Doctors
our doctors
The Team who make it all possible
Meet the team who take care of you and ensure your safety every step of the way. They make your successful procedures possible.
The group has 11 specialist anaesthetists and 10 support staff who manage the practice. The practice may, from time to time, use suitably qualified locum doctors.
our team
Meet our staff
LELANEY RULF
Data Capturer
FIONA HEIDTMAN
Accounts / Credit Control
KAREN LAND
Clinical Assistant / Manager
CHWAYITA MASHIYI
Accounts / Credit Control
LYN EASOM
Bookings Clerk
BRADLEY DU PREEZ
Accounts / Credit Control
ILSE GARZ
Reception
JOYCE NABO
Admin Assistant
AGNES KWEPILE
Admin Assistant
MIGNON GARZ
Debtors Assistant
What is an anaesthesiologist?
Patient care is unavoidably team based and anaesthesiologists are a vital part of the peri operative care team. Alternatively called peri operative care physicians, they are medical specialists involved in looking after patients around the time they are having an operation, which can be usefully divided into these stages:
Preoperative period
Includes patient interview for risk assessment, optimizing for surgery and planning and explanation of anaesthetic technique.
Intraoperative period
During surgery, where the patient may have a general (‘asleep’) or regional anaesthetic depending on the surgery performed and other factors.
Postoperative period
After the surgery where the patient is in the recovery room, then back to the ward, high care or the critical care unit.
The Team who make it all possible
Our scope of practice is wide and includes looking after patients in critical care units, procedural sedation, and resuscitation. The period and requirements for anaesthesiologists is similar to that of other medical specialists and includes:
6 years
- Undergraduate training (basic medical degree)
3 years
- Internship & community service
5 years
- Post-graduate training
Our Team
meet our doctors
DR P.R STRAUSS
MBCbB M.MED (U.O.V.S)
Joined 1997
DR J.J BARNARD
MBChB M.FAM.MED(US)
DA(SA) M.MED(ANAES)
Joined 2002
DR J.G DOWIE
F.C.A (SA)
Joined 2003
DR J.A EVANS
MBChB, DA (SA)
FCA (SA) Joined 2004
Joined 2003
Dr R.B STEYN
MBChB DA (SA)
M.MED (UOVS)
Joined 2007
DR J.A SWANEPOEL
MBCbB M.MED (U.O.V.S)
Joined 2008
DR L MFEYA
MBChB (UCT)
DA (SA)
FCA (SA)
Joined 2014
DR J.C ELLIS
MBChB (UP)
DA (CMSA)
FCA (CMSA)
Joined 2018
DR C WESSON
Bsc 2001, MBChb(Pretoria) 2007,
DA 2013, FCA 2018.
Independent Consultant Anaesthesiologists
DR ELENI GAROUFALIAS
MBChB, DA(SA)
MMed, FCA(SA)
Joined 2022
DR SUNÉ THOMPSON
MBChB(UFS)
MMed(UFS), FCA(SA)
Joined 2022
