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Dr Jeanette Parkes
Senior Specialist Radiation Oncology and Senior Lecturer;
Main interests - neurological tumours, paediatric tumours,
bones and sarcoma
Dr Sameera Dalvie
Specialist Radiation Oncology Lung Cancer; Male genito-
urinary tract cancer, Ear, nose and throat cancer
Dr Zainab Mohamed
Senior Specialist Radiation Oncology and Senior Lecturer;
Main interests - Lymphoma, Myeloma, Melanoma,
Hodgkin’s Disease
Dr Barbara Robertson
Specialist Radiation Oncology & Lecturer; Main interests
- Thyroid, Oesophageal and Gastro-intestinal cancers,
stomach, pancreas, liver, unknown primary cancers.
Dr Leon Van Wijk
Senior Specialist Radiation Oncology & Senior Lecturer;
Main interests - Gynaecological tumours.
Dr Julie Wetter
Specialist Radiation Oncology and Lecturer; Main interests
– skin cancers, melanoma, eye Head and neck.
Dr. Hannah Simonds – started 1 April 2012
Specialist Radiation Oncology and Lecturer; Main interests
– breast cancer
Medical Officers
Dr Cindy Shepherd
Principal Medical Officer Radiation Oncology; Main
interests - Lung cancer, Tumours of the thyroid, Male
genito-urinary tract cancer.
Scientific Staff
Dr Andre Hendrikse
Senior Medical Natural Scientist & Lecturer; Main interest
- Research in Medical Natural Science Radiobiology
(research on tumours with experimental animals)
Dr Alistair Hunter
Medical Natural Scientist; Main interest - Research in
Medical Natural Science Radiobiology (research on
tumours with experimental animals)
Contract Research Staff
Part-Time Clerical Research Assistants (Data Managers)
Mrs Glynis Chilcott
Mrs Sue Giles
Miss E Nel
Mrs Jean Wilmot
Mrs Rae Taylor
Contact Details
Postal address: Division of Radiation Oncology, Groote
Schuur Hospital & University of Cape Town, Observatory,
7925, South Africa
Telephone: +27 21 404 4263/5
Fax: +27 21 404 5259
E-mail: Raymond.abratt@uct.ac.za
Department Of Radiation
Medicine
Division Of Radiology
Head of Division: Professor Stephen James
Beningfield
Divisional Profile
The Division of Radiology works closely with clinical
colleagues and their patients throughout the hospital,
both in service and academic capacities. This collaboration
involves all major medical, surgical, therapy and women’s
health areas, including their subspecialties. Pending
arrivals of a 256-slice CT and research 3T MRI promise
interesting boosts to service and research. Red Cross
is making good use of their new MRI and CT scanners.
There is now improved exposure to PET-CT scanning at
Tygerberg Hospital. Links to Somerset and GF Jooste
Hospitals remain strong, with some teaching activity also
at Victoria Hospital; However Jooste is being closed for
reconstruction next year, with Mitchell’s Plain Hospital
standing in The experience of our post-retirement sessional
staff continues to benefit the Division. The positive impact
of the full conversion to digital radiology over the last year
is now evident, with the next phase of electronic radiology
requests partially implemented