understanding movement strategies for improved
Senior Lecturer
Mrs Leoné Williams
B.Sc. Physiotherapy 1999 (SU); M.Sc. Physiotherapy (Cum Laude) SU 2007
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Room: 4097
Leoné Williams is currently a senior lecturer in Orthopaedics at Stellenbosch University. Leoné teaches on the topics of orthopaedics, manual therapy, ergonomics and cancer rehabilitation to undergraduate Physiotherapy students. She has a passion for teaching with quality teaching methods and fair assessment processes as some of her fields of interest in health
Lecturer
Ms Hazel Mapipa
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Room: 4082
Hazel Mapipa is a lecturer at the Division of Physiotherapy, and she brings along rich and diverse clinical experience from locally and abroad. She obtained her BSc in Physiotherapy (UWC), Master of Public Health (MPH) UP, and is currently pursuing her PhD at SU.
In the recent years, Ms Mapipa has worked in several rehabilitation facilities with great interest in the re-integration aspects of rehabilitation. and her current research
Researcher
Dr Karina Berner
BSc Physiotherapy 2006; MSc Physiotherapy (OMT) 2009, PhD (Physiotherapy) 2019
+27 21 938 9667
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Room: 1008
Karina Berner is a researcher in musculoskeletal health and chronic disease, experienced in physiotherapy clinical practice and teaching. After receiving her PhD at Stellenbosch University, she was appointed in the first full-time research post in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Her research and academic interests include multimorbidity
Administrator: Clinical
Administrator: Undergraduate
Senior Secretary
Ms H van der Walt
+27 21 938 9300
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Room: 4096C
Senior secretary of the division. Responsible for the financial administration and handling a wide range of administrative duties.
Assistant
Clinical Lecturer
Ms N Fobian
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Bishop Lavis Rehabilitation Centre
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