A full range of endocrine services with a major patient referral basis from Western Cape, Eastern Cape and as far away as Namibia.
HPCSA accredited training site for internal medicine registrars and sub-specialty accreditation in endocrinology.
Original clinical research and international contract research
Our division has a special clinical interest in:
Pituitary disease
Gestational Diabetes
Osteoporosis
Neuroendocrine Tumours
Thyroid disease
Inpatient services:
The Endocrine Unit has 12 dedicated beds for the admission and workup of patients with diabetes mellitus or other endocrinopathies.
We have access to dietetic services for the inpatient dietary assessment of all diabetic patients
Outpatient clinics:
Type 1 diabetes mellitus clinic (weekly)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus clinic (weekly)
Post-partum diabetes clinic (twice a month)
New and urgent endocrinopathy referrals (twice a month)
General Endocrine Clinic (weekly)
Metabolic Bone Services
Bone Densitometry: The Division offers a DXA imaging service for hospital as well as clinical trial patients.
DXA is the only reliable and reproducible method to evaluate bone mineral density in patients and is an essential part of the diagnostic workup of osteoporosis patients.
The Bone Density (DXA) Facility in the Endocrine Unit provides an extensive service to numerous departments within this hospital and to secondary hospitals in the Western Cape.
We are equipped to do lumbar spine, hip and forearm bone mineral density measurements as well as lateral vertebral assessments.
Total body composition measurements are also available at our facility.
We are trained to do small animal bone mineral density and body composition scans.
Contract and academic research projects involving animal and human bone mineral density and body composition measurements make use of our facility
