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UCT RESEARCH REPORT 2012
Divisional Statistics
Permanent and Long-term Contract Staff
Professor
1
Clinical Service
Senior Specialists
2
Clinical Registrars
3
Senior House Officers
2
Chief Professional Nurse
2
Administrative and clerical staff
3
Diagnostic Service
Senior Pathologist
1
Pathologists
2
Pathologist part-time
1
Scientist
1
Pathology Registrars
5
Laboratory Manager
1
Medical Technologists
17
Technicians
4
UCT Leukaemia Unit
Scientist
1
Research Officer
1
Research Technologist
1
Clinical Research Co-Ordinator
1
Administrative and clerical staff
1
Laboratory assistants (medical school)
2
Students
Doctoral
2
Master’s
3
MMed
2
Honours
1
Research Fields and Staff
Professor Nicolas Novitzky
Haematopoietic stem cell biology; clonogenic assays;
haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; immune
reconstitution; haematological malignancies
Dr Cecile du Toit
Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; haematological
malignancies; haemophilia
Dr. Estelle Verburgh
Myelodysplastic syndrome
Dr Maureen Stein
Haematopoietic stem cell biology
Dr Jessica Opie
Molecular biology of neoplasia: chronic myelogenous
leukaemia; coagulation abnormalities
Dr Karen Shires
Molecular biology and diagnostics
Dr Shaheen Mowla
Minimal residual disease and flow cytometry.
Mrs Rygana Abdulla
Cellular biology of neoplasia; clonogenic assays
Contact Details
Postal Address: 6th Floor, Chris Barnard Building, Anzio
Road, Observatory, 7925
Telephone: +27 21 406 6154/404 3073
Fax: +27 21 448 8607
E-mail: Coleen.Fredericks@uct.ac.za
Web: http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/haem/
Department Of Medicine
Division Of Hepatology
Head: Associate Professor Wendy Spearman
Divisional Profile
The Division of Hepatology runs the only dedicated liver
clinic as well as the only state liver transplant programme
in the country. We also run a Porphyria clinic.
The unit is referred patients from all provinces in South
Africa as well as from neighbouring countries such as
Zimbabwe and Namibia for assessment regarding the
aetiology and management of both acute and chronic
liver disease and suitability for liver transplantation. These
referrals come from both the private and public sector.
We provide a direct call-in service telephonic to primary,
secondary and tertiary medical centres regarding
management of liver disease. The Liver unit works closely
with the Surgical Hepatobiliary unit and collaborates with
the Surgical Research laboratory.
The major areas of research include: viral hepatitis,
autoimmune liver disease, immune abnormalities in liver
disease, HIV and liver disease, porphyria, liver transplantation
and development of bioartificial liver support devices.
The unit is actively involved in drawing up national
guidelines for the management of Hepatitis B / HIV
coinfection Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C.