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UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
of patients across our community and strive to contribute
in all ways possible to the growth and leadership of our
specialty nationally and internationally.
Neurosurgery demands the highest standards of practice,
while remaining mindful of the needs and priorities of a
developing country. Our training program encompasses
all aspects of modern neurosurgery, exposing registrars to
the full spectrum of subspecialties. During their training,
registrars have numerous opportunities to pursue research
and are equipped with skills for lifelong enquiry. In this
way, we strive to produce neurosurgeons who have superb
clinical and operative skills coupled with the intellectual
rigour to cope with a career in the fast-paced and rapidly
evolving field of clinical neuroscience.
Divisional Statistics
Permanent and Long Term Contract Staff
Professors
2
Associate Professor
2
Senior Lecturers
2
Lecturers
3
Registrars
5
Medical Officer
2
Supernumerary Registrars
3
Administrative & Clerical Staff
1
TOTAL
20
Students
Doctoral
1
Master’s
9
TOTAL
10
Honorary Staff
Emeritus Professor
2
Honorary Professors
2
Part-time Lecturers
5
Research Fields and Staff
Permanent Staff
Professor Graham Fieggen
Head of Division; Paediatric and Functional Neurosurgery:
spasticity in cerebral palsy, epilepsy surgery; congenital
anomalies including dysraphism and the tethered spinal
cord, hydrocephalus and neuroendoscopy; CNS infection;
neurotrauma.
Professor Anthony Figaji
Paediatric Neurosurgery, neurotrauma and neurocritical
care: CNS injury and monitoring techniques including
intraoperative
neurophysiology;
hydrocephalus
and neuroendoscopy; CNS infection including TB;
neurooncology.
Associate Professor Patrick Semple
Pituitary disease and neuroendoscopy; neurocritical care,
neurotrauma, neuroHIV.
Associate Professor Allan Taylor
Neurovascular: diseases, interventions and surgery;
Radiosurgery, stereotactic surgery and neuronavigation;
skull base surgery.
Dr David Le Feuvre, Senior Lecturer
Neurovascular: diseases, interventions and surgery; HIV
vasculopathy, skull base surgery.
Dr David Welsh, Senior Lecturer
Neurospine: diseases and treatment, spinal trauma.
Dr Sally-Jane Rothemeyer, Lecturer
Functional neurosurgery: pain, epilepsy and movement
disorders; neuroHIV.
Dr Llewellyn Padayachy, Lecturer
Paediatric Neurosurgery: craniofacial surgery, paediatric
neurovascular diseases, neurocritical care, monitoring and
neuronavigation.
Emeritus Professor Jonathan Peter
Paediatric Neurosurgery: intraoperative neurophysiology,
spasticity.
Contact Details
Postal address: H-53, Old Main Building, Groote Schuur
Hospital, Observatory, 7925, South Africa
Tel: +27 21 406 6213
Fax: +27 21 406 6555
UCT General enquiries: +27 21 650 9111
UCT web: http://www.uct.ac.za
Department Of Surgery
Division Of Urology
Head of Division – Professor R D Barnes
Divisional Profile
The Division of Urology renders a urological service to
Groote Schuur Hospital, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s